Rex, Adam
Summary: When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2020
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Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KENCaletti, Deb
Summary: Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CALKorman, Gordon
Summary: Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money); but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KORBarkley, Callie
Summary: Unless Amy and her friends in the Critter Club can come up with an alternative plan, new stores are going to be built on the town's park, endangering the lives of the plants and animals living there
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Series Critter Barkley 2017Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BARNorton, Preston
Summary: "After her sister runs away, teenager Hope Cassidy rebels against her conservative family by starting a rock band with her former crush, Danny, who is kicked out of his house when he comes out to his family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORPérez, Celia C.
Summary: After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to persuade a local girls club to change an outdated tradition, they form an alternative group that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Includes tips for beginning birders, characteristics of crystals, a cookie recipe, tips for aspiring journalists, directions for creating badges, and facts about the killing of birds for fashion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PERGorman, Amanda
Summary: "As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes--big or small--in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GORKeil, Michelle Ruiz
Summary: In 1990s Portland, Oregon, seventeen-year-old Iph, aided by George, a modern-day Robin Hood, seeks her sensitive fifteen-year-old brother, Orr, while Orr has escaped wilderness boot camp and is residing with The Furies, an all-girl punk band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Teen 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEISalvatore, Steven
Summary: When Carey Parker, a genderqueer teen who dreams of being a diva like their hero Mariah Carey, is cast as the female lead in the school musical, they must fight against discrimination and injustice from their closed-minded school administration. Carey Parker dreams of being a diva, and bringing the house down with song. They can hit every note of all the top pop and Broadway hits, but emotional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SALWatson, Renaee
Summary: Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist. Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday. Tye Brown, the MC is perfect, except-- he is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WATKorman, Gordon
Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KORHairston, Andrea
Summary: "The Water Wars have scrambled the world. Flood refugees are on the run. Disrupters and the nostalgia militia roam the roads, wreaking havoc. Invisible Darknet Lords troll the internet, solidifying their power, while Cinnamon, her three Circus-Bots, and two dogs work with a community of farmers, Motor Fairies, and Wheel-Wizards to provide housing, health care, and education for flood refugees....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tordotcom 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAIPaul, Miranda
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text encourage the reader to speak up about everything from their own name being mispronounced to someone bringing a weapon to school. Includes author's note about real people who have found their voices, when to speak up, and how to express oneself without speaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PAUSierra, Judy.
Summary: Mira Bella mobilizes her art students, from grandmothers to children, crabs to seagulls, to stop a dastardly plan for turning the beach at Ballyhoo Bay into an exclusive resort, and offers an alternative--leave the beach as it is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIEBrandt, Cindy Wang
Summary: "This empowering picture book teaches all kids, no matter their age or abilities, that they have what it takes to change the world. They don't need to wait until they grow up, and they don't even need any special skills. They can make a big difference--just as they are"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRAKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KEN1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD KEN
Verde, Susan
Summary: One child who wants to make a difference joins with another and, through a series of simple actions and others' help, succeeds in making the world a better place. Includes a mindfulness exercise and notes about the importance of taking one first step.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: "Nibi is an Indigenous girl on the search for clean water to drink. Though she is faced with repeated obstacles, Nibi's joyful and determined energy become a catalyst for change and action as her community, and in widening circles, the country and government rally around her to make clean drinking water available for all. There is a strong underlying message that even when a problem seems too...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Wind Press, an imprint of Scholastic Canada Ltd. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TENMayer, Mercer
Summary: When Little Critter finds out that one of his neighbors is in need, he rallies his friends and family together to volunteer their help, in an early reader title about community service. Ideal for sharing with emergent readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seedlings Braille Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MAYKorman, Gordon
Summary: Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money); but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "From the creator of the New York Times bestseller The Word Collector comes an empowering story about finding your voice, and using it to make the world a better place. The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea... say something! If you see an injustice... say something! In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Emo ReynoldsMayer, Mercer
Summary: When Little Critter finds out that one of his neighbors is in need, he rallies his friends and family together to volunteer their help, in an early reader title about community service.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MAYSavage, Melissa
Summary: Fans of Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses and Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw will fall in love with this charming adventure story about a girl learning to accept her new life, her quirky detective neighbor, and their epic search for Bigfoot. Lemonade Liberty Witt's mama always told her: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But Lem can't possibly make lemonade out of her new life in Willow...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017