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516477
Amina's song by Khan, Hena 

BTSB Prebound(Salaam Reads, 2021)


Publication Date: 03/09/2021

BTSB #: 516477 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 800

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Muslims - Fiction Pakistani Americans - Fiction Friendship - Fiction School stories Composition (Music) - Fiction


Summary: Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.


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740514
Boy at the back of the class by Rauf, Onjali Q. 

BTSB Prebound(Yearling, 2020)


Publication Date: 08/06/2019

BTSB #: 740514 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 7.3 3-5 Lexile: 940

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction Syrians - England - London - Fiction London (England) - Fiction England - Fiction


Summary: When quiet, nine-year-old Ahmet arrives in their classroom, a boy and his friends fail to draw him out but try a new plan after learning he is a Syrian refugee.


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907367
Bridge home by Venkatraman, Padma 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2019)


Publication Date: 02/05/2019

BTSB #: 907367 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Homeless persons - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Chennai (India) - Fiction India - Fiction


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


22.38 *

258836
Chaos curse [Kiranmala And The Kingdom Beyond Volume: Book 3]by DasGupta, Sayantani 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/01/2020

BTSB #: 258836 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 820

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction


Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Princesses - Fiction Adventure fiction Fantasy fiction


Summary: Prince Lal has been spirited away to, of all places, Parsippany, so Kiranmala must leave the Kingdom Beyond and return home to rescue him; but reality seems to be wavering around her because something is causing a dangerous disruption in the multiverse, and she must face the disturbing prophecy about her own role in the approaching conflict between good and evil--not to mention her own growing feelings for Prince Neel.


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081984
Count me in by Bajaj, Varsha 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2019)


Publication Date: 08/27/2019

BTSB #: 081984 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 680 F&P: X

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Racism - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Violence - Fiction Social media - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Texas - Houston - Fiction Houston (Tex.) - Fiction


Summary: Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.


22.38 *

196168
Each tiny spark by Cartaya, Pablo 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2019)


Publication Date: 08/06/2019

BTSB #: 196168 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680 F&P: V

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Attention deficit disorder - Fiction Family life - Georgia - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Georgia - Fiction


Summary: Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.


23.08 *

971310
Front desk [Front Desk Novel Volume: #1]by Yang, Kelly 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2018)


Publication Date: 05/29/2018

BTSB #: 971310 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 3.7 3-5 Lexile: 640

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Hotels and motels - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Southern California - Fiction


Summary: Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.


23.78 *

410560
Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Hahn, Mary Downing 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)


Publication Date: 09/15/2010

BTSB #: 410560 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680 F&P: U

Genres: Supernatural Family Life


Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Ghosts - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Jealousy - Fiction Great Britain - History|y1837-1901, Victoria - Fiction


Summary: In the 19th century, Florence leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but a ghost in the house means to do her and James harm.


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393477
Grenade by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)


Publication Date: 09/15/2018

BTSB #: 393477 Available

Dewey: FAges: 11-14   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 760

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan - Okinawa Island - Fiction Marines - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Okinawa-shi (Japan) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.


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393479
Ground Zero by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 02/01/2021

BTSB #: 393479 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) - Fiction September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Fiction Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction Afghanistan - Fiction


Summary: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.


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596282
Home plate heist [Jake Maddox Graphic Novels]by Maddox, Jake 

BTSB Prebound(Stone Arch, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/01/2021

BTSB #: 596282 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG F&P: R

Subjects: Baseball - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Family life - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Graphic novels


Summary: Fernando Higuera loves playing baseball. The game is in his blood. He comes from a family of skilled baseball players. However, during one game Fernando's coach tells him to try a new move and steal second base. But he's never tried that before. Fernando hesitates and ends up getting bagged out. He feels he let his team and family down. Luckily, his family has his back and teaches him everything they know about stealing bases. Will their advice help Fernando lead his team to victory at the next big game? In graphic novel format.


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799215
Invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures by Selznick, Brian 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2007)


Publication Date: 03/15/2007

BTSB #: 799215 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.1 MG RC: 4.8 6-8 Lexile: 820 F&P: W

Genres: Mystery Fiction


Subjects: Melies, Georges,|d1861-1938 - Fiction Robots - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Railroad stations - Fiction Paris (France) - Fiction


Summary: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.


31.48 *

774628
Land of the cranes by Salazar, Aida 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 09/15/2020

BTSB #: 774628 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 890 F&P: Z

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Novels in verse Mexicans - United States - Fiction Families - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Detention of persons - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - Fiction


Summary: Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp.


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203940
Lety out loud by Cervantes, Angela 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)


Publication Date: 03/15/2019

BTSB #: 203940 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 720

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Animal shelters - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction


Summary: Lety Andrade's first language is Spanish and she loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and cats there don't care if she can't find the right word. But she fears her position there may be in jeopardy when the volunteers agree to an unapproved secret competition among themselves.


22.38 *

700190
Long walk to water : based on a true story by Park, Linda Sue 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2010)


Publication Date: 11/15/2010

BTSB #: 700190 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG+RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 720 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Dut, Salva,|d1974- - Fiction Refugees - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Water - Fiction Sudan - History|y1983-2005, Civil War - Fiction


Summary: Eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family during Sudan's civil war and must walk with other Dinka tribe members in search of a safe haven.


23.78 *

196186
Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish by Cartaya, Pablo 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2018)


Publication Date: 08/21/2018

BTSB #: 196186 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.9 MG RC: 4.3 6-8 Lexile: 580 HL

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Families - Fiction Puerto Ricans - United States - Fiction Down syndrome - Fiction People with mental disabilities - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Puerto Rico - Fiction


Summary: After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.


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703882
Max Einstein : rebels with a cause [Max Einstein Volume: bk. 2]by Patterson, James 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2019)


Publication Date: 09/09/2019

BTSB #: 703882 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 700

Genres: Adventure Fiction


Subjects: Adventure fiction Water pollution - Fiction Science - Experiments - Fiction Problem solving - Fiction Creative ability - Fiction Genius - Fiction India - Fiction


Summary: When twelve-year-old Max's friend Vihaan asks her help for a village in India with a water crisis, Max risks her safety to try to save the day.


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540028
Measuring up by LaMotte, Lily 

BTSB Prebound(HarperAlley, 2020)


Publication Date: 12/29/2020

BTSB #: 540028 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG Lexile: 360 HL

Subjects: Taiwanese - United States Family life - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Contests - Fiction Graphic novels Seattle (Wash.) - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in is to celebrate Amah's 70th birthday together. Since she can't go to Amah, Cici cooks up a plan to bring Amah to her and surprise her parents-by winning the grand prize in a kids' cooking contest to pay for Amah's ticket. In graphic novel format.


446558
Night diary by Hiranandani, Veera 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)


Publication Date: 03/06/2018

BTSB #: 446558 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.3 6-8 Lexile: 700

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Family life - India - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Muslims - Fiction India - History|y1947 Partition - Fiction


Summary: Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.


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676485
Night divided by Nielsen, Jennifer A. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2015)


Publication Date: 09/15/2015

BTSB #: 676485 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 F&P: Y

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Family life - Germany - Berlin - Fiction Family life - Germany (East) - Fiction Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 - Fiction Berlin (Germany) - History|y1945-1990 - Fiction Germany (East) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz were trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic are in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.


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