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Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family have started over in Bombay and are once again trying to rebuild their lives in independent India.
Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from his family's hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life still feels lonely...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
320 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max doesn't want to be sent to London. He's never left Berlin. He barely speaks English. He doesn't want to live with strangers. Most of all, he doesn't want to leave his parents behind.
On the Kindertransport boat to England, Max has never felt more alone--until he meets two unexpected traveling companion: a kobold named Berg and a dybbuk named Stein.
Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is still determined to...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
284 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1942, and twelve-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe. With help and quick thinking Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood. She escapes Paris, landing in a small French village, where the spires of the famous Chateau de Chenonceau rise high into the sky, its bridge across the River Cher like a promise, a fairy tale.
But Miri's life is no fairy tale. Her parents are gone--maybe alive, maybe not. When she's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Flor's mother dies in early 1969, she is left with her abuelita who refuses to accept her identity as a trans girl. In order to be true to herself, Flor must leave home. She makes friends with Tami, a trans teenager, and the two girls make their way in the queer and trans community of New York City. But things quickly become dangerous when Flor and Tami meet up with friends at the Stonewall Inn on a night that leads to a police raid and violence....