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"What if a friend...is more than a friend? Katie can't wait to turn twelve--pool parties! babysitting! friends! But sometimes it feels like there's so much new stuff she can barely keep up. First Job? (Yes!) Unfair dress codes? (No way!) Make up (Okay?!) Shaving? (Uh...!) Maybe growing up isn't as much fun as she had expected. But one thing does seem right--her new friend, Grace. Could Katie have a crush on another girl? Katie knows not everyone around...
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Meet Emily the person, not just Emily the poet. Emily Dickinson is one of America's greatest and most original poets of all time. When you hear her name, you may imagine a white dress worn by a slight, quaint, and introverted figure. A famous recluse, whose withdrawal from society became legendary. But it's time to meet a new side of Emily, that re-remembers her as the powerful, adventurous, and joyful girl she truly was. Follow along as we delve...
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"Set in the author's own teenage years, Raised By Ghosts begins in 1991 with semi autobiographical Briana in middle school. Classes are a bummer, but lunches are worse; either spent alone, or being teased. Traditionally a good student, Briana is not doing well in her academics, but keeps it a secret. Her parents (divorced) are a mess, and largely absent. She spends a lot of time by herself. By high school, she makes friends, and those connections...
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Stand up for what's right. Eight-year-old Mamie Tape loved to learn. In the fall of 1884 in San Francisco, California, Mamie excitedly arrived for her first day at an American public school, only to find the principal blocking her way. Why? Because Mamie was Chinese. This is the real, little-known story of Mamie and her family's courageous fight for her right to attend public school. Will Mamie be allowed to join the rest of her friends at school,...
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"In this personal narrative, Wendy J. Menara reveals the rare perspective of a child living in the shadow of death, caring for a chronically ill, bedridden parent. She shares episodes of her life caring for her mother and the heartbreak at age thirteen of losing her mother. By the time she entered first grade in the early 1970s, her parents had divorced, her father was rarely in her life, and her volatile, pain-wracked mother was bedridden with multiple...
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With the first rays of the sun, Mina and her father begin a joyful day exploring the city streets of Isfahan, Iran, where Islam and Judaism intertwine and a community thrives. Mina imagines the ancient sites coming to life as her father points out the fascinating history and architecture of the churches, synagogues, and mosques they pass by. The two of them picnic with friends near Si-o-se Pol bridge, then finish the day at Mina's father's beautiful...