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During a blackout, a parent gathers stars to comfort their child, then returns them to the sky, and together they sleep under the stars outside.

"'Robin? Robin? Robin?! Where are you?' She couldn't have gone far... Right? Princesses don't run away to have their own adventures. Princesses stay quietly and obediently at home. They would never want mermaids and swamps and pirates and getting kidnapped to be a part of their lives. Not this princess! Adventures await when Robin (bored of princess-ing all the time) embarks on the best adventure of her life--meeting friends along the way as she travels...

"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"-- Provided by publisher

Ten-year-old Poupeh, an Iranian girl living in the U.S., must overcome selective mutism to advocate for her parents during an embassy interview after a travel ban prevents them from entering the country.

"Fantasy and adventure await in this book based on the winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature! Chihiro's family is moving to a new house, but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Put to work in a magical bath house for spirits and demons, Chihiro must use all her wits...

"A duke's daughter, despised and outcast by all. A crown prince, feared by even the emperor. Juvelian is a villainess so universally hated that when she is accused of jealously poisoning the princess of the Ashet Empire, her own father leaves her to die a traitor's death. Faced with the threat of interrogation by the infamously tyrannical Crown Prince Maximillian, she takes her own life. And that's how the story ends--at least, that's how it was supposed...

"Dev and his pet cat, Tuna, are ready for a summer of sleepovers, endless games of cricket and sweet mangos, until they discover a yeti loose in Kathmandu. It ransacks the kitchen, creates messes around the house and eats all the snacks--but Dev gets the blame! With his parents threatening to send him away for the summer, will Dev and Tuna be able to prove his innocence...and catch a yeti along the way?"-- Provided by oublisher.

From the dark days of sleep deprivation to the cacophony of a tri-kid family, Baby Blues reveals the true dark underbelly of parenting to the delight of newspaper readers everywhere. Like a comic epidural, or butt cream on a raging diaper rash, this comic strip has helped take some of the sting out of parenting for countless parents around the world.

"A moving collection of six short stories that explores what must be stripped away to find the truth and celebrates the beauty of embracing who you are. ["To Strip the Flesh" summary]: Chiaki Ogawa has never doubted who he is, although the rest of the world hasn't been as kind. Bound by his mother's dying wish, Chiaki tries to be a good daughter to his ailing father. But when the burden becomes too great, Chiaki sets out to remake himself in his own...