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1) Poached
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Series
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
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Language
English
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Arab American Heritage Month (Youth)
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
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Arab American Heritage Month (Youth)
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
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Description
"At a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson--or anyone struggling to understand recent U.S. history and how it still affects us today. Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas--and nearly that long waiting for the chance to participate in the...
3) Starfish
Author
Language
English
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2021 Summer Top Picks for Middle Schoolers
2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
2025 Caudill Nominees
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2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
2025 Caudill Nominees
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Description
Told in verse, Ellie lives by Fat Girl Rules to avoid being bullied, but with the support of her dad, her therapist and her neighbor Catalina, can Ellie set aside these rules and just be herself?
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
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GHPLD - YA Fiction February 2026 - “Celebrating African American History Month”
GPLD Best Contemporary for High Schoolers
GPLD Best Contemporary for High Schoolers
Description
"Carli and Rex have an immediate connection, an understanding that must mean first love, but family secrets, disappointments--and basketball, which holds center stage in both their lives--all create complications"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2014.
Language
English
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Black History Month
June 2024 | Juneteenth Celebration (Kids)
June 2025 | Still We Rise: Juneteenth and Black Music Month Celebration (Kids)
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June 2024 | Juneteenth Celebration (Kids)
June 2025 | Still We Rise: Juneteenth and Black Music Month Celebration (Kids)
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Description
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
8) QB 1
Author
Language
English
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Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Taja Brown, growing up in a conservative and tightly knit African American family, battles family expectations to discover a sense of self and find her unique voice and purpose"-- Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
Author
Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 1
Language
English
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Banned Books Week (WPLD)
CSPL LGBTQ Pride
Fall 2024 | Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month (YA)
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CSPL LGBTQ Pride
Fall 2024 | Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month (YA)
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Description
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
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English
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Books about Nature (Youth)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Description
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Language
English
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2024
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
Description
Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
15) In the same boat
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and she is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with the boy she once tried to defend from his abusive father,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Poppy's parents are paranormal investigators who have never actually found anything, but that may change when they move to Austin, Texas, and Poppy meets a goblin in the attic of their new house.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"A child dreams of a life without borders after he and and his parents are forced to leave their home during the Mexican Repatriation"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Come Juneteenth
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Series
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emanicipation Proclamation made them free.
20) Where I belong
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
Teen Hispanic Heritage
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (teens)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
Teen Hispanic Heritage
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (teens)
Description
"Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"-- Provided by publisher.


