Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids

BTSB Prebound(Heartdrum, 2021)

BTSB #: 057877 Available

Dewey: 808/SAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Powwows - Fiction Communities - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction Short stories

Summary: This collection of intersecting stories bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.

Deep & dark blue by Smith, Niki 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 827092 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Royal sons Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive. They take refuge disguised as girls with the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. In graphic novel format.

Deep & dark blue by Smith, Niki 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 827246 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Royal sons Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive. They take refuge disguised as girls with the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. In graphic novel format.

Fifth quarter [Fifth Quarter Volume: 1]by Dawson, Mike 

Paperback(First Second, 2021)

BTSB #: 264064 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 2.2 MG Lexile: 210 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Basketball - Fiction Athletic ability - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Lori Block is dedicated to her fourth-grade basketball team, despite being relegated to an extra period before the real game starts, known as the fifth quarter, where the not-so-good kids play and the points don't count. That doesn't matter to Lori though, because working on her skills gives her hints of self-confidence, which is a nice break from feeling awkward and out-of-place in her daily life. In graphic novel format.

Maya and the rising dark [Maya And The Rising Dark Volume: Book 1]by Barron, Rena 

Paperback(Clarion, 2021)

BTSB #: 093803 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 720

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Fantasy fiction

Summary: A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war.

Maya and the rising dark [Maya And The Rising Dark Volume: Book 1]by Barron, Rena 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)

BTSB #: 093826 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 720

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Fantasy fiction

Summary: A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war.

Nicky & Vera : a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued by Sis, Peter 

BTSB Prebound(Norton Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 822937 Available

Dewey: 940.53/CAges: 6-8   
AR: 3.7 LG F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Winton, Nicholas,|d1909-2015 Gissing, Vera Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Rescue Jewish children in the Holocaust - Biography

Summary: In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia--a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. The story of one of the children he saved--a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky's aid when the Germans occupied their country. As the war passes and Vera grows up, she must balance her dual identities.

Starfish by Fipps, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2021)

BTSB #: 335344 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   
AR: 4.1 MG F&P: W

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Overweight persons - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Texas - Fiction Texas - Fiction

Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.

Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2021)

BTSB #: 924822 Available

Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 1100

Genres:

Subjects: Tulsa (Okla.), Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 African Americans - Violence against - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Race relations Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - History|y20th century Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century

Summary: Provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history.