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785638
Amber & Clay by Schlitz, Laura Amy 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 785638 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG+ Lexile: NP F&P: Z+

Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology


Subjects: Ghosts - Fiction Greek mythology - Fiction Aristocracy (Social class) - Fiction Slaves - Fiction Future life - Fiction


Summary: Told in multiple voices, after a binding curse is put on the ghost of a young, privileged girl killed by lightning, she comes to the aid of an enslaved boy in Ancient Greece as she leads him to freedom.


259059
Boy, everywhere by Dassu, A. M. 

BTSB Prebound(Tu Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 259059 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-14   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural Adventure Fiction


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Syrians - England - Fiction Syria - History|y2011-, Civil War - Fiction


Summary: Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria, but when war breaks out his parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK.


205468
Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter by Chambers, Veronica 

BTSB Prebound(Versify, 2021)

BTSB #: 205468 Available

Dewey: 323/NAges: 10-14   


Subjects: Black lives matter movement Civil rights movements African Americans Race relations


Summary: Tells the story of how a hashtag became a movement. It follows the activists and organizers on their journeys, examines some of the ways that progressive protests have been fundamental to American history, and shows how marches, rallies, and demonstrations can be vital tools for making meaningful change.


827096
Dawn raid by Smith, Pauline Vaeluaga 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 827096 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: Polynesians - New Zealand - Fiction Family life - Fiction Immigration and emigration - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Diary fiction New Zealand - Fiction


Summary: After the police raid their house, Lenny starts talking about protests and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government, which inspires the whole family to become involved in the movement.


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809545
Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown by Sheinkin, Steve 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 809545 Available

Dewey: 972.9106/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.6 MG+ Lexile: 890

Subjects: Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 American espionage - Soviet Union - History|y20th century Soviet espionage - United States - History|y20th century United States - Foreign relations - Soviet Union Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United States


Summary: As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third-and final-world war.


23.98 *

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972839
Genius under the table : growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Yelchin, Eugene 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 972839 Available

Dewey: 947/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG F&P: Y

Subjects: Yelchin, Eugene Russian authors - Biography Jews - Russia - Biography Family life Wit and humor


Summary: Recounts in hilarious detail the author's childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.


063864
In-between by Ansari, Rebecca K. S. 

BTSB Prebound(Walden Pond Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 063864 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG

Genres: Mystery Fiction Adventure Fiction Supernatural


Subjects: Neighbors - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Mystery fiction Adventure fiction Shapeshifting - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction


Summary: Two kids discover a connection to a hundred-year-old unsolved mystery in the quiet, mysterious girl who has moved in next door.


21.88 *

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444089
Last Cuentista by Higuera, Donna Barba 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 444089 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG+

Genres: Science Fiction


Subjects: Interplanetary voyages - Fiction Science fiction Memory - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction


Summary: Relocating to a new planet after Earth is destroyed, twelve-year-old Petra Pena's suspended animation fails during the 370-year journey, so when all the other children are mysteriously reprogrammed and the adults purged, Petra becomes the lone bringer of Earth's now forbidden stories and her grandmother's Mexican folklore to a changing humanity.


517028
Legend of Auntie Po by Khor, Shing Yin 

Paperback(Kokila, 2021)

BTSB #: 517028 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 2.8 MG Lexile: 390 GN

Subjects: Chinese Americans - Fiction Chinese Americans - Folklore - Fiction Lumber camps - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) - Fiction Graphic novels Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) - Fiction


Summary: Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch. In graphic novel format.


10.65 *

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047833
Place to hang the moon by Albus, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2021)

BTSB #: 047833 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5 MG F&P: Y

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Evacuation of civilians - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Family life - England - Fiction Villages - Fiction Great Britain - History|y1936-1952, George VI - Fiction


Summary: In World War II England, orphaned siblings William, Edmund, and Anna are evacuated from London to live in the countryside, where they bounce from home to home in search of someone willing to adopt them permanently.


741816
Recognize! : an anthology honoring and amplifying Black life

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 741816 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
Lexile: 960 F&P: Y

Subjects: African Americans - Literary collections American literature - African American authors - Collections Anthologies


Summary: An anthology featuring over thirty Black authors and illustrators to honor Black life past, present, and future.


596689
Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people by Magoon, Kekla 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 596689 Available

Dewey: 305.8/NAges: 12-16   
AR: 9.2 MG

Subjects: Black Panther Party African Americans - Civil rights Marxism Socialism Social action Race relations


Summary: Introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens.


543629
Salt magic by Larson, Hope 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2021)

BTSB #: 543629 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 10-14   
F&P: Z

Subjects: Graphic novels Adventure fiction Witches - Fiction Blessing and cursing - Fiction Farm life - Oklahoma - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Vonceil Taggart, willing to risk everything to set things right, leaves her family's Oklahoma farm in 1919 seeking the salt witch who cast a spell that turned their spring to saltwater. In graphic novel format.


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573924
Six crimson cranes [Six Crimson Cranes Volume: #1]by Lim, Elizabeth 

Paperback(Ember, 2022)

BTSB #: 573924 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.2 UG Lexile: 710 HL

Genres: Fantasy Fiction


Subjects: Princesses - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Blessing and cursing - Fiction Cranes (Birds) - Fiction Betrothal - Fiction Magic - Fiction Fantasy fiction


Summary: The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.


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580212
Snake falls to earth by Little Badger, Darcie 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 580212 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-18   
AR: 5.3 MG+

Genres: Fantasy Fiction


Subjects: Lipan Indians - Fiction Water moccasins - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction Family life - Fiction Fantasy fiction Texas - Fiction


Summary: Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't seen in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart.


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589794
Thanks a lot, universe [Thanks A Lot, Universe Volume: 1]by Lucas, Chad 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 589794 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.8 MG

Genres: Sports Family Life


Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Foster children - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Basketball - Fiction Junior high schools - Fiction School stories Gay teenagers - Fiction


Summary: Brian has always been anxious, whether at home, or in class, or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed in foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be "normal" again. Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team-even Brian, who usually keeps to himself. But now, some of his friends have been acting differently, and Brian seems to be pulling away. Ezra wants to help, but he worries if he's too nice to Brian, his friends will realize that he has a crush on him.


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162531
While I was away by Brown, Waka T. 

Paperback(Quill Tree Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 162531 Available

Dewey: 305.8956/AAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG

Subjects: Brown, Waka T Japanese Americans - Biography Families Grandparent-grandchild relationship Tokyo (Japan)


Summary: When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime.


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