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J DAY, C
J LI, C
WE STILL BELONG
RUBY LOST AND FOUND
Christine Day Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong-until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.
Christina Li This touching middle grade novel maps one girl's quest to remember her grandfather through his scavenger hunts; reconnect with her family; and fight for her community in her rapidly changing hometown.
J FARU, R
CALL ME ADNAN Reem Faruqi
J KEND, E
COOKIE MONSTERS Erika J. Kendrick
Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.
As twelve-year-old Brooklyn goes head-tohead against her rival to win her school's cookie-selling competition, her friends help her cope with the death of her mother and help her try to clinch the Cookie Queen title.