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922608
1619 project : born on the water by Hannah-Jones, Nikole 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/07/2021

BTSB #: 922608 Available

Dewey: 305.896/NAges: 5-9   
AR: 5 LG Lexile: 860

Subjects: African Americans Slavery Genealogy Grandmothers - Fiction United States - History


Summary: Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her African ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.


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Amari and the night brothers [Supernatural Investigations Volume: Book One]by Alston, B. B. 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/01/2022

BTSB #: 055051 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG

Genres: Supernatural Multicultural


Subjects: Supernatural - Fiction Magic - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction Siblings - Fiction African Americans - Fiction


Summary: Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black 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.


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Beatryce prophecy by DiCamillo, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/28/2021

BTSB #: 276741 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG F&P: Y

Genres: Fantasy Fiction


Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Prophecies - Fiction Fantasy fiction Goats - Fiction Quests (Expeditions) - Fiction


Summary: Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret that imperils them all, for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the prophecy, knows why. So a girl with a head full of stories of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves searches for the castle of the one who wishes her dead.


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386968
Change sings : a children's anthem by Gorman, Amanda 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/21/2021

BTSB #: 386968 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.3 LG Lexile: 470 AD

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Stories in rhyme Change - Fiction Social action - Fiction Music - Fiction Youths' writings


Summary: A young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey. They learn that they have the power to make changes-big or small-in the world, in their communities, and most importantly, in themselves.


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437691
Day for rememberin' : inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day by Henderson, Leah 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 04/06/2021

BTSB #: 437691 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.8 MG F&P: T

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Freedmen - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Memorial Day - Fiction Charleston (S.C.) - Fiction United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Fiction


Summary: In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day.


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Eyes that kiss in the corners by Ho, Joanna 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/05/2021

BTSB #: 447618 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.7 LG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Asian Americans - Fiction Eye - Fiction Personal appearance - Fiction Self-realization - Fiction


Summary: A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. Drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.


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857289
Fast pitch by Stone, Nic 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 08/31/2021

BTSB #: 857289 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG Lexile: 790 F&P: X

Genres: Sports Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Softball - Fiction Families - Fiction Racism - Fiction African Americans - Fiction


Summary: Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever.


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143204
Flight of the puffin by Braden, Ann 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2021)


Publication Date: 05/04/2021

BTSB #: 143204 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.3 MG Lexile: 650 F&P: Y

Genres: General Fiction


Subjects: Encouragement - Fiction Self-acceptance - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction Gender identity - Fiction


Summary: Told in multiple voices, seventh-grader Libby sets off a chain of events that brings hope and encouragement to four different individuals across the country who are dealing with bullies, acceptance, homelessness, and grief.


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Home is in between by Perkins, Mitali 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021)


Publication Date: 02/23/2021

BTSB #: 709820 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
AR: 2 LG Lexile: 430 AD

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Immigration and emigration - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Bengali (South Asian people) - United States - Fiction Home - Fiction


Summary: Immigrating to America, a young girl navigates between her family's Bengali traditions and her new country's culture.


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376616
How to build an insect by Gibson, Roberta Lynn 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 04/06/2021

BTSB #: 376616 Available

Dewey: 745.5/NAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 490 F&P: M

Subjects: Insects Handicraft


Summary: Visit a whimsical workshop and follow along as we learn How To Build an Insect! Conversational text and playful illustrations introduce readers to insect body parts.


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Jump at the sun : the true life tale of unstoppable storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Williams, Alicia 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/12/2021

BTSB #: 951057 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.1 LG Lexile: 1030 AD

Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale American novelists|y20th century - Biography African American novelists - Biography African American women - Southern States - Biography Folklorists - United States - Biography


Summary: Zora's mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun," because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the port of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn't been bothered to listen to until Zora.


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786812
Just like that by Schmidt, Gary D. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/05/2021

BTSB #: 786812 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-15   
AR: 5.9 MG+

Genres: General Fiction


Subjects: Private schools - Fiction Social classes - Fiction Theft - Fiction Gangs - Fiction Grief - Fiction Maine - Fiction


Summary: A poignant, perceptive, witty novel with authenticity and emotion in multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. After her closest friend dies in 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles with school tradition and preferences for wealthy students. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin ends up on Maine's coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a gang.


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King of ragtime : the story of Scott Joplin by Costanza, Stephen 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/14/2021

BTSB #: 244627 Available

Dewey: 780.92/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 930 AD

Subjects: Joplin, Scott,|d1868-1917 Composers - United States - Biography Pianists - Biography African American musicians - Biography Ragtime music


Summary: A rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.


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507498
Kiyoshi's walk by Karlins, Mark 

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Publication Date: 03/09/2021

BTSB #: 507498 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 500 F&P: O

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Poetry - Fiction Haiku - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction City and town life - Fiction


Summary: Kiyoshi asks his grandfather, the wise poet Eto, where poems come from, and Eto takes him on a walk through the city to seek an answer.


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List of Unspeakable Fears by Kramer, J. Kasper 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/14/2021

BTSB #: 530544 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 720

Genres: Family Life Supernatural


Subjects: Fear - Fiction Anxiety - Fiction Grief - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Communicable diseases - Fiction North Brother Island (N.Y.) - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1898-1951 - Fiction


Summary: In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after all.


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Milo imagines the world by de la Pena, Matt 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2021)


Publication Date: 02/02/2021

BTSB #: 265892 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.6 LG Lexile: 980 AD F&P: O

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Drawing - Fiction Imagination - Fiction Prisoners' families - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Subways - Fiction


Summary: While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.


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My two border towns by Bowles, David 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/14/2021

BTSB #: 140158 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.5 LG Lexile: 680 AD F&P: O

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Father-son relationship - Fiction City and town life - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction Immigration and emigration - Fiction United States - Fiction Mexico - Fiction


Summary: A boy and his dad have a weekend ritual. On many mornings, they rise with the sun to prepare for a visit to The Other Side/El otro lado. To get there, father and son drive their truck along the Rio Grande and over a bridge, where they're greeted by a giant statue of an eagle. But the most important stop before the two head home is to check in with their friends seeking asylum and drop off much-needed supplies.


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Nina : a story of Nina Simone by Todd, Traci N. 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/28/2021

BTSB #: 883836 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.2 LG

Subjects: Simone, Nina,|d1933-2003 Women singers - United States - Biography Singers - United States - Biography African American women jazz singers - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography of Nina Simone, an acclaimed singer whose music gave voice to the struggle for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement.


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Outside, inside by Pham, LeUyen 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/05/2021

BTSB #: 714328 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 2 LG Lexile: 470 AD

Genres: General Fiction


Subjects: Community life - Fiction COVID-19 (Disease) - Fiction Epidemics - Fiction Social distancing (Public health) - Fiction


Summary: Celebrates the community coming together to face the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic.


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Red, white, and whole by LaRocca, Rajani 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2021)


Publication Date: 02/02/2021

BTSB #: 543068 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Novels in verse


Summary: Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma. Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick. Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor, is determined to make her Amma well again.


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