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"Cruzita must save her family's failing panaderia by winning a mariachi band contest--the only problem is she hates mariachi and cannot speak Spanish"--

Thirteen-year-old Calvin knows he's destined to be a star. . . if he can just stop making embarrassing mistakes onstage, like getting stuck on a single line--"Forsooth!"--and then falling off the stage during the school play. The summer after seventh grade, he's hoping for a fresh start. All he has to do is prove himself as an actor and fix the awkwardness with his friends that started after the play.But nothing's going according to plan. His parents don't get his love of performing. His best friend is moving on without him. And he might have a crush that could change everything. Surrounded by drama on all sides, Calvin will have to go off script if he's going to be a real friend and be true to himself.

When thirteen-year-old Safiya's mother falls into a coma, Safiya comes to terms with their complicated relationship and discovers more about herself through dreams that transport her to her mother's chilldhood in Kuwait.

Young knight Charlie cannot find a single beast to slay, until she discovers there are monsters all around, and only she knows what to do to help her town of Little Import.

"Told in alternating voices, in 1692 Salem, Puritan Patience and Quaker Thomas are engrossed in a community panic over witchcraft, and as the list of accusers and accused grows, they question their faiths and fight to protect their families"--

"A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson"--

"Hanukkah is coming, and the dinos are all busy getting ready! They make brisket and latkes, and the dino-kids play with a dreidel, act out the Hanukkah story, open gifts, and eagerly await their turn to light the menorah. Dinosaurs big and small gather to decorate, eat, and even compete in party festivities like only prehistoric carnivores and herbivores would."--

"Kuv txiv, txhua txhia qhov chaw hauv lub ntiaj teb no yog thoj nam tawg rog lod?"Tus me ntxhais Kalia yeej tsis paub lub neej dhau ntawm lub laj kab ntawm Lub Yeej Thoj Nam Tawg Rog Zos Vib Nais li. Lub yeej thoj nam taw grog nyob rau Thaib teb tau muaj ntau txhiab tsev neeg Hmoob uas khiav tawm tom Kev Ua Tsov Rog Nyas Quav Txias hauv Nplog teb uas tau tshwm sim thaum lub sij hawm Meskas Tuaj Ua Tsov Rog Nrog Nyab. Hais txog rau Kalia thiab nws cov nus muag, lub neej tsis yog ib qho yooj yim tab sis lawv tseem nrhiav txoj hauv kev los ua si, khiav caum qaib thiab caij lawv cov dev uas ntxim hlub.Thaum nyuam qhuav muaj plaub lub xyoos xwb, Kalia twb yeej txawj xav txog qhov chaw nws yuav nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no lawm. Thaum nws nug txog yam uas nyob dhau laj kab sab nrauv lawm, thaum xub thawj nws txiv kuj tsis tuaj yeem teb nws tau. Tab sis hnub tom qab, nws txiv coj nws mus rau ntawm tsob ntoo siab tshaj plaws hauv lub yeej tawg rog thiab, muab nws puag ruaj ruaj rau hauv nws txiv xub ntiag, ua rau Kalia pom tias lub ntiaj teb no nthuav dav npaum li cas.Kao Kalia Yang cov lus sau sib dhos uas tu siab heev thiab Rachel Wada cov duab kos piav qhia uas ua rau pom zim zuag lub neej ntawm zaj dab neeg tiag tiag txog txoj kev hlub ntawm leej txiv thiab ib tug ntxhais."Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?"Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog.Just four years old, Kalia is still figuring out her place in the world. When she asks what is beyond the fence, at first her father has no answers for her. But on the following day, he leads her to the tallest tree in the camp and, secure in her father's arms, Kalia sees the spread of a world beyond.Kao Kalia Yang's sensitive prose, now translated into Hmong, and Rachel Wada's evocative illustrations bring to life this tender true story of the love between a father and a daughter.

Hoping to earn money for band camp tuition, twelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis starts busking, but his mission quickly turns into a series of misadventures that change how he sees his family, his dreams, and himself.

Strawberry the Sasquatch is happy on her own, or so she thinks, until an extremely enthusiastic squirrel named Nutty shows up, and after a series of hilarious mishaps, they find a way to be friends.

Get ready to party like it's the Mesozoic Era and celebrate the holiday in a BIG way, with prehistoric dinosaur friends

Whether tall or short or weak or strong, we all have value and we all belong.

A moving and inspiring true story about how a father's love helped a daughter dream of a life beyond the confines of the refugee camp where they live

With the help of his trusty tool belt, Chico Bon Bon helps friends decorate, turns a pile of junk into a bundle of gifts, and throws an epically awesome party.

A celebration of natural Black and Latinx hair, written in rhythmic, rhyming verse.