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2024 Spring Family Story Time Books
AAPI Picture Books
Diversity Picture Books
Islamic Heritage - Picture Books
AAPI Picture Books
Diversity Picture Books
Islamic Heritage - Picture Books
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Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.
2) The best man
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English
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"Archer has four important role models in his life--his dad, his grandfather, his uncle Paul, and his favorite teacher, Mr. McLeod. When Uncle Paul and Mr. McLeod get married, Archer's sixth-grade year becomes one he'll never forget"--
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Pandava volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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AAPI Middle Grade Fiction
Fantastical Fiction - MID
If You Like Percy Jackson, Read These!
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Fantastical Fiction - MID
If You Like Percy Jackson, Read These!
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Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Academic Rivals to Lovers - Adult/YA
LGBTQIA Young Adult Reads
Romantic Comedies - Young Adults
Romantic Fiction - YA
LGBTQIA Young Adult Reads
Romantic Comedies - Young Adults
Romantic Fiction - YA
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After seventeen-year-olds Chloe and Shara, Chloe's rival for valedictorian, kiss, Shara vanishes leaving Chloe and two boys, who are also enamored with Shara, to follow the trail of clues she left behind, but during the search, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to Shara and her small Alabama town than she thought.
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2022.
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English
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In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.
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AAPI YA Books
Forbidden Romance - Adult/YA
If You Like Summer I Turned Pretty, Read These!
Romantic Fiction - YA
Forbidden Romance - Adult/YA
If You Like Summer I Turned Pretty, Read These!
Romantic Fiction - YA
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High school seniors Bao and Linh, whose feuding families own competing Vietnamese restaurants, conceal their budding romance, as well as Linh's desire to become an artist.
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Amina's voice volume 1
Language
English
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AAPI Juvenile Fiction
If You Like the Hate U Give, Read These!
Islamic Heritage- MID/JF
Womens History Month - JF
If You Like the Hate U Give, Read These!
Islamic Heritage- MID/JF
Womens History Month - JF
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"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
8) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...
9) Count me in
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Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.
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