A young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming-of-age story.
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Edge Of The Ocean
Flick tries to save a watery world from total destruction in this magical second book in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series. Flick is now a badge-wearing member of the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, so when an urgent summons arrives at from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathon immediately pack their bags for an adventure to The Break, a world of magic and piracy. Nyfe’s world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can’t be explained by giant squid or merpeople. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely. But how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? Or fit in a mer-queen the size of a whale? Flick and Jonathan must find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever.
Science Of Boys
Real science and enthusiasm for scientific principles are interwoven into this humorous story of friendship, family and what it means to truly belong.
Goblin Market
In this story inspired by Polish folklore, two sisters face a goblin prince in the dark forest.
One More Mountain (Breadwinner Series, 5)
It’s 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.
The Shadows Of Rookhaven
Half-human and half-monster Mirabelle is on a mission to protect the only home she has ever known from a sinister new threat bent on eradicating her family.
Don’t Look Back: A Memoir Of War, Survival, And My Journey From Sudan To America
In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don’t Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.
Singing With Elephants
Lonely Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she enjoys caring for injured animals, but her budding friendship with Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, emboldens Oriol, an aspiring writer, to open up and create a world of words for herself.
Off-Key
“Catalina can’t wait for the upcoming school talent show! Along with some of her classmates, they decide to rock out and form a band for the big day. But Catalina has some…specific ideas on how the band should look and sound. Can Catalina learn to be part of the band, or will she find herself working on a solo act?”–
One For All: A Novel
An Ownvoices, Gender-bent Retelling Of The Three Musketeers, In Which A Girl With A Chronic Illness Trains As A Musketeer And Uncovers Secrets, Sisterhood, And Self-love. Tania De Batz Is Most Herself With A Sword In Her Hand. Everyone In Town Thinks Her Near-constant Dizziness Makes Her Weak, Nothing But A Sick Girl; Even Her Mother Is Desperate To Marry Her Off For Security. But Tania Wants To Be Strong, Independent, A Fencer Like Her Father–a Former Musketeer And Her Greatest Champion. Then Papa Is Brutally, Mysteriously Murdered. His Dying Wish? For Tania To Attend Finishing School. But L’acad Mie Des Mari Es, Tania Realizes, Is No Finishing School. It’s A Secret Training Ground For A New Kind Of Musketeer: Women Who Are Socialites On The Surface, But Strap Daggers Under Their Skirts, Seduce Men Into Giving Up Dangerous Secrets, And Protect France From Downfall. And They Don’t Shy Away From A Swordfight. With Her Newfound Sisters At Her Side, Tania Feels For The First Time Like She Has A Purpose, Like She Belongs. But Then She Meets Tienne, Her First Target In Uncovering A Potential Assassination Plot. He’s Kind, Charming, And Breathlessly Attractive–and He Might Have Information About What Really Happened To Her Father. Torn Between Duty And Dizzying Emotion, Tania Will Have To Lean On Her Friends, Listen To Her Own Body, And Decide Where Her Loyalties Lie…or Risk Losing Everything She’s Ever Wanted. This Debut Novel Is A Fierce, Whirlwind Adventure About The Depth Of Found Family, The Strength That Goes Beyond The Body, And The Determination It Takes To Fight For What You Love.