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Greenfield, Rob

Summary: "From environmental activist Rob Greenfield comes an energetic (and sometimes extreme!) guide to creating a sustainable world. In Be the Change, Greenfield guides young readers through some of the trickiest topics of our time: food and water waste, our dependency on fossil fuels, and our love of money and stuff. What our planet needs, he argues, is for us to embrace sustainable living. Be the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Clinton, Chelsea

Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 920.72 CLINTON

Brown, Willie Mae

Summary: "As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet the famous outrages which unfold on that span form an inescapable backdrop in this collection of stories. In one, Willie Mae takes it upon herself to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 305.89607 BROWN

Afram, Pamela

Summary: "Meet Princess Shuri, the clever scientist behind Wakanda's remarkable technology. Join in the action as Shuri, her brother Black Panther, and their allies battle to protect Wakanda. Step into this amazing world in this thrilling Level 2 DK Reader. Exciting images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz will engage young Super Hero fans and help them build confidence in reading."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Readers, Call number: READER MARVEL 2/3

Abramson, Ann.

Summary: Looks closely at Anne Frank's life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding from the Nazis, and the legacy of her diary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2007

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 940.53 FRANK

Summary: When Boots falls asleep under a witch's spell, it's up to Dora to become a princess and wake him from his slumber.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004

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1 available in DVD, Call number: DVD J 1153

Yelchin, Eugene

Summary: "Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 813 YELCHIN

Levi, Lia

Summary: "1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice -- until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to school, Jews can't work, or go on vacation. It's difficult for Lia to understand why this is happening to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 940.53 LEVI

Medina, Juana

Summary: Remind yourself every day how amazing you are with this joyful celebration of ... YOU! The words and pictures in this book are here to remind the reader how wonderful they are! Focusing on helping to build emotional literacy, self-esteem, and self-worth as well as improving communication skills.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE MEDINA

Millet, Lydia

Summary: "[This novel] follows a group of children and their families on summer vacation at a lakeside mansion. The teenage narrator Eve and the other children are contemptuous of their parents, who spend the days and nights in drunken stupor. This tension heightens when a great storm arrives and throws the house and its residents into chaos. Named for a picture Bible given to Eve's little brother Jack,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MILLET

Lawrence, Ellen

Summary: "Young readers will learn all about space."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019

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Lawrence, Ellen

Summary: How does it feel to work in zero gravity in a laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth? What kinds of experiments do astronauts carry out? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you get ready to blast off into space!

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Readers, Call number: READER 629.45 LAWRENCE 1/2

Leyson, Leon

Summary: Traces the story of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson, who was the youngest child in his family and possibly the youngest of the hundreds of Jews rescued by Oskar Schindler.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 940.53 LEYSON

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.

Summary: The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought Hitler his power, and the youths that resisted the Nazi movement. "I begin with the young. We older ones are used up. But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world."-Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg,1933. By the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 BARTOLETTI

Grande, Reyna

Summary: Presents a young reader's adaptation of the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 305.8968 GRANDE

McGurk, Linda Akeson

Summary: "Bringing Up Bebe meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds the key to healthier, happier lives for her American children. When Swedish-born Linda McGurk moved to small-town Indiana with her American husband to start a family, she quickly realized that her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017

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1 available in Parenting Collection, Call number: PAR 649.10948 MCGURK

Rubin, Susan Goldman.

Summary: Using toolboxes, ambulances, and other ingenious measures, Irena Sendler defied the Nazis and risked her own life by saving and then hiding Jewish children. Her secret list of the children's real identities was kept safe, buried in two jars under a tree in war-torn Warsaw. An inspiring story of courage and compassion, this biography includes a list of resources, source notes, and an index.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 940.5318 RUBIN

Gehl, Laura

Summary: "The bond between two trees, Apple and Magnolia, takes center stage in this picture book that explores the power of unlikely friendships and that includes an author's note that further explores how trees communicate"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Flyaway Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE GEHL

Lamothe, Matt

Summary: Follows the daily lives of seven children from around the world, including such places as Japan, India, Uganda, and Italy, and discusses how schools, meals, and play can be different or similar in different places in the world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books, LLC 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 305.23 LAMOTHE

Brierley, Saroo

Summary: Describes how the author was accidentally separated from his family and home in India as a child, how he survived as an orphan in Kolkata, his adoption by an Australian family, and his search for his biological family as an adult.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 362.73409946 BRIERLEY

Toner, Jacqueline B.

Summary: "The next book in our What to Do series about helping kids process scary events and stories they are exposed to"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 155 TONER

Carmona, Hannah

Summary: "Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day, Anita must face her fears to begin a new life in a new country. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures?"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE CARMONA

Bausum, Ann

Summary: "The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 943.086 BAUSUM

Morales, Areli

Summary: "In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 305.23086 MORALES

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