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"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies...

2) Amari and the night brothers

Author

Alston, B. B

Series

Amari volume 1

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Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor African American girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.

3) Amina's voice

Author

Khan, Hena

Series

Amina's voice volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway, Talking Book

"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--

4) Becoming Muhammad Ali: a novel

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Patterson, James

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"A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time"--OCLC.

5) Before the ever after

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Woodson, Jacqueline

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Thorndike Press large print middle reader

ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.--

6) The benefits of being an octopus

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Braden, Ann

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Thorndike Press large print middle reader

Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate...

7) Black brother, black brother

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Rhodes, Jewell Parker

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Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway

Twelve-year-old Donte is the darker-skinned brother of Trey, which in his racist, mostly-white school has earned him the nickname Black Brother. When the captain of the school fencing team successfully frames him for something he didn't do, Donte is arrested and suspended from school. Joining a local youth center, Donte meets former Olympic fencer Arden Jones and begins training to defeat his school bully and find courage to confront the racist system...

8) Blended

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Draper, Sharon M

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Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway, Talking Book

Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.

9) Booked

Author

Alexander, Kwame

Series

Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2

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"Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams"--OCLC.

10) Born behind bars

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Venkatraman, Padma

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In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.

11) The brave

Author

Bird, James

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Book, eBook

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Collin can't help himself--he has a unique condition that leads him to count every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies and a continual frustration to the adults around him, including his father. When Collin is asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog,...

12) The bridge home

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Venkatraman, Padma

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Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.

13) The canyon's edge

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Bowling, Dusti

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A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

14) Class act

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Craft, Jerry

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Book, eAudiobook, Playaway

"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher....

15) Clean getaway

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Stone, Nic

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Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway, Talking Book

"For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly turns...

16) The crossover

Author

Alexander, Kwame

Series

Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1

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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

17) Dactyl Hill Squad

Author

Older, Daniel José

Series

Dactyl Hill Squad volume 1

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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Book, eBook, eComic, Kindle

It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are trying to survive; but when she receives a letter telling her that her brother Montez was wounded, Magdalys knows that somehow she must reach him--and just possibly her ability to communicate telepathically with dinosaurs...

18) El Deafo

Author

Bell, Cece

Series

El Deafo

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"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes...

19) Dress coded

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Firestone, Carrie

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Thorndike Press large print middle reader

"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion"--

20) Efrén divided: a novel

Author

Cisneros, Ernesto

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