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Stella Batts volume 8
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Stella gets a chance to audition for her favorite television show when she meets a casting director who thinks she is perfect for the role, so she rehearses her lines until she know the part by heart, but the audition does not go as planned.
22) Pretty Girl-13
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings.
24) New from here
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
26) The do-over
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Twins Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable, but since their parents divorced Raquel has become bossy and obsessive, while Lucinda has immersed herself in her ice skating lessons, and the pandemic and its enforced isolation has only made things worse; but then they are sent to their father's ranch in central California and while Raquel thinks that this is a chance to get their parents back together by driving his girlfriend away, Lucinda...
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Series
Cleo Edison Oliver volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cleo Edison Oliver is full of money-making ideas, and her fifth-grade Passion Project is no different--but things get more complicated when she has to keep her business running, be a good listener when her best friend needs her, and deal with the bully teasing her about being adopted at the same time.
Author
Series
Cleo Edison Oliver volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Successful businesswoman Fortune A. Davies has announced a new website where "kidpreneurs" can upload ads for their businesses and Cleo and her friend Caylee are sure this is the their big break to get funding for their personalized barrettes, Passion Clips--but producing an internet ad using their classmates is proving difficult, and Cleo is further distracted by her desire to find her birth parents.
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EllRay Jakes series volume 2
Language
English
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Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes decides to "borrow" his father's crystals to impress his classmates, but his plan to return the crystals before his father notices goes awry.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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A coming-of-age story that explores culture and family, forgiveness and friendship, and what makes a true home. Perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Joan Bauer. Lou Bulosan-Nelson has the ultimate summer DIY project. She's going to build her own "tiny house," 100 square feet all her own. She shares a room with her mom in her grandmother's house, and longs for a place where she can escape her crazy but lovable extended Filipino family. Lou enjoys her...
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 7
Language
English
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Third-grader EllRay dreads the upcoming Winter Wonderland school assembly in which he must emcee and sing "Jingle Bell Rock."
34) Frankly in love
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Language
English
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AAPI YA Books
If You Like the Hate U Give, Read These!
Romantic Fiction - YA
TIME Magazine Best YA Reads
If You Like the Hate U Give, Read These!
Romantic Fiction - YA
TIME Magazine Best YA Reads
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"High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all"--
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