Above the rim : how Elgin Baylor changed basketball by Bryant, Jen 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 164395 Available

Dewey: 796.323/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.3 LG F&P: S

Genres:

Subjects: Baylor, Elgin Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team) Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) National Basketball Association African American basketball players - United States - Biography Segregation Race relations

Summary: A player in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, Elgin Baylor was known for his acrobatic style of moving and shooting, inspiring others to get creative with their game. But when hotels and restaurants were racially segregated on their road trips, Elgin and his teammates boycotted them until the entire NBA followed suit.

Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of doom [Cookie Chronicles Volume: Book 1]by Swanson, Matthew 

Paperback(Yearling, 2022)

BTSB #: 867714 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG Lexile: 630 F&P: R

Genres:

Subjects: Goal (Psychology) - Fiction Fortune cookies - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.

Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of doom [Cookie Chronicles Volume: Book 1]by Swanson, Matthew 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2021)

BTSB #: 867722 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG Lexile: 630 F&P: R

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Goal (Psychology) - Fiction Fortune cookies - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.

Butterfly for a king : saving Hawai'i's Kamehameha butterflies by Roth, Susan L. 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 891140 In Bindery

Dewey: 595.78/NAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.4 LG

Genres:

Subjects: Butterflies - Conservation - Hawaii Island ecology Hawaii - History

Summary: A combined history of the Hawaiian islands and the native Kamehameha butterfly up to and including current-day efforts of Hawaii's Pulelehua Project, a group of professional and citizen scientists working to restore the butterfly's declining habitats and population. An afterword with additional information, photographs, and source list is included.

Lion of Mars by Holm, Jennifer L. 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2021)

BTSB #: 459962 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 530

Genres: Science Fiction

Subjects: Science fiction Mars (Planet) - Fiction Viruses - Fiction Space colonies - Fiction

Summary: When a mysterious virus breaks out in the U.S. settlement on Mars, Bell and his friends must work together to save not just their home, but all the other international settlements on the planet.

Lion of Mars by Holm, Jennifer L. 

Paperback(Yearling, 2022)

BTSB #: 459966 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 530

Genres:

Subjects: Science fiction Mars (Planet) - Fiction Viruses - Fiction Space colonies - Fiction

Summary: When a mysterious virus breaks out in the U.S. settlement on Mars, Bell and his friends must work together to save not just their home, but all the other international settlements on the planet.

Pigskins to paintbrushes : the story of football-playing artist Ernie Barnes by Tate, Don 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 872705 Available

Dewey: 796.332/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.3 MG F&P: R

Genres:

Subjects: Barnes, Ernie,|d1938-2009 National Football League Drawing African American artists - Biography African American football players - Biography Football

Summary: Young Ernie Barnes wasn't like all the other boys his age. Bullied for being shy, overweight, and uninterested in sports like boys were "supposed" to be, he instead took refuge in his sketchbook, in vibrant colors, bold brushstrokes, and flowing lines. Discouraged and tired of being teased, Ernie joined the school football team. Although reluctant at first, he would soon become a star. But art remained in Ernie's heart and followed him through high school, college, and into the NFL.

Strangest thing in the sea : and other curious creatures of the deep by Poliquin, Rachel 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 724070 Available

Dewey: 591.77/NAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 870 IG

Genres:

Subjects: Marine animals Curiosities and wonders

Summary: A wonderfully weird book about the strangest creatures in the sea. Not everything is quite as it seems in this fascinating exploration of 12 bizarre and little-known sea animals.

What comes next by Buyea, Rob 

Paperback(Yearling, 2022)

BTSB #: 179501 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
F&P: V

Genres: Family Life Animals

Subjects: Death - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Grief - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Guilt - Fiction Selective mutism - Fiction Moving - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Thea, devastated after seeing her best friend die, begins to open to the possibility of new friendships and forgiveness, and comes to believe in what cannot be fully explained.