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Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Poppy believes that all they need in life is love, but the Little One keeps coming up with other things that will make their life comfortable--until it is all swept away in a storm.
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A rural epic about warring families in modern Italy and an intimate bildungsroman of the artist's journey. Set over ten years in an unnamed town in the Maremma region of Southern Tuscany, this novel tells the story of two families against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming country. The Biagini are local ranchers, while the wealthy Sanfilippi belong to Rome's upper middle-class. When Sauro, an ambitious rancher, and Filippo, a hedonistic politician,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools. Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the changes sweeping the country. On Chicago's North Shore,...
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Mommy, Daddy, Sister, and even Kitty are sleeping in, but our little toddler is about to change that with a PAT, KNOCK, CLAP, and BANG! This energetic, rhythmic board book invites the reader to join in on the fun of waking everyone up to play."--
7) Por vosotros
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Los padres nos aman, nos protegen, nos enseñan, nos ayudan, nos dan alas para volar en libertad ... "Por vosotros" es un homenaje a todos los padres y madres del mundo. Es un recorrido poético a lo largo de las vidas de sus protagonistas, en las que el amor llena de color las páginas de esta historia.
Story follows the journey of one family through the ups and downs of life over many years.
Parents love us, protect us, teach us, help us, and...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.
10) Wandering stars
Author
Series
There there volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in There There"--
Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found...
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Everyone's favorite spooky family is back in this animated comedy sequel. In this all new movie we find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with "scream time." To reclaim their bond, they decide to cram Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and the crew into their haunted camper and hit the road for one last miserable family vacation. Their adventure across America takes them out...
Author
Publisher
Urano World Spain, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Dos hermanas distanciadas con el deber de proteger la biblioteca familiar de libros mágicos, deben trabajar juntas para desentrañar un secreto mortal que se encuentra en el centro de la colección. una historia de lealtad familiar y traiciones, y de la búsqueda de la magia y el poder" --
Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a...
13) Mudbound
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In the Mississippi Delta of the 1940s, two farming families one of white landholders, and one of Black tenant farmers are bound by the unforgiving soil they share as they struggle to survive amid the upheavals of World War II and the poisonous hatred of the Jim Crow South. Each family sends a young man off to battle; when they return home, scarred, and find a common bond, the community is ripped apart. Writer-director Dee Rees, with co-writer Virgil...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, una marca de Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Después de leer sobre niños que rompen récords, Camila sueña con romper uno también. Pero ¿cuál de los récords mundiales debe conquistar? Intenta de varias maneras, pero descubre que no es fácil. ¿Llegará a convertirse en una estrella rompe récords?"--Back cover.
Camila dreams of being a star and after learning about children who break world records, decides she will do the same--but how?
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
18) Nigeria Jones
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world."--
"Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother--the perfect matriarch...
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Hay muchísimas cosas grandes: casas, planetas, ¡el universo! Pero no hay nada más grande que el amor por una hija o un hijo."--Back cover.
"El amor por un hijo o hija es lo más grande que hay, más que una ciudad, que un planeta, ¡o que el universo entero! Un álbum ilustrado para contar a los más pequeños que nada es más grande que el amor que sentimos por ellos. 'Esta es nuestra casa. ¡Es muy grande! Pero no es tan grande como mi amor...
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