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Liao, Jenny

Summary: Chinese American Zia helps her mom tell her classmates about her job as a seamstress through translation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIA

Elhillo, Safia

Summary: "Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me A World 2024

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

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

Chouhan, Anu

Summary: Meenu discovers the magic in her culture's tradition of hair oiling, and the bond she shares with her mother and grandmother. Includes Meenu's magic hair day tips.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024

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Johnston, Aviaq

Summary: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOH

Howard, Amalie

Summary: Sent to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad, Rika meets a group of kids with elemental powers called Minders, who reveal that her long-lost mom is in danger, sending Rika on a magical adventure where she must learn to believe in herself to destroy evil.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024

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

Mann, Dionna L.

Summary: "Set in the 1930s in the segregated African American community of Vinegar Hill in Charlottesville, Virginia, ten-year-old Allie devises a secret Man for Mama Plan to find her mama a husband"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House 2024

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

King, A. S. (Amy Sarig)

Summary: Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father who confines Jane's mother to a system of pneumatic tubes whenever she's at home. And then there's weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus. For Jane,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2024

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

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

Pastis, Stephan

Summary: Upset that her neighborhood is being torn down and replaced by fancy condos and coffee shops, Saint, along with her new friend Daniel, hatches a plan to save what is left of her beloved hometown.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PAS

Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Summary: Follow one girl's journey to discover the joy and history of step dancing- an ode to sisterhood and a strong mother-daughter bond.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RHO

Curry, Parker

Summary: With a little help from her mom, Parker tries to turn a bad day into a good one.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023

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Lu, Bo

Summary: Bao and Mama come to a deeper understanding of their heritage and each other when Bao is caught stealing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024

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Callender, Kacen

Summary: Moon is convinced that they do not belong to this world: that most of the time they are invisible (unless they stay still too long), that they belong to the stars, and wants to go back to them--they live entirely in their imagination with an imaginary spirit guide who can appear in any shape and refuses to speak to anyone, lest their words tie them to a world they rejects.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022

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

Villanueva, Gail D.

Summary: "Discovering that the creatures and deities of Tagalog myth are real when her mom is kidnapped, Lulu Sinagtala is drawn into a centuries-long war that threatens to throw the whole universe into chaos while trying to save her mom with her newfound powers"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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

Fipps, Lisa

Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Bluey

Summary: Discover all of Chilli's mum skills from playing Grannies, dancing, and taking care of Bluey and Bingo. She even makes brushing their teeth and fur fun in this adorable and hilarious book. And, most importantly, Mum teaches them that the world is a magical place. This is the perfect book to celebrate Mom on Mother's Day, or any day!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BLU

Kaba, Mariame

Summary: "From New York Times Bestselling Author Mariame Kaba, a poignant, beautifully illustrated story of a little girl's worries when her Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between them: "Even though I'm away, My love is always here to stay. See you soon, Queenie. Love, Mama." Queenie loves living with Mama and Grandma Louise. Together, they go to the grocery store, eat ice...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAB

Osongco, Clare

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Deedee longs to escape the stifling world her Filipino mom has created since her husband died, so when Jay, the boy next door, offers to teach her to drive it seems like a way out--but both of them are haunted by family ghosts and traumas that force them apart.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion

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

Netz, Mo

Summary: "Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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

Bayron, Kalynn

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Eve, gifted with rare magical abilities, believes it her purpose to defeat an evil Knight, but not everything is as it seems and Eve's mother, the Queen, knows more about the knight than she is telling her daughter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury YA 2024

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

Anganuzzi, Clara

Summary: "Ayla lives on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by a coral reef. Her mom is a marine biologist, and every day, the two go exploring together. One day, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once-vibrant corals have turned pale. She and her mom set out to save the corals--but is it too late?"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANG

Lee, C. B.

Summary: 1826. The legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Xiang has grown up with stories about the Dragon Fleet and its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Dragon Queen. Desperate to set sail and explore, Xiang mainly wishes to find her father, a crew member of the Dragon Fleet. Her only memento of him is a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry. The pendant's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021

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

Alcott, Louisa May

Summary: Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019

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

McCloskey, Robert

Summary: Little Sal and a bear cub lose their mothers while eating blueberries and each almost ends up with the other's mother.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway 2019

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Isler, Emily Barth

Summary: "Musical prodigy Rosie stops playing the violin, upsetting her ambitious mother but making room in her life for new experiences, including a glitch in space-time that lets her meet her mom as a twelve-year-old"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2024

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ISL

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