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Diversity in Kid's Literature January 2024 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Safe harbor
by Venkatraman, Padma
After Geetha and her mom move from India to Rhode Island following her parents' divorce, Geetha is bullied for her clothes, food and English, eventually finding friends and rescuing an injured seal while she learns to live with mixed feelings.
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Will's race for home
by Rhodes, Jewell Parker
In 1889, a young Black family hears about a land rush, so Will and his father set out from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others on a difficult journey to where land is free.
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Danilo was here
by Burgess, Tamika
Danilo's baseball talent lands him the opportunity to train in the States and find his absentee father, who may be the key to saving the family he abandoned as they deal with the devastating effects of the US's military invasion of Panamâ.
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No Purchase Necessary
by Marianayagam, Maria
Ajay Anthonipillai wins a million-dollar prize in a candy bar he stole trying to impress a popular kid, pushing Ajay to navigate his identity and morality in deciding whether to claim something that could change his family's life forever.
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Just kitten around
by Burgos, Hilda Eunice
Yesenia appears calm but is a constant ball of nerves with overachieving sisters and parents who left the Dominican Republic for a better life, and then her new kitten, Candy, gets lost, in a heartwarming story about family and community.
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The vanished ones
by Lucas, Chad
Darian is the only trainee of his race at Mission on the Hill, and when other trainees disappear, he is determined to solve the mystery that begins to shake his faith in what he's been taught.
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Snow
by Trehan, Meera
In this haunting fantasy, an imprisoned princess needs the help of a girl from the modern world, who has tumbled through the kingdom's protective mist barrier, to undo a wish gone wrong and save the princess's snowy kingdom.
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A world worth saving
by Lukoff, Kyle
After coming out as trans, fourteen-year-old A is forced to attend weekly Save Our Sons and Daughters meetings, where he uncovers the terrifying truth that the group is run by a demon feeding on their pain and is part of a larger, darker force preying onthe world's vulnerable.
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