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Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story)
by Daniel Nayeri
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Advanced Readers Plus
Jan 2021
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Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story)by Daniel Nayeri
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much.
ISBN
9781646140008
Awards & Honors
2021 Michael L. Printz Award Winner
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Fighting Words
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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Realistic Fiction Middle Plus
Dec 2020
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$16.85 Member Price |
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Realistic Fiction Middle Plus
Fighting Wordsby Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom’s boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della’s own wolf—her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della’s world turns so far upside down, it feels like it’s shaking her by the ankles. Maybe she’s been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it’s time to be loud.
ISBN
9781984815682
Awards & Honors
2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Middle Grade
2021 Newbery Medal Honor Book Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Best Middle Grade Books of 2020 Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson
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Upper Elementary & Junior High
Dec 2020
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$16.30 Member Price |
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Upper Elementary & Junior High
Before the Ever Afterby Jacqueline Woodson
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone’s hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he’s as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ’s house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ’s mom explains it’s because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that—but it doesn’t make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can’t remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past? ISBN
9780399545436
Awards & Honors
2021 Coretta Scott King Author Award
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Every Body Looking
by Candice Iloh
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City High School
Dec 2020
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Every Body Lookingby Candice Iloh
Every Body Looking is a novel of a young woman’s struggle to carve a place for herself—for her black female body—in a world of deeply conflicting messages.
ISBN
9780525556206
Awards & Honors
2020 National Book Award Shortlist for Young People's Literature
2021 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book Potentially Sensitive Areas
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No Vacancy
by Tziporah Cohen
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Religious Books Elementary
Dec 2020
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$16.30 Member Price |
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Religious Books Elementary
No Vacancyby Tziporah Cohen
Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream, but at least it’s an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel’s housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. She spends her free time helping Kate’s grandmother make her famous grape pies and begins to face her fears by taking swimming lessons in the motel’s pool.
ISBN
9781773064109
Awards & Honors
2021 Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Honor Book
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How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
by John Rocco
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Nonfiction Middle
Dec 2020
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$17.85 Member Price |
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Nonfiction Middle
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventureby John Rocco
Everyone knows of Neil Armstrong’s famous first steps on the moon. But what did it really take to get us there?
ISBN
9780525647423
Awards & Honors
2020 National Book Award Longlist for Young People's Literature
2021 Sibert Honor Book 2021 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Middle Grade Books of 2020 Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Furia
by Yamile Saied Mendez
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Sports High
Dec 2020
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Sports High
Furiaby Yamile Saied Mendez
In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life.
ISBN
9781616209919
Awards & Honors
2021 Belpre Award for Young Adult Text
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I Talk Like a River
by Jordan Scott
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Character Building Elementary
Dec 2020
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$16.30 Member Price |
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Character Building Elementary
I Talk Like a Riverby Jordan Scott
I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me.
ISBN
9780823445592
Awards & Honors
2021 Schneider Family Book Award for Best Young Children's Book
Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Best Picture Books of 2020 Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
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Current Trends High Plus
Nov 2020
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Current Trends High Plus
Legendbornby Tracy Deonn
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
ISBN
9781534441606
Awards & Honors
2021 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
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The Black Kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed
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City High School
Nov 2020
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$17.85 Member Price |
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The Black Kidsby Christina Hammonds Reed
“Infused with honesty, heart, and humor, The Black Kids is a true love letter to Los Angeles, highlighting the beauty and flaws of the city, and the people who call it home.” —Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of Little & Lion
ISBN
9781534462724
Awards & Honors
2021 William C. Morris Award Finalist
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Never Look Back
by Lilliam Rivera
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Young Adults
Nov 2020
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$16.80 Member Price |
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Never Look Backby Lilliam Rivera
Pheus is a golden-voiced, bachata-singing charmer, ready to spend the summer on the beach with his friends, serenading a girl or two. When he meets Eury, all he wants is to put a smile on her face and fight off her demons. But some dangers are too powerful for even the strongest love, and as the world threatens to tear them apart, Eury and Pheus must fight for each other and their lives.
ISBN
9781547603732
Awards & Honors
2021 Belpre Honor Book for Young Adult Text
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Apple (Skin to the Core)
by Eric Gansworth
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Biography High Plus
Oct 2020
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$17.85 Member Price |
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Apple (Skin to the Core)by Eric Gansworth
A memoir in verse for fans of Brown Girl Dreaming and The Poet X
ISBN
9781646140138
Awards & Honors
2020 National Book Award Longlist for Young People's Literature
2021 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book Potentially Sensitive Areas
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How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
Dec 2020