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101) The patchwork bike
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"When you live at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum, and right through your mud-for-walls home."--Back cover....
102) Illegal
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 540L
Physical Desc
xiii, 251 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nora, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl, faces the challenges of being an illegal immigrant in Texas when she and her mother cross the border in search of Nora's father.
103) Dragonfly eyes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah Mei and her grandmother suffer, but they are resourceful...
104) Blood brothers
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Jakub Kaminsky is the son of Polish immigrants, a good Catholic boy, and a graffiti artist. While his father sleeps, Jakub and his best friend, Lincoln, sneak out with spray paint to make their mark as Morf and Skar. When Jakub gets a scholarship to an elite private school, he knows it's his chance for a better life. But it means leaving Lincoln and the neighbourhood he calls home. While Jakub's future is looking bright, Lincoln's...
105) Every variable of us
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
365 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After she is injured in a gang shooting, seventeen-year-old Alexis Duncan's dreams of a college scholarship and pro basketball career vanish, but, encouraged by new student Aamani Chakrabarti, Alexis shifts her focus to the school's STEM quiz bowl team, a group of self-professed nerds seeking their own futures outside of West Philly.
After Philly teenager Alexis Duncan is injured in a gang shooting, her dreams of a college scholarship and pro basketball...
106) The in-between
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their...
107) Reaching out
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
vi, 196 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.