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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--
4) Swing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As four very different letters arrive at the playground, each makes the next feel unwelcome, but once they begin to swing together, they have a wonderful time.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oliver has always dreamed about where he will fit. Will he be in the mane of a unicorn? The tentacle of a pirate squid? The helmet of an astronaut? When he finally goes in search of his perfect place, he finds that trying to fit in is a lot harder than he thought. But as with any puzzle, a little trial and error leads to a solution, and Oliver figures out exactly where he belongs.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 1
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Sam, who lives with her siblings and mothers in a house on Sunrise Lagoon, tries to come up with a plan to save the family's charter boat business before the summer is over"--
Author
Publisher
Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Calvin has lived in many houses that never felt like home, but Maggie, his new foster mother, helps him deal with his emotions when he misbehaves, and still offers hugs.--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After his brothers and sisters ruin his favorite alphabet book, Teetu the bunny has had enough of his big bunny family! When he sneaks off into the night, what he discovers is more marvelous than he ever dreamed. He sees animals and trees and beauty and moonlight, and puts his adventures into a new book he creates all by himself. But soon Teetu tires of being alone, and just as it gets to be too much...a big fluffy surprise comes to save the day!--...
11) The insiders
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Héctor Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in each other.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Pubishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
13) What happens now
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ari, working to overcome depression, enters into a summer romance with Camden, a boy she has long admired from afar.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, and cursed with unusual size and strength, twelve-year-old Yanka the bear has never felt she belonged in the small village where she grew up; the Snow Forest seems to call to her and when she wakes up one day with her legs transformed into bear legs she flees the village, and embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover clues to her mysterious origin and identity.
17) My two blankets
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture, and Cartwheel begins to weave a "new blanket, " one of friendship and a renewed sense of belonging.
Author
Publisher
Picarona, sello infantil de Ediciones Obelisco, S.L
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Gris sólo quiere sentirse integrado. Pero el resto de los colores SIEMPRE lo excluyen, así que ha decidido llevar a cabo su propio proyecto: un libro que será totalmente gris. Había una vez, un lobo, un gatito y un hipopótamo ... Gris está convencido de que será un libro genial. Pero cuando empieza a escribir, aparecen los colores primarios ... ¡y no precisamente para ayudar! Un libro dentro de otro libro. Esta colorida historia explora la...
19) Shell quest
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a little slug finds new friends in the backyard, she notices they look a lot like her ... except they have shells! Maybe a shell is exactly what she needs to fit in--but finding one is a lot harder than it sounds!"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Brody Fair feels like nobody gets him: not his overworked parents, not his genius older brother, and definitely not the girls in the projects set on making his life miserable. Then he meets Nico, an art student who takes Brody to Everland, a "knock-off Narnia" that opens its door at 11:21pm each Thursday for Nico and his band of present-day misfits and miscreants. Here Brody finds his tribe and a weekly respite from a world where he feels out of place....
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