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1) El crossover
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"El fenómeno del básquetbol, Josh Bell, y su hermano gemelo, Jordan, son los reyes de la cancha, con esos crossovers inesperados que hacen llorar a los jugadores más duros. Pero cuando Jordan conoce a la nueva chica del colegio, lazos entre los gemelos se empiezan a desanudar. El baloncesto y la hermandad se entrelazan para mostrarles a Josh y Jordan que la vida no viene con un manual de jugadas y que, a veces, el asunto no es ganar."-- Provided...
3) Starfish
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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.-- Provided by Publisher.
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In Cuidad Juárez, Mexico in 1999, where kidnapping of girls and women is common, a woman approaches thirteen-year-old Anamaria claiming to be her future self, offering advice and requesting help.
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in the 1990's. Fear is overtaking the city as cases of kidnapped girls and women become alarmingly common. Anamaría works hard at her strict, grade-obsessed middle school, wanting to do the best she can so she can grow up to be...
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2021.
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Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.
A first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader, Sarai can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment. Together with her older sister Estrella she...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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[2022]
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English
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While a highly publicized sexual assault case threatens to destroy her and her mother, sixteen-year-old Mimi Dovewick tries to understand their tense relationship by reaching out to the women of her maternal line through the journals they all kept.
Lately Mimi's mother has been acting more withdrawn than usual, leaving her to navigate the tricky world of turning sixteen alone. Her mother advises Mimi to start journaling, like all the woman in her...
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"A novel in verse about identity, family, and hope."--Publisher.
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means...
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Atheneum Books
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2022.
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Español
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A Rima le encanta montar a caballo con la abuela y las mambisas, las valientes veteranas que lucharon durante las guerras de independencia en Cuba. Feministas de varios orígenes se han reunido en clubes de votación para exigir el sufragio y la igualdad de las mujeres, pero no todos quieren igualdad para todo el mundo... especialmente para alguien como Rima Marín. En los años 1920 en Cuba, los niños "ilegítimos" como ella eran intimidados y rechazados....
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Feiwel and Friends
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2023.
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When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression.
13) The crossover
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Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
14) Moo
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Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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2017.
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English
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When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna-- and that stubborn cow, Zora.
15) Moonwalking
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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2022.
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English
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In 1980s Brooklyn, new student JJ Pankowski, an autistic, punk-rock-lover, befriends Pie Velez, an Afro-Latinx math geek and graffiti artist.
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Door of no return volume 1
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Little, Brown and Company
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2022.
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English
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"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of...
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Random House
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[2022]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
18) Birdie
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
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2019.
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English
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Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.
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Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
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2023.
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Español
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¿C̤mo expresarte cuando sientes que nadie te escucha? En esta conmovedora novela en verso 6 que Lisa Fipps, autora galardonada con un Printz Honor Award, llama "potente" 6 , una nįa enfrenta su segundo ąo de escuela intermedia mientras lidia con problemas de salud mental. Deber̀ encontrar la manera de usar su voz para pedir la ayuda y la comprensi̤n que merece.
Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the...
20) Invisible Isabel
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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English
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"Isabel Beane is a shy girl who lives in a home full of havoc and hubbub and hullabaloo. With five siblings, there is always too much too much-ness. At school, there's a new girl who is immediately popular, but she's also not very nice to one person -- Isabel. Isabel has never felt more invisible. She begins to get bombarded by fears, like being abandoned by her classmates and taking the upcoming Extremely Important standardized test. Her fears feel...
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