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• And Then, Boom!

  Fipps, Lisa,

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  Joseph Oak and his Grandmum live barely above the poverty line and suffer from the poor decisions of his unreliable mother. When they become homeless and must live out of a car, Joseph tries to keep his hopes up by reminding himself of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Teeny-weeny Unicorn

  Harris, Shawn (Artist),

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  A long time ago, in a land where unicorns were real, and horses were mythical beasts, the Teeny-Weeny Unicorn lived with his family in a palace that was much too large for him.

• Pepper & Me

  Alemagna, Béatrice,

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  A young girl trips and skins her knee. Her father cleans the scrape and tells her she will soon have a beautiful scab, but when the scab comes, the girl does not find it beautiful at all. The scab seems like sticking around, though, so the girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Stand

  Eady, Antwan,

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  A young boy helps his grandfather harvest and sell produce each week at his farm stand. But Papa is getting older, and when he is too tired to go to the market one day, his grandson and the community rally around to support him.

• Threads

  Zlata's Ukrainian Shirt

  Maslo, Lina,

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  Ukraine, 1932: Zlata and her family are forced to pay increasing taxes to the Russians and give up larger and larger shares of their family's wheat. On her eighth birthday, when she receives a beautiful hand-embroidered blouse from her parents,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Zookeeper

  Becker, Aaron,

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  This wordless picture book follows a robot zookeeper named NOA that turns its shipbuilding hobby into a mechanism for saving the lives of endangered zoo animals as the water rises all around them, making their home uninhabitable.

• Nana in the Country

  Castillo, Lauren,

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  A boy who lives in the country wants to show his grandmother, who lives in the city, all the things he loves about the country, but she seems to know it all already. However, when a sheep gets loose in a thunderstorm, the boy is able to impress his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poetry Comics

  Snider, Grant,

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  Presents a collection of poems written and illustrated in comic book format, including poems about new shoes, falling leaves, growing up and tadpoles.

• Built to Last

  Lê, Minh, 1979-

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  Two best friends enjoy building elaborate, imaginative structures with blocks, cardboard and other materials only to see them crash. The friends don't mind, though. They laugh and begin again until one spectacular crash makes the friends frustrated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bros

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Spare, rhyming prose and illustrations describe the ways a group of young Black boys spend their days playing make-believe, taking risks in a park, helping in a community garden and joyfully shooting hoops together.

• Spider in the Well

  Hannigan, Jess,

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  In this modern fable, a doctor, a shopkeeper and a baker are upset that the local wishing well is broken and their seemingly noble wishes are not coming true. They send an overworked newsboy to investigate the problem, and he finds a spider that has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Like Millie

  Castillo, Lauren,

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  After moving to a new apartment, a young girl has a hard time making friends until her mother adopts a rescue dog named Millie, who helps the girl feel safe when meeting new people.

• Partly Cloudy

  Freedman, Deborah (Deborah Jane), 1960-

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  Two curious bunnies are watching the clouds in the sky, but they each see something totally different. One bunny likes to use his imagination and sees cotton candy or whipped cream, while the other bunny can only see the science behind them.

• Wild Places

  the Life of Naturalist David Attenborough

  Rocco, Hayley,

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  Traces the life of British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, describing his boyhood interest in the natural world, his work as a broadcaster, and his innovative idea for a show about animals in the wild.

• One Day This Tree Will Fall

  Barnard Booth, Leslie,

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  Follow a tree's life cycle from seed to healthy maturity to slow decline. The text explains that after the tree falls, its old life ends and a new one begins as it becomes an ecosystem unto itself, as a home for fungi, insects, woodland animals and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Keep Walking

  Downing, Erin Soderberg,

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  It's been two years since 12-year-old Jo's parents' divorce, and she and her mom are about to embark on a 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore. Jo is soon faced with a challenge that leads her on a quest for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slugfest

  Korman, Gordon,

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  Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School, and he's so good he's able to play on the high school's JV sports teams. So he's more than a little surprised when he learns JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Averil Offline

  Parks, Amy Noelle,

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  Twelve-year-old Averil is on a mission to find the creator of the phone app her helicopter parents use to keep track of her.

• The Night War

  Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker,

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  In occupied France in 1942, 12-year-old Miriam Schreiber lives in Paris with her Jewish German family after fleeing Kristallnacht. When her parents are rounded up, she flees with her 2-year-old neighbor Nora and is saved by a Catholic nun, who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Louder Than Hunger

  Schu, John, 1981-

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  In 1996, 13-year-old Jake, who loves skating, volunteering at a nursing home and listening to Broadway tunes, is relentlessly bullied in school, which triggers an eating disorder. Withholding food from his body feels like the one thing he has…Read moreRead more of this annotation