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Diversity in Kid's Literature March 2024 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Paper Dragons #2 : The Rise of the Sand Spirits
by Siobhan Mcdermott
Zhi Ging sets off to find Reishi, the Silhouette Scout, whom she believes has been lured into a dangerous trap, and with now-phoenix Malo by her side, Zhi Ging faces sand spirits, dragons and hidden secrets to save her friends.
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Okchundang Candy
by Jung-soon Go
Growing up, Jung-soon spent every moment she could at her grandparents' house. Dressing up and watching cartoons. Dyeing each other's fingernails with crushed balsam petals. Getting the whole neighborhood together to sweep their streets. Falling asleep together...just the three of them, happy. Grandfather was Grandmother's best and only friend. On every Jesa day, during the ancestral ritual, he would gently place the okchundang candy in her mouth. But nothing ever stays the same, and as Jung-soon got older, so did her grandparents. This beautiful graphic novel is about the little joys and sharp sorrows that make up a life together as a family.
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Bree Boyd is a legend
by Leah Johnson
Seventh-grader Bree Boyd loves rules and order, but when a storm delivers a bolt of lightning into Bree and she develops the power to move things with her mind, her predictable life is twisted upside down and inside out.
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The Girl and the Robot
by Oz Rodriguez
Since Papi was deported, Mimi Perez hustles around her Brooklyn neighborhood fixing things to earn money and joins a robotics competition to win a $50,000 prize, and when a robot crashes to earth from space, Mimi brings it home to fix.
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The deadly fates
by Dhonielle Clayton
When Ella, Brigit and Jason return for their third year at Arcanum Training Institute, they discover that secrets and deceptions surround the magic school's founders and must face the living and dead to get answers and protect their world.
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Glitch girl!
by Rainie Oet
J– is navigating ADHD, the loneliness of middle school and a crush on a girl when she meets Sam, a nonbinary classmate, and realizes it's okay not to fit into neat, pixelated boxes, in a novel in verse.
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The Trouble With Sunshine
by Yamile Saied Méndez
Dorani's mom taught her to be bold, but after her mom dies, Dori loses her voice and moves to Wyoming where she befriends a horse, Sunshine, and is reminded that the best parts of her mother live on through her.
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Night night, sweet screams
by Andres Miedoso
Here's the thing about nightmares: at the end of the night, they're all made up. All you need to do is open your eyes, and you're safe and snug in your own bed. That is, unless you're Andres Miedoso. Because all his nightmares are coming true in real life. Waking up has never been so scream-tastic!With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
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