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  Zora the Snow Dragon (Dragon...

  Maddy Mara

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  We are Dragon Girls -- hear us roar!The Storm Dragons are being called back to the Magic Forest for one last adventure. Zora and her cousins, Mina and Hana, have to protect the forest from the Chaos Queen's reign.The harmony of the forest and its snowstorms depend on the bravery of the girls. Can they find a way to beat the Chaos Queen at her own game, once and for all?

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  Fairy Door Diaries - Eliza and...

  Megan McDonald

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  From the beloved author of the Judy Moody and Stink series comes the first in a sparkling series of chapter books about a girl whose love for magic and fairy folk takes her on enchanting adventures.  
  Imagine a door. A teeny-tiny fairy door. Now imagine it is magic. Open the door.  
  To some, the low door in Eliza’s bedroom might look like an ordinary entrance to a crawl space under the stairs. But to a believer like Eliza of the Elves, it’s the door to the Land of UnderStair, a secret hideout all her own. In that crawl space, festooned with twinkling lights, Eliza keeps her favorite book, her collections of precious items, her stuffed animals, and her new diary. And in that crawl space is another door, a teeny-tiny one that can transport Eliza to a world of tangerine sun and lemon-pudding sky, a place where flower fairies perch on every bloom and a new flower springs up whenever you pick one. But in a far corner of that world, Eliza tries to pick a strangely beautiful flower—“Nooooo!” cries her friend Poppy—and things soon go terribly awry. Can a brave, wilting Poppy rescue Eliza from beyond the hedgerow before the Demon Wind steals all the flower fairies’ scents, leaving the snapdragons with no snap?   
  In this launch of a new series, Megan McDonald brings her well-honed flair for wordplay to delicious villains like the witches Wolfsbane and Belladonna as she follows a child with a big imagination to a different fairy realm in each book. Lenny Wen’s delightful, richly colored artwork brings Eliza’s world to life with fanciful details sure to have readers creating their own cozy retreats—and visiting magical lands beyond the door.

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  Put a Tiger In Your Tank

  Sally Breeze Green

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  Once again, the author grabs the hearts and minds of the young with a delightful children's story of a girl, a car, a filling station, and evangelism. Based on the old Esso gas slogan* of yesteryear, Put a Tiger in Your Tank is the third book by Sally Breeze Green, completing a trilogy of children's stories with deeper meanings. Her niece, Melissa Green, is again the illustrator.All three stories came from her dream life of God awakening her in the night, saying, "Write this down." "Tiger" was originally the topic of a sermon delivered during her years as a lay preacher in the Presbyterian tradition and later adapted as a children's story now being offered by Christian Faith Publishing. Along with her first two books, Lo and Behold: A Christmas Story and Georgie! A Big Fish Tale, it is available on the internet at Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere.

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  Setting the Stage

  Lindsay Champion

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  SERIES LAUNCH! The full story of a junior high musical production, told exclusively from the POV of the kids backstage. It’s High School Musical, from behind the scenes. . . without the high school.Every cast depends on its stage crew. But what happens when they hate each other? Setting the Stage is the first act in a trilogy that tells the whole story!Eighth grader Ella Amani has been waiting her whole life to be the stage manager of the middle school musical, and this is her year! Somehow she'll have to find jobs for Willow, who's doing stage crew instead of detention, and Sebastian, a shy sixth grader whose sister is the star of the show. She'll have to wrangle Kevin, the clumsy new kid who was homeschooled on a boat, and Levi, her best friend, who used to tell her everything. Still, Ella's pretty sure she can handle the crew. The cast? That's a different story. They're ungrateful, they treat the crew like servants, and when Ella finally pushes back, they start playing pranks!Setting the Stage is a behind-the-scenes look at the drama of drama club from the crew's point of view.

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  I Rise

  Marie Arnold

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  A heartbreaking and powerful novel about racism and social justice as fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother's activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance. 
  Ayo's mother founded the biggest civil rights movement to hit New York City in decades. It’s called ‘See Us’ and it tackles police brutality and racial profiling in Harlem. Ayo has spent her entire life being an activist and now, she wants out. She wants to get her first real kiss, have a boyfriend, and just be a normal teen. 
  When her mom is put into a coma after a riot breaks out between protesters and police, protestors want Ayo to become the face of See Us and fight for justice for her mother who can no longer fight for herself. While she deals with her grief and anger, Ayo must also discover if she has the strength to take over where her mother left off. 
  This impactful and unforgettable novel takes on the important issues of inequality, systemic racism, police violence, and social justice.

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  White Poverty The Invisible...

  Vines Graener

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  A deacon once approached Reverend William J. Barber II in his church study, asking for help with a young woman’s $50 light bill. Deacons, like this retired Black man in North Carolina, have a long tradition of serving the vulnerable. Barber agreed to help but realized the deacon couldn’t see the deeper issue: the woman worked two jobs and still struggled. This blindness to poverty isn’t a personal failure but a result of societal myths. 
  Barber, inspired by biblical prophets, believes in calling attention to the unseen poor. He has met poor people across America who share their stories, asking not for bailouts but for recognition. Nearly 40 million Americans are officially poor, but this number is misleading. The outdated Official Poverty Measure doesn’t account for today’s high cost of living. 
  Many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, with real wages lower than 50 years ago. Wealth inequality has grown, with the richest 1 percent owning more than the combined wealth of 80 percent of the population. Politicians avoid naming this crisis, and myths about poverty persist. Researchers have found that 140 million Americans are poor or low-income, including 66 million white people. Most of America’s poor are white.

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