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917452
Code breaker, spy hunter : how Elizabeth Friedman changed the course of two world wars by Wallmark, Laurie 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 917452 Available

Dewey: 652/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 6.3 MG F&P: U

Subjects: Friedman, Elizebeth,|d1892-1980 United States.|bCentral Intelligence Agency Ciphers Cryptography Intelligence officers


Summary: A picture book biography of Elizabeth Friedman, a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit.


543607
Code word courage [Dogs of World War II]by Larson, Kirby 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 543607 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 590

Genres: Historical Fiction Animals


Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Family life - Fiction Navajo Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - California - Fiction Navajo code talkers - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Friendship - Fiction United States - History|y1933-1945 - Fiction


Summary: In September 1944 eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo named Denny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend.


411944
Cold war correspondent [Nathan Hale's hazardous tales]by Hale, Nathan 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams, 2021)

BTSB #: 411944 Available

Dewey: 951.9042/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.8 MG F&P: Z

Subjects: Higgins, Marguerite Korean War, 1950-1953 - Comic books, strips, etc Reporters and reporting - Biography Women journalists - Biography


Summary: In 1950, Marguerite Higgins was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune. Tensions were high on the Korean peninsula, where a border drawn after WWII split the country into North and South. When the North Korean army crossed the border with Soviet tanks, Marguerite was trapped in enemy territory, but her eyewitness account of the invasion was a newspaper smash hit. She persuaded General Douglas MacArthur to lift the ban on female war correspondents. In graphic novel format.


20.48 *

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779151
Complete Persepolis by Satrapi, Marjane 

Paperback(Pantheon, 2007)

BTSB #: 779151 Available

Dewey: 955.05/BAges: 12-16   


Subjects: Satrapi, Marjane,|d1969- Iranians - Biography Women - Biography Family life Refugees - Biography Muslims - Biography Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Iran


Summary: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. In graphic novel format.


22.14 *

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304506
Curie Society by Harvey, Janet 

Paperback(The MIT Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 304506 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-17   


Subjects: Women scientists - Fiction Secret societies - Fiction Science fiction Graphic novels


Summary: The Curie Society will introduce a fictional secret society-set on college campuses across the globe-of super-talented girls and women who execute covert missions worldwide using their STEM smarts.


15.54 *

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893676
Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire by Tunnell, Michael O. 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2020)

BTSB #: 893676 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 9-13   
Lexile: 1090

Subjects: Central Utah Relocation Center Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans - Personal narratives Japanese American children - Diaries World War, 1939-1945 - Children - United States


Summary: In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted.


23.98 *

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469986
Displacement by Hughes, Kiku 

Paperback(First Second, 2020)

BTSB #: 469986 Temp OS

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-18   
AR: 4.7 UG

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Time travel - Fiction Graphic novels


Summary: A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her late grandmother's experiences in WWII-era Japanese internment camps.


14.75 *

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692037
Dissenter on the bench : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life & work by Ortiz, Victoria 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2019)

BTSB #: 692037 Available

Dewey: 347.73/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 9.1 MG+RC: 12.9 6-8 Lexile: 1250

Subjects: Ginsburg, Ruth Bader United States.|bSupreme Court - Officials and employees Judges - United States - Biography Women lawyers - United States - Biography Dissenting opinions - United States


Summary: The life and career of the Supreme Court Justice with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases.


23.28 *

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266019
Don't ask me where I'm from by De Leon, Jennifer 

Paperback(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 266019 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.2 MG+ Lexile: 590 HL

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Racism - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories Secrets - Fiction Family life - Fiction


Summary: Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school, but when family secrets come out and racism at school gets worse than ever, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.


10.65 *

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556263
Downstairs girl by Lee, Stacey 

Paperback(Putnam, 2021)

BTSB #: 556263 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.5 MG+RC: 5.3 9-12 Lexile: 810

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: Household employees - Fiction Wealth - Fiction Advice columns - Fiction Authorship - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Atlanta (Ga.) - History|y19th century - Fiction


Summary: 1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for "the genteel Southern lady."


9.01 *

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622413
Dreaming in code : Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer by McCully, Emily Arnold 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 622413 Available

Dewey: 510.92/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 8.3 MG RC: 10.5 6-8 Lexile: 1110

Subjects: Lovelace, Ada King, - Countess of,|d1815-1852 Women mathematicians - Great Britain - Biography


Summary: A biography that reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer.


23.98 *

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196164
Each tiny spark by Cartaya, Pablo 

Paperback(Puffin, 2020)

BTSB #: 196164 Available

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

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.


7.37 *

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196168
Each tiny spark by Cartaya, Pablo 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 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.


932044
Eagle huntress : the true story of the girl who soared beyond expectations by Aisholpan, Nurgaiv 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 932044 Available

Dewey: 639/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG F&P: V

Subjects: Aisholpan, Nurgaiv Falconers - Mongolia - Biography Girls - Mongolia - Biography Women hunters - Mongolia - Biography Falconry - Mongolia Kazakhs - Mongolia - Social life and customs Golden eagles - Mongolia


Summary: Eagle huntress Aisholpan Nurgaiv shares her story.


22.58 *

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809150
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her own words [Eyewitness to history]by Shea, Nicole 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2015)

BTSB #: 809150 Available

Dewey: 324.6/BAges: 9-12   
Lexile: 990

Subjects: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,|d1815-1902 Suffragists Women's rights


Summary: A biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the most influential leaders of the women's rights movement of the 1800s, with a glimpse of her public and personal life through her own writings.


17.34 *

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921644
Enemy child : the story of Norman Mineta, a boy imprisoned in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II by Warren, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 921644 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG RC: 9.2 6-8 Lexile: 1030

Subjects: Mineta, Norman Yoshio,|d1931- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) - Children - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Children - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Children - United States - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans - Children - Biography


Summary: A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in Congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned.


614828
Engineering : cool women who design [Girls in science]by May, Vicki V. 

BTSB Prebound(Nomad Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 614828 Available

Dewey: 620/CAges: 9-12   
Lexile: 1010

Subjects: Engineering Women engineers


Summary: Meet three different women who are working hard in the engineering field to develop robots and drones, low-cost solutions for developing countries, medical devices, and much more.


16.96 *

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196167
Epic fail of Arturo Zamora by Cartaya, Pablo 

Paperback(Puffin Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 196167 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: V

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Interpersonal relations - Fiction Community life - Fiction Family life - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Miami (Fla.) - Fiction


Summary: Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL?


7.37 *

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196174
Epic fail of Arturo Zamora by Cartaya, Pablo 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2017)

BTSB #: 196174 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: V

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Interpersonal relations - Fiction Community life - Fiction Family life - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Miami (Fla.) - Fiction


Summary: Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL?


889896
Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask by Treuer, Anton 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 889896 Available

Dewey: 970.004/NAges: 12-18   


Subjects: Native Americans - North America - Miscellanea Native Americans - Social conditions


Summary: Organized by dozens of different questions, some weighty and some minor, but all the time funny, insightful, personal, and interesting, this book does exactly what the title says while adapting its coverage to young readers.


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