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1) Caprice
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J FICTION BOOTH, C.
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J FICTION BOOTH, C.
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After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never...
2) Moonflower
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J FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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J FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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Moon is convinced that they do not belong to this world: that most of the time they are invisible (unless they stay still too long), that they belong to the stars, and want to go back to them--they live entirely in their imagination with an imaginary spirit guide who can appear in any shape and refuses to speak to anyone, lest their words tie them to a world they reject.
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Cookies and milk volume 1
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J FICTION AMOS, S.
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J FICTION AMOS, S.
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Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.
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J FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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J FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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J FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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J FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets ... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of...
5) Freewater
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J FICTION LUQMAN-DAWSON, A.
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J FICTION LUQMAN-DAWSON, A.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION LUQMAN-DAWSON, A.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION LUQMAN-DAWSON, A.
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"Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
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New York Times-bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega and star debut artist Rose Bousamra's Frizzy is about Marlene, a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon! Through her struggles and triumphs, this heartwarming graphic novel shows the radical power of accepting yourself as you are, frizzy curls and all.
Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila.
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J FICTION ALSTON, B.B.
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J FICTION ALSTON, B.B.
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J FICTION ALSTON, B.B. BLUESTEM
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J FICTION ALSTON, B.B. BLUESTEM
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J FICTION ALSTON, B.B.
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J FICTION ALSTON, B.B.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ALSTON, B.B.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ALSTON, B.B.
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"New York Times bestseller! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a trilogy filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said...
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J FICTION IRELAND, J.
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J FICTION IRELAND, J.
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Twelve-year-old Ophie uses her recent ability to see ghosts to help Clara, a spirit whose life ended suddenly and unjustly, pass on to the other side, but she soon realizes that Daffodil Manor, the place of Clara's untimely death, may hold more secrets than Ophie bargained for.
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J FICTION RHODES, J.P.
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J FICTION RHODES, J.P.
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"Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city kids--each with their own troubles--to spend a summer out west. Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important,...
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J FICTION PATTERSON, J.
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J FICTION PATTERSON, J.
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J CD FICTION PATTERSON, J.
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J CD FICTION PATTERSON, J.
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A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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J FICTION WOODSON, J.
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J FICTION WOODSON, J.
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TEEN FICTION WOODSON, J.
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TEEN FICTION WOODSON, J.
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TEEN SUMMER READING WOODSON, J.
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TEEN SUMMER READING WOODSON, J.
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J CD FICTION WOODSON, J. CAUDILL
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J CD FICTION WOODSON, J. CAUDILL
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ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.
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J FICTION RHODES, J.P.
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J FICTION RHODES, J.P.
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J FICTION RHODES, J.P.
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J FICTION RHODES, J.P.
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"Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best. Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey. When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King" Alan,...
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J FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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J FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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J FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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J FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid...
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J FICTION COLBERT, B.
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J FICTION COLBERT, B.
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In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders, Alberta and Edie, find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.
15) Clean getaway
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J FICTION STONE, N.
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J FICTION STONE, N.
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"For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly turns...
16) El crossover
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Ganador de la Medalla Newbery · Ganador del Premio Coretta Scott King · New York Times Bestseller · 2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults· 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers · Publishers Weekly Best Book · School Library Journal Best Book· Kirkus Reviews Best Book
"Una hermosa novela medida entre la vida y sus líneas."—New York Times Book Review
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...17) Dough boys
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J FICTION CHASE, P.
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J FICTION CHASE, P.
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Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez.
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J FICTION LOCKINGTON, M.
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J FICTION LOCKINGTON, M.
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"Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled"--Provided by publisher.
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J FICTION WILLIAMS, A.
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J FICTION WILLIAMS, A.
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"There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant--even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house, belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When your dad is a gambling addict and loses the rent money every month, eviction is a regular occurrence. What's not...
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J FICTION ZOBOI, I.A.
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J FICTION ZOBOI, I.A.
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J FICTION ZOBOI, I.A.
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J FICTION ZOBOI, I.A.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ZOBOI, I.A.
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ZOBOI, I.A.
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"In the summer of 1984, 12-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet makes the trip from Huntsville, Alabama, to Harlem, where she'll spend a few weeks with her father while her mother deals with some trouble that's arisen for Ebony-Grace's beloved grandfather, Jeremiah. Jeremiah Norfleet is a bit of a celebrity in Huntsville, where he was one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA two decades earlier. And ever since his granddaughter came to live with...