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Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"After Granny dies, she leaves something behind for everyone in the family. She leaves Father her tuba and Mother her locket. Sister receives her microscope and brother her record collection. But our main character receives something special that unlocks cherished memories of Granny through a world of imaginative play. Through spare prose, award-winning author Heather Smith has crafted a beautiful story about memory, loss and grief, and how we can...
42) El elefante
Author
Publisher
Nørdica Infantil
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
El padre de Olivia sufre una tristeza tan grande que ella imagina que un enorme elefante lo sigue por todas partes. Cada d̕a, Olivia ve el elefante y, cada d̕a, desea que se vaya. Con la ayuda de su abuelo y de su mejor amigo, Arthur, Olivia se propone librarse del elefante para siempre. Pero ¿ser̀ capaz Olivia de mover algo tan enorme?
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books/Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Raven is dealing with a lot--her grandmother's recent death, a knee injury from an accident, and a tiff with her best friend. But she's determined to prove to her basketball coach that her knee is in good enough shape for her to play in the Jammin' Salmon basketball tournament, which she's been participating in since she was little. So she pushes herself--and her teammates--a little too much while trying to prove she should play in the tournament....
44) No filter
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Janessa "Jinx" McCormick loves photography because it's like real life, except she can make it perfect. Using her late father's camera, Jinx takes photos for nearly everyone in her small town of Greenbelt, making her something of a local celebrity. But one day as she's touching up a new photo, Jinx sees...something in the background of the image. A shadow that she's certain wasn't in the frame when she captured the shot. Though it's too dark and...
Author
Publisher
B/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Marin no ha vuelto a hablar sobre su antigua vida desde el día que decidió dejar todo atrás. Nadie sabe la verdad. Ni siquiera su mejor amiga, Mabel. Pero incluso a miles de kilómetros de la costa de California, en Nueva York, Marin todavía siente el peso de la tragedia de la que ha tratado de huir. Ahora, meses más tarde, a solas en un dormitorio vacío, durante las vacaciones de invierno, Marin espera. Mabel está a punto de llegar, y con...
46) Sora's seashells
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Every summer, when Sora's Halmoni, or grandmother, visits from South Korea, the two of them take the bus to the beach to search for seashells. While Sora likes to take all of them back with her, Halmoni always leaves the prettiest shell for someone else to find and treasure. As summer turns to fall, Halmoni returns home and Sora starts kindergarten, where some of the kids tease her about her "weird" name. One day, Sora's parents receive a sad call...
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Cassidy Rain Berghoff didn't know that the very night she decided to get a life would be the night that Galen would lose his. It's been six months since her best friend died, and up until now Rain has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around her aunt Georgia's Indian Camp in their mostly white Midwestern community, Rain decides to face the outside world again -- at least through the lens of her camera. Hired...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident leaves her with only three matches left, the magical strike of each one sees her tumble into visions of a brighter future. Realizing she has the power to change her own fortune, Bridie leads the match factory workers out on strike, achieving the remarkable through their unity and courage."--
49) We are lions!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"I am a lion, and my big brother is one, too ... until one day, he gets sick. The narrator and his big brother have the best game in the world together. They are dangerous lions on the savannah! One day, big brother doesn't want to run around anymore. His stomach hurts. He has to see the doctor and take medicine, and even has to stay at the hospital. Lions don't want to be trapped by wires and tubes! The narrator instigates a hunt, and the brothers...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alice keeps a perfectly round skipping stone in her pocket to remember her grandfather by -- but the stone goes missing. It looked just like a regular stone, but Alice knew it was different: It was perfectly round so you could use it to trace circles, and sometimes she could trick her dad into thinking it was a quarter. It was also how Alice remembered her grandpa, who taught her how to skip stones, and who passed away last winter. Alice brings the...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Malaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was a just a baby and who shared her love of carnival. Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and guesses that the dream is about her father. Mummy explains that her daddy passed away long ago, and Grandma decides it's time Malaika knew more about her father's life. The family drives to a far-off farm where they receive a warm welcome and visit the orchard...
52) Northranger
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Cade Munoz has has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After all, horror movies are scary, but to Cade--a closeted queer teen growing up in rural Texas--real life can be way scarier. When Cade is sent to spend the summer working as a ranch hand to help earn extra money for his family, he is horrified. Cade hates everything about the ranch, from the early mornings to the mountains of horse poop he has to clean up. The only...
Author
Series
Marius Grey stories volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Marius Grey has a job as a Cemetery Boy, looking after the ghosts in his family's graveyard, but he also hunts monsters and, along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend, must race against the clock to save the ghost of his dead mother.
Marius Grey hunts Monsters. He's not supposed to. He's only twelve and his job as a Cemetery Boy is to look after the ghosts in his family's graveyard. He should be tending these ghosts and-of course-going...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Desde que Signa Farrow tiene uso de raz̤n, la gente que hay en su vida ha ca̕do como las estrellas. Hǔrfana desde que era un beb̌, Signa ha crecido con una serie de tutores, cada cual de ellos m̀s interesado en su fortuna que en su bienestar. Y todos han tenido un final prematuro. Los ͠nicos familiares que le quedan son los esquivos Hawthorne, una familia exčntrica que vive en Thorn Grove, una finca tan reluciente como sombr̕a. Su patriarca...
55) Lore (Spanish)
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Cada siete años comienza el agon. Como castigo por la rebelión, nueve dioses griegos son forzados a caminar por la Tierra, entre los mortales, mientras son perseguidos por cazadores, descendientes de antiguos linajes, con ansias de matar a un dios y hacerse con su poder divino e inmortalidad. Hace mucho tiempo, Lore Perseus huyo de esa competición brutal a raíz del sadico asesinato de su familia por parte de un linaje rival, y dejo atras las...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her. Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister...
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