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Iqbal
by Francesco D'Adamo
Presents a fictionalized account of the life of Iqbal Masih, the Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gunned down at the age of thirteen.
BOOK CLUB FIC DAD - 25 copies (Pakistan)
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The Garbage King
by Elizabeth Laird
Mamo, an orphan who escapes from a life of slavery and returns to the city, meets up with Dani, a rich kid who leaves home to get away from his bullying father, as the two of them learn to beg and scavenge from the garbage to survive.
BOOK CLUB FIC LAI - 7 copies (Ethiopia)
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Trash
by Andy Mulligan
Fourteen-year-old Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.
BOOK CLUB FIC MUL - 25 copies
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I Am a Taxi
by Deborah Ellis
Living with his family in a prison in Bolivia due to his parents' convictions for drug trafficking, twelve-year-old Diego does his best to live a normal life by going to school and running errands for the other prisoners, but when his mother receives additional fines, Diego risks everything to earn quick money the only way he can to help her.
BOOK CLUB FIC ELL - 19 copies (Bolivia)
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A whale of the wild
by Rosanne Parry
For Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on their journey. Will Vega become the leader she's destined to be? A Whale of the Wild weaves a heart-stopping tale of survival with impeccable research on a delicate ecosystem and threats to marine life. Rosanne Parry's fluid writing and Lindsay Moore's stunning artwork bring the Salish Sea and its inhabitants tovivid life. An excellent read-aloud and read-alone, this companion to A Wolf Called Wander will captivate fans of The One and Only Ivan and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale.
BOOK CLUB PAR - 19 copies
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Flush
by Carl Hiaasen
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
BOOK CLUB HIA -15 copies
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Refugee
by Alan Gratz
Separated by decades, Josef, a Jew living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a girl trying to escape unrest in 1994 Cuba; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence, embark on journeys in search of refuge.
BOOK CLUB GRA - 15 copies
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