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2) Rez ball
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English
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Read a book about an activist or activism (Youth)
MTCBA Nominees
Native American Heritage Month
Read a book about an activist or activism (Youth)
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"These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his...
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I survived volume 23
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English
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It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Cary Library's Rising 6th Grade Recs
Summer 2024 Recommendations (5th-6th Grade)
Watertown Summer Reading Middle School
Wayland YA Booklists: Social Issues
Summer 2024 Recommendations (5th-6th Grade)
Watertown Summer Reading Middle School
Wayland YA Booklists: Social Issues
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"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he...
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Stuntboy volume 2
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English
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"Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to him about the divorce, because of the hairball thing,...
6) Ultraviolet
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Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man", a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Eleven-year-old Alex knows that starting middle school will be a big change, and for an autistic person, change can be terrifying. He is sure that having a friend by his side will help. But how can he make one? Alex devises a plan to impress the kids at school by winning a trophy at the PAWS Dog Show with his trusty sidekick, Kevin the cockapoo. This should be a walk in the park, right? If only. It turns out that finding a friend is harder than Alex...
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Pokémon world championship volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Continuing to battle their way up through the ranks of the World Coronation Series tournament, Ash and his Pokémon face a rematch against a powerful Gym Leader and must emerge victorious to forge ahead.
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Roswell Johnson volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A boy must team up with a group of quirky aliens to save Earth"--
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Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Elijah wants the perfect Easter outfit, but feels discouraged after a failed shopping trip until two community elders encourage him to create his own Easter masterpiece.
12) Icarus
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English
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A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
15) Onstage jitters
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English
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J.C. and his friends have parts in their community center's play, but when it comes to the performance J.C. has an attack of stage fright and needs his friends to help him.
16) Do you remember?
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade favorite memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out. Now it's just the two of them, and the house where all those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will be a favorite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning intertwined....
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Although thirteen-year-old aspiring actor Zevi would like to keep his psychic abilities a secret, he may be forced to use them when a famous actor's life is endagered on a movie set.
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, thirteen-year-old Zevi uses his psychic abilities to save a famous actor's life on a movie set."--
18) Baking buddies
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English
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J.C. and his grandfather want to make cupcakes, but baby Maya does not seem to want to go to sleep, so they need to figure out a way to bake and babysit at the same time. Includes discussion and writing activities.
19) Lion of the sky
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Raj is happiest flying kites with his best friend, Iqbal. As their kites soar, Raj feels free, like his beloved India soon will be, and he can't wait to celebrate their independence. But when a British lawyer draws a line across a map, splitting India in two, Raj is thrust into a fractured world. With Partition declared, Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim families are torn apart--and Raj's Hindu and Iqbal's Muslim families are among them. Forced...
20) Sea of gold
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Series
Sea of gold volume 1
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Fish--nicknamed for his skill as a swimmer--never intended to become a pirate. For starters, he's just a kid from a poor farming family, and second, he absolutely hates to fight. But after his parents send him to work as a courier, one of his deliveries is stolen, and as Fish hurries to get it back, he's captured by a ship of scalawags. And the mysterious package? It's the key to locating the Chain of Chuacar, a legendary treasure....
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