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Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Dyamonde is angry at her mother for not buying her the shoes she wants, but when she finds out that a classmate is in a worse situation, she is determined to help.
42) Smoke in the sun
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--
46) Repossessed
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A fallen angel, tired of being unappreciated while doing his pointless, demeaning job, leaves Hell, enters the body of a seventeen-year-old boy, and tries to experience the full range of human feelings before being caught and punished, while the boy's family and friends puzzle over his changed behavior.
Author
Series
Clarice Bean novels volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.
48) Crash
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
49) Ben rides on
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Ben rides his new bicycle the very, very long way to school but Adrian Underbite, perhaps the world's largest third-grader, takes the bike anyway and later, when Ben finds Adrian in trouble, he must decide whether or not to help the larcenous bully.
50) Gathering sparks
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A grandfather introduces his grandson to the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, a centuries-old concept which proposes that everyone must do their part in order to improve the world.
Author
Series
Barely missing everything volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Three Mexican-Americans--Juan, JD, and Fabi--each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter"--
53) Amal unbound
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
Author
Series
Ms. Rapscott's girls volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students How to Get Lost on Purpose, resulting in a series of fantastical adventures that makes each learn a little something about courage, strength, bravery, and teamwork"--
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books, an imprint of Raw Junior, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The wordless adventure of two children whose misdeeds are punished when they're transformed into monkeys. In the tradition of kamishibai, or Japanese paper theater, the wordless format gives freedom to the readers to tell the story as they see it"--
56) Red
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Torn between her fear of the bully on the school playground and her sympathy for her classmate, a girl must make a difficult choice"--
57) Wild cards
Author
Series
Wild cards series (Simone Elkeles) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from two viewpoints, Derek Fitzpatrick, kicked out of boarding school, must move with his stepmother to her childhood home in Illinois, where he meets Ashtyn Parker, who may be able to achieve her dream of a football scholarship with bad boy Derek's help.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Lauren begins stealing to raise money for autistic kids, like her brother, who don't have her family's resources, she convinces Sierra, a foster child, to help with the Robin Hood scheme, in a story told half in prose and half in verse.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.
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