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Diversity in Kid's Literature July 2024
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf
by Deke Moulton
As Benji Zeb and his family work to hide their true identities as werewolves, Caleb the school bully reveals he's a werewolf, too, and needs Benji's help controlling his shifting, a situation that forces Benji to deal with his growing feelings for Caleb.
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Lei and the invisible island
by Malia Maunakea
When her best friend and ancestral guardian'sāaumakua pendant goes missing, Lei sets off on a journey to an invisible island where she realizes the missing pendant is the least of her problems as she comes face-to-face with evil spirits that are out for blood.
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The city beyond the sea
by Pari Thomson
Abandoning the safety of magical Mallowmarch to search for her mother and the other missing Botanists, Daisy, along with her friends, is pursued across the waves by ruthless Grim Reapers, leading her to a mysterious city beyond the sea and lost to time with strange botanical magic.
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The cookie crumbles
by Tracy Badua
While competing in the Golden Cookie Competition for a full ride to the prestigious Sunderland boarding school, Laila gets mixed up in a mystery as she and her best friend, Lucy, search for the truth after one of the celebrity judges collapses after sampling her showpiece.
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Freddie Ramos Sees in the Dark
by Jacqueline Jules
When a power outage hits Starwood Park Apartments, Freddie has to rely on a special new set of night-vision goggles as he helps his neighbors, but can this special new pair of goggles help Freddie get over his fear of the dark?
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Red Bird danced
by Dawn Quigley
Living in a large urban Native housing project, Ariel, whose Auntie went missing, and Tomah, who has difficulty reading, find strength and hope in their connection and in their intertribal community as they learn to share the rhythms and stories they carry within themselves.
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Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate
by Deeba Zargarpur
When a birthday wish gone wrong traps her father in a magical ring, 12-year-old Farrah discovers she's half-jinn and her father is one of the seven great jinn kings, and she must find a way to navigate the mysteries and dangers of her new world to set things right.
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