Wieder, Joy Nelkin
Summary: A mouse upsets villagers just before Passover by stealing a crumb of bread from one house and running into another, then brings neighbors together to finish preparing for the holiday. Includes background information about the story and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIEFox, Janet S.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Lulu, burdened with caring for her sister, Serena, since their father disappeared, must learn to trust her new friends and community when secrets and lies catch up with her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Aspiring astronaut Rocket draws her community together to see a rare appearance of the Phoenix Meteor Showers, hoping especially that her big brother, Jamal, will look up from his phone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BRYJason June
Summary: Riley Weaver has made it to junior year, which means he can finally apply for membership into the Gaybutante Society, the LGBTQ+ organization that has launched dozens of queer teens' careers in pop culture, arts and activism. When Riley overhears a superstar athlete, Skylar, say that gay guys just are interested in femme guys or else they wouldn't be gay, Riley confronts Skylar and makes a bet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JASDillard, Sarah
Summary: "The Mouse Scouts are back for another badge. Violet, Tigerlily, and their friends are determined to earn their 'Make a Difference" badge'"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DILDealey, Erin
Summary: After the worst snowstorm of the year, a young girl wishes on a snow globe that everyone will come out to play and share a dream of peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEAMcCullough, Kathy
Summary: When Asha, in a moment of desperation, makes a wish, it is answered by a little ball of boundless energy called Star who helps her save her community and prove that anything is possible if you just believe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCCFrederick, Heather Vogel.
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FREPhi, Bao
Summary: On their way to a May Day parade, twins Hue and Hoa spy a confused-looking duck and try to help it reach the pond, while neighbors from many countries offer help and greetings in different languages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PHINuurali, Siman
Summary: There is an empty lot in Sadiq's neighborhood which is in serious need of cleaning up, and Sadiq has come up with an idea of what to do with it afterwards: build a community garden--so Sadiq sets out to get his classmates and friends involved and make the garden a true community success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUHibbs, Gillian.
Summary: "Errol loves gardening, but there isn't enough room in his flat to grow everything that he would like. When he discovers a secret but neglected space at the top of the apartment block, he has a wonderful idea, but to carry it out he'll need some help. Surely the other residents will be too busy to help him realize his dream? Or just not interested enough? In this heart-warming tale of common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childs Play 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC HIBLuqman-Dawson, Amina
Summary: After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LUQRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUJanowitz, Jessie
Summary: When his family moves to tiny Petersville, eleven-year-old Tris stops focusing on his perfect sister, Jeanine, by using his cooking expertise to revive a town tradition of chocolate cream doughnuts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Janowitz 2018Tan, Amy Rebecca
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Jamie must spend her summer volunteering at Foxfield Public Library, but quickly grows to love the people there and enthusiastically joins the fight to save the library.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TANLowe, Mari
Summary: A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOWMcManus, Karen M.
Summary: "Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows. The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MCMPearsall, Shelley.
Summary: "In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PEAScanlon, Elizabeth Garton
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text explore a community garden and what grows there, from flowers and fruit to friendships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCACapucilli, Alyssa Satin
Summary: Armed with seeds and a shovel, Biscuit and the little girl visit the community garden where they plant flowers with new friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CAPMills, Lauren A.
Summary: In the poverty of the Appalachian coal country in 1908, eight-year-old Minna's life gets even more difficult after her father dies of black lung, and that winter she cannot go to school because she does not have a coat--until the quilting mothers make her a coat using pieces of cloth from their own lives, each with a special story behind it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MILHarris, Meena
Summary: "One day, Kamala and Maya had an idea. A big idea: they would turn their empty apartment courtyard into a playground! Based on a true story, this is the uplifting tale of how the author's aunt and mother first learned to persevere in the face of disappointment and turned a dream into reality. This is a story of children's ability to make a difference and of a community coming together to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE HARBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: "Miguel has many plants in his community garden, and today he must find his sunflowers. Let's help Miguel look for them!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROParker, Morgan
Summary: Morgan can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been told she's not "really" black. She's spent most of her summer crying in bed; it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat, and Morgan sees life as a never-ending hamster wheel of agony. She knows why she's in therapy. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2019