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  Wave

  Diana Farid

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  Dare the ocean to dance and it’ll  
  flow  
  flip  
  throw  
  me back,  
  tease with swells so I keep  
  watching  
  waiting  
  hoping  
  for the bigger wave,  
  that might take me all  
  the way to  
  the shore.  
   
  Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in—her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer  
  before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother’s footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix’s past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep them afloat, threatening Ava’s hold  
  on the one place and the one person that make her feel like she belongs. With ocean-like rhythm and lyricism, this novel in verse is about a girl who rides the waves, tumbles, and finds her way back to the shore.

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  We Built This City: New York...

  Amelia LaRoche

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  Perfect narrative non-fiction for young learners! We Built This City: New York City reveals the history of the land that is now New York City starting with the Lenape Native American tribe, and the immigrants from the Netherlands who settled there and called it New Amsterdam. Learn how New York City got its nickname, "The City that Never Sleeps," the fur wars, the Harlem Renaissance, the great building boom of high rises and skyscrapers, the Twin Tower Memorial and more! It also features interesting sights to see when visiting New York like The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Central Park, and includes information from all five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens! Historical and current pictures of New York City, a chronology of events (from 1600s to today, including the Twin Towers Memorial), chapter notes, suggested reading for further research, a glossary and index can also be found.

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  Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic

  Leslie Adame

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  ""A timely adventure filled with heart, magic, and the power of family."" — Claribel A. Ortega, New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlings series  
  A new Latinx middle grade fantasy debut where a secret magical academy, an evil sorcerer, and a powerful, coveted gem awaits one girl in her quest to reunite her family. Perfect for fans of Claribel A. Ortega and B. B. Alston! 
  Twelve-year-old Chloe Vega’s biggest fear is that her undocumented parents will be detained by immigration. That is, until she learns that her parents are actually part of a secret magical society…and that the suspicious looking police officers who have been hanging around their block are henchmen for an evil sorcerer determined to settle a decades-old score.  
  Just when Chloe discovers that she has powers, too, her parents are kidnapped. In order to rescue them, she’ll need to harness her abilities at an elite academy, run by the very agency who exiled her parents from the magical world. 
  Finding herself in the center of a magical war that might destroy everything she has ever known, Chloe can’t shake the feeling that the Agents of Magic are hiding secrets. With her parents’ lives hanging in the balance, she must uncover who is truly on her side and fast to save her family—and the world itself.

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  Creepy but Cool Fish

  Julie K. Lundgren

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  From young fish called fry, to the largest fish, the whale shark, kids get a look into how some fish adapt to their environment in order to survive - and why some fish look so weird!

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  On a Flake-Flying Day - Watching...

  Buffy Silverman

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  On a feather-fluffing, seed-stuffing, cloud-puffing day . . .
   
  Weasels whiten. / Cardinals brighten. / Frost glistens. / Owl listens.
   
  From Buffy Silverman, author of On a Gold-Blooming Day and On a Snow-Melting Day, comes the third installment of a seasonal celebration. With winter's arrival, plants and animals hunker down for the cold season. Rhyming text and eye-catching photos sparkle in this wonderful read-aloud that encourages kids to closely observe the natural world. Back matter offers more information on the featured animals, plants, and weather conditions.

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  A Friend for Rachel

  M. I. McAllister

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  "Now I've done it," the mouse thought, looking straight at her. "I've really done it, this time."  It really is happening, thought Rachel. Things that only happen in stories can happen to me. Anything can happen, because this mouse is talking.  The St. Michael's Mice are no ordinary mice, but it takes Rachel a while to find out just how wonderful they are. When Rachel's father moves to a new church, so much goes wrong that sometimes Rachel doesn't think things will ever work out. Rachel is lonely; her father is having a difficult time; and her mother is unwell. But when the mice appear, Rachel finds she has a marvellous, incredible secret to keep. Plus a mystery to solve, which only she can.  Rachel wants to do the special task that the mice have for her, and she really want a friend. A new best friend.  The first book written by the author of The Mistmantle Chronicles.

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