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Sima, Jessie

Summary: Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Sim

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Sima 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIM

Burnell, Cerrie

Summary: A storm brings a floating circus to the City of Clouds, and when Harper and her friends attend they move ever closer to the secret of her origins.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUR

Ho, Joanna

Summary: "An anthem for Asian America that celebrates the richness and diversity within the Asian American identity and serves as a reminder of our self worth, our legacy and most of all, our destiny. "--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HO

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)

Summary: While spending a summer at the family lake house, eighteen-year-old Sawyer finally learns the full truth about her complicated family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Freeform Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BAR

Harris, Neil Patrick

Summary: Leila and the other Magic Misfits have the opportunity to perform with a famous stage psychic known as Madame Esmeralda, who may hold secrets to Leila's past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAR

DuBois, Caroline Brooks

Summary: After a devastating tornado tears apart her home, thirteen-year-old Quinn struggles to find stability and return to who she was before, finding she has to rebuild herself.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DUB

Reagan, Jean

Summary: "Turbo the truck loves to drive fast, but has to learn to slow down for a very special delivery"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REA

Turnage, Sheila.

Summary: Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TUR

Robinson, Rioghnach

Summary: When Nico and Ali meet at Ogilvy Summer Art Institute, a selective camp for art students in New York City, they seem like complete opposites. Ali comes across as standoffish to laid-back Niko, who feels like a fish out of water surrounded by so many type-A peers. When a teacher assigns them as pairs for a genealogy project, Ali and Niko are shocked to find they have a lot more in common than...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ROB

Weissman, Elissa Brent

Summary: Twelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her birthparents when she discovers the history of adoption in her own family through her great-grandma Anna's Holocaust-era diary.--Provided by Publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WEI

Messenger, Shannon

Summary: "In this extra special installment of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, the story picks up right from Legacy's particularly devastating cliffhanger. But chapters alternate between Sophie and Keefe's perspectives to give readers deeper insights into both beloved characters. New powers will be discovered. Hard truths from the past will come to light. And all of your favorite characters will...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2020

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Shum, Benson

Summary: "All great kaiju are born with a super power to strike fear in the heart of the city. But Anzu is different. Instead of mayhem, he likes May flowers. Instead of striking fear, he prefers to be sincere. Can Anzu find a way to make his family proud and stay true to his kind self?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHU

Oshiro, Mark

Summary: Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ's Dominion, the community that abandoned him, but the journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious trauma from his past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSH

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSH

Young, Suzanne

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Quinn provides closure to grieving families by taking on the short-term role of a deceased loved one, until huge secrets come to the surface about Quinn's own past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023

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Yu, Kelsea

Summary: Marina Chan, living under a fake identity to escape her past, risks exposure when her online gaming team accepts a tour of their favorite game company, only to find themselves entangled in a deadly game.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury YA 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YU

Harris, Neil Patrick

Summary: Growing up in an orphanage, Leila was bullied for being different. But she turned her hardship into skill by becoming an escape artist, a valuable trait when belonging to a group of magical best friends. When a famous psychic comes to town, however, Leila and her pals won't be able to escape the big mystery heading their way. Whether chasing mad monkeys or banishing ghosts from haunted hotels,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT CD Fiction Harris

DuBois, Caroline Brooks

Summary: Before the storm, thirteen-year-old Quinn was happy flying under the radar. She was average. After the storm, Quinn can't seem to go back to unremarkable. But her friends weren't changed by the tornado. To them, the storm left behind a playground of abandoned houses and distracted adults. As Quinn struggles to find stability in the tornado's aftermath, she must choose: between homes,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DUB

Casanova, Mary.

Summary: Unable to speak or remember the events surrounding her mother's mysterious death eleven years earlier, sixteen-year-old Sadie Rose, the foster child of a corrupt senator in 1920s northern Minnesota, struggles to regain her voice, memory, and identity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2012

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CAS

Gibney, Shannon

Summary: Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GIB

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GIB

Stroman, Marcus

Summary: "Everyone knows Marcus Stroman as a baseball player. He loves the sport, and yes, he probably has a shot at the pros. But "baseball player" doesn't totally define him. Why won't anyone also see him as a basketball player or a musician? While he loves being known for what he does well, he's struggling because people are trying to limit him to just one thing. Literally how high up a mountain does...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STR

Torres, Julio

Summary: An ambitious toilet plunger expresses his desire to be a vase.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TOR

Valdes Greenwood, David

Summary: When online friends Jonas and Shani meet for the first time, they along with Shani's best Ash, find they are all keeping secrets, and coming clean will require them to figure out who they really are, which is not easy when one's identity goes beyond labels.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VAL

McLaughlin, Kate

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Dylan wakes up in an apartment she does not recognize; the other people there seem to know her, but she does not know them. She borrows a phone to call home and realizes she has been missing for three days. Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dylan must grapple not only with the many people currently crammed inside her head, but that a secret from her past so...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCL

Crede, Phaea

Summary: Jet the cat likes to swim. When the other animals tell her that cats actually hate water, she goes in search of her true identity. After failing to fit the description of a variety of animals, Jet finally learns to embrace her unique brand of catness. A timely tale that humorously challenges labels and celebrates defining one's own unique identity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH CRE

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