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Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Description
When her mother disappears, Nigeria Jones, the daughter of the leader of a Black liberation group, searches for her, uncovering a shocking truth which leads her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Set in medieval times, this coming-of-age story follows Scholastica, or "Tick," as she sets out to prove to her father that she deserves to be his candle-making apprentice despite being forbidden from helping because she's a girl.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
From Joya Goffney of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, comes a stirring YA coming-of-age, best friends-to-lovers romance about a girl named Nikki who plans to run away from small-town Texas, but ultimately finds that her oldest friend, Mal, just might be the one who's been there for her all along. Filled with heart and humor, this novel captures complex family drama, friendship, and love.
5) The swing
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A swing on a hill overlooking the water is at the center of this lovely meditation on childhood, growing older, friendship and loss"--
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Description
"Anna Lapera expertly voices a young girl's middle school trials, but with a voice so unique and heartfelt you will be cringing one moment and cheering the next. She weaves a distinctive story filled with humor, family heartache, and secrets while a young girl releases the fear of her voice and grasps its power."
- Newbery Medalist Donna Barba Higuera
For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Gracie feels like a minor character in her own life story-until a mysterious journal turns her fictional stories into reality. It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer,...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Description
From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them when Rieke was only six, leaving their mother a wreck and their grandfather as their only stable family. He's done his best to provide for them and shield them...
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