True definition of Neva Beane by Kendall, Christine 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 513444 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Grandparents - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Maturation (Psychology) - Fiction Social action - Fiction Community life - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Neva and her older brother Clayton have been left with their grandparents for the summer. She's having a difficult time dealing with changes to her body, changes with her best friend, and changes with her relationship with her brother who is now into social activism and their multicultural community (and into Michelle, the sexy girl across the street)--Neva is growing up and she is not sure that the dictionary has the right words to describe everything she is experiencing.

Unfadeable by Broaddus, Maurice 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 153759 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG+

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Graffiti - Fiction Street art - Fiction Neighborhoods - Fiction Gentrification - Fiction Community life - Fiction

Summary: A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood.

Unfadeable by Broaddus, Maurice 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2022)

BTSB #: P09185 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Graffiti - Fiction Street art - Fiction Neighborhoods - Fiction Gentrification - Fiction Community life - Fiction

Summary: A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood.

Very Mercy Christmas [Mercy Watson]by DiCamillo, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 276872 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG

Genres: Holidays Animals

Subjects: Pigs - Fiction Christmas - Fiction Community life - Fiction

Summary: When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic contributions from the pig, the cat, and the horse she picks up on the way?

Water day by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 311424 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Water supply - Fiction Climate change - Fiction Community life - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village.

We'll make things better together

BTSB Prebound(Penguin, 2023)

BTSB #: 406741 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Community life - Fiction Helping behavior - Fiction

Summary: Children join their families, friends, and community to do things like clean up a park, cheer up a sick neighbor, and make music together.

What I came to tell you by Hays, Tommy 

BTSB Prebound(Egmont, 2013)

BTSB #: 429846 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 770

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Father-son relationship - Fiction Art - Fiction Community life - Fiction Grief - Fiction

Summary: A boy finds solace in his art and community after his mother dies and his father retreats into himself.