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1) Sam: a novel
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"What happens to a girl's sense of joy and belonging--to her belief in herself--as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. "There is a girl, and her name is Sam." So begins Allegra Goodman's moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverly, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though...
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Publisher
Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She...
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English
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Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope-she doesn't even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.That's because Sam Kemp - in the bleakest point of her life - has accidentally taken Nisha's gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag-she's...
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English
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CRPL Celebrates Black Authors - Fiction
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CRPL Celebrates Black Authors - Fiction
Racial Justice
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Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child--the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment--weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest...
7) Ish
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English
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Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
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Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again ... Years later, Aurora is teaching...
9) Icebreaker
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English
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2022-06 - Pride Month Novels
2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
LGBTQIA Pride for Teens
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
LGBTQIA Pride for Teens
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Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation: for one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a hockey player (or wants to); more troubling his rival, Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him--and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal...
10) Slumpbuster
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship.
11) Batting order
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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On or off the field, Matt and Ben couldn't be more different. Ben Roberson is an all-or-nothing player: he's big, he's bold, and he's brash. Ben's swing can hit a ball right out of the park--but that's if he can get a hit at all. Matt Baker is small, and shy, and his stutter has him avoiding the spotlight--even if he's the best all-rounder on the team. But while Matt knows he's got the chops, a part of him has always envied "Big Ben" and his attention-grabbing...
12) The dot
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English
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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
13) Be more chill
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Language
English
Description
Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
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Series
Princess Truly volume 1
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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In rhyming text Princess Truly, super girl, uses her super powers to help her friend Lizzie celebrate her cat's first birthday, and when things go a little wrong, she gives Lizzie the confidence to believe that she too is a super girl.
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Roscoe Riley rules volume 5
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English
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Roscoe cannot wait to tap dance in the school talent show until some older boys make fun of him and say that tap dancing is just for girls.
16) One green apple
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
17) The grip
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Marcus stroman volume 1
Language
English
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Marcus, a young baseball pitcher, learns that perfect games only come with a lot of practice--and some strikeouts.
18) Starfish
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Language
English
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2021 Summer Top Picks for Middle Schoolers
2022 Youth Media Awards
2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
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2022 Youth Media Awards
2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
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Told in verse, Ellie lives by Fat Girl Rules to avoid being bullied, but with the support of her dad, her therapist and her neighbor Catalina, can Ellie set aside these rules and just be herself?
20) Smash it!
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Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Challenging herself to overcome long-held insecurities at the beginning of her junior year, Liv lands an unexpected role in her high school's hip-hopera production of Othello that helps launch her journey of self-empowerment.
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