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We Are Not from HereA poignant novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border, inspired by current events. A Pura Belpr 2021 Young Adult Author Honor Book A BookPage Best Book of 2020 A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2020 A School Library...
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Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Honor novel, featuring his trademark humor and unique narrative voice, is now part of the Scholastic Gold line Elijah of Buxton, recipient of the Newbery Honor and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, joins the Scholastic Gold...
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Road Allowance Era: Volume 4In Road Allowance Era, Echo's story picks up again when she travels back in time to 1885.The government has not fulfilled its promise of land for the Métis, and many flee to the Northwest. As part of the fallout from the Northwest Resistance, their...
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When I Was EightBestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at...
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Magic: Once Upon a Faraway LandIn her debut as author and illustrator, Mirelle Ortega shares her own story of growing up near her family's pineapple farm in Mexico, where she learned the true meaning of magicGrowing up on a pineapple farm in Mexico, a girl discovers the true meaning...
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The Black Pearl: A Newbery Honor Award WinnerA Newbery Honor BookFrom the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven.Such a treasure is...
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The Rare, Tiny Flower: (Picture Books about Peace, Kindness Kids Books)* 2022 NYC BIG BOOK AWARD WINNER * 2022 WORLD ILLUSTRATION AWARDS SHORTLIST "Kitty O'Meara's The Rare, Tiny Flower, illustrated by Quim Torres, relies on metaphor to introduce children to the often trivial reasons for war." --The New York Times "Kitty O'Meara is the...
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The Three Canadian Pigs: A Hockey StoryThe three pigs are just finishing up a hockey practice session when the Big Bad Wolf drops by and declares them Canadian bacon--and lunch. When north country bad boys Bear and Moose join the fray, the pigs invite the gang to settle their disputes...
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Cece Rios and the Desert of SoulsWhen a powerful desert spirit kidnaps her sister, Cece Rios must learn forbidden magic to get her back, in this own voices middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Storm Runner and Aru Shah and the End of Time. Living in the remote...
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Dear Primo: A Letter to My CousinA Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book! "Reinforces the sense that kids around the world are more alike than different." --Booklist "An excellent tool for explaining how cultures connect." --School Library Journal Two cousins--one in the United States and one in Mexico--learn their lives aren't...
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Valleyesque: StoriesIn this exuberantly strange story collection, Flores asks: Whose reality? What rules? --Jean Chen Ho, author of The New York Times Book ReviewThese are marvelously unpredictable stories, anchored by Fernando A. Flores's deadpan prose and his surefooted navigation of those overlapping territories, the real...
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Frida Kahlo and Her AnimalitosPura Belpré Illustrator Honor 2018 ALA Notable Children's Book 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2017 Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017 Smithsonian Top Ten Best Children's Book of 2017 2018 Bank Street Best Children's Book of...
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Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border FamilyA true multigenerational story of how one family had and lost it all along the US-Mexican border.Pietro La Greca Sr. was an intimidating Napolitano con man dubbed "Mexico's real-life Don Corleone." He ran Mexico's biggest money-laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the...
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We Are Owed.We Are Owed. is the debut poetry collection of Ariana Brown, exploring Black relationality in Mexican and Mexican American spaces. Through poems about the author's childhood in Texas and a trip to Mexico as an adult, Brown interrogates the accepted origin stories of Mexican...
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Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New EmergenceMany promote Reconciliation as a new way for Canada to relate to Indigenous Peoples. In Dancing on Our Turtles Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence activist, editor, and educator Leanne Simpson asserts reconciliation must be grounded in political resurgence and...
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The Girl and the WolfWhile picking berries with her mother, a little girl wanders too far into the woods. When she realizes she is lost, she begins to panic. A large grey wolf makes a sudden appearance between some distant trees. Using his sense of smell, he determines...
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The Blue CastleFrom L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, comes another beloved classic and an unforgettable story of courage and romance. Valancy Stirling is 29 and has never been in love. She's spent her entire life on a quiet little street in an ugly...
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Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi BayFrom award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman -- a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. "[A] lyrical, passionate, and deeply researched...
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Tj Powar Has Something to Prove"With an iconic heroine, delightful banter and a deeply felt message, this debut proves many times over that Jesmeen Kaur Deo is an invaluable new voice. TJ Powar Has Something to Prove is rife with insight and rich with rom-com joy, often on the...
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My Heart Fills with Happiness / Nijiikendam★ "A quiet loveliness, sense of gratitude, and--yes--happiness emanate from this tender celebration of simple pleasures." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you love. What fills...
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