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1) Saturday
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After her mother dies, Lina travels to Italy where she discovers her mother's journal and sets off on an adventure to unearth her mother's secrets."--
Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, and she's only there because it was her mother's dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn't around for sixteen years? When Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy, she begins to uncover a magical world...
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Language
English
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Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (KIDS)
Black-Eyed Susan 2022-2023 Nominees: Grades 4-6
Black-Eyed Susan 2022-2023 Nominees: Grades 4-6
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"A heartbreakingly hopeful #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia."--Provided by publisher.
7) Hair love
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Language
English
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Description
A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
9) Fangirl
Author
Series
Fangirl (Manga) volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
10) Raybearer
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Raised in isolation, Tarisai yearns for the closeness she could have as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11, but her mother, The Lady, has magically compelled Tarisai to kill the Crown Prince.
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Language
English
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AACPS Kindergarten
All Time Staff Favorites: Picture Books
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (KIDS)
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All Time Staff Favorites: Picture Books
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (KIDS)
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Description
A self-confident and strong young girl recounts how she shares her eyes--and so much more--with her mother, her amah and her little sister.
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Princess diaries volume 1
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.
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Series
Zoe Washington stories volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
14) Hurricane child
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Language
English
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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Series
Left-Handed Booksellers of London volume 1
Language
English
Description
A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.
19) I am still alive
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Language
English
Description
"Stranded alone in the unforgiving Canadian wilderness, Jess is determined to survive and seek revenge on her father's murderers"--
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