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3) Fast pitch
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever."--
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Intertwining the stories of two Black students decades apart, this compelling and honest novel follows Kevin and Gibran as they navigate similar forms of insidious racism while discovering who they want to be instead of what society tells them they are.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
Author
Series
Front desk volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Artemisia (Sia) Martinez's mother was deported to Mexico by ICE and disappeared in the Sonoran Desert trying to make it back to her American family; Sia believes that she was as-good-as murdered by ICE and the sheriff in their small Arizona town on the edge of the national park, and wants revenge against him and his son, Jeremy--but her search for the truth will uncover many more secrets than she counted on.
9) All my rage
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family....
10) Key player
Author
Series
Front desk volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
11) The tryout
Author
Language
English
Description
As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
12) Ophie's ghosts
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering her ability to see ghosts when a cruel act ends her father's life and forces her to move in with relatives in 1920s Pittsburgh, young Ophelia forges a helpful bond with a spirit whose own life ended suddenly and unjustly.
13) The hate u give
Author
Series
The hate u give volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Die 16-jährige Starr Carter bewegt sich zwischen zwei Welten: dem Armenviertel, in dem sie lebt, und der schicken Vorstadt-Vorschule, die sie besucht. Das unsichere Gleichgewicht zwischen diesen Welten wird erschüttert, als Starr Zeuge der tödlichen Erschießung ihres besten Freundes aus Kindertagen, Khalil, durch einen Polizisten wird."
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy...
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