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Looks at the life of Liberian-American author and social entrepreneur, Way?tu Moore.

A young Hawaiian girl named Lilo adopts a strange dog that turns out to be an alien on the run from his government.

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

Single aspiring Indian Candian baker Reena Manji asks the Muslim neighbor her meddling parents are trying to set her up with, to pretend to be engaged to her so that she can enter a television cooking competition for couples and win a scholarship to a top culinary school. Reena and the neighbor Nadim fall for one another off-screen but their parental relationships present challenges they'll need to overcome.

Follows three generations of a rural Kentucky family as they are saved by the kindness of others amidst the hardships of their lives, beginning with a thirteen-year-old girl living in Depression-era Kentucky, who is sold to another man by her father during a poker game, down to her grandson Samuel, whose eye was injured when he was young and who is trying to find meaning in his adult life.

Recounts the experiences of two families--Gee, a black teenager and his mother Jade, and Noelle, a half-white, half-Hispanic teenager and her mother Lacey May--whose lives intersect when a referendum passes allowing black students to be bussed to a predominantly white North Carolina high school.

"A little girl explains how families, including hers, come in many shapes and sizes-some with a mom and a dad, some with two dads, some with two moms, and more"--.

In a dystopian future, Tris Prior must choose a faction in the war between world powers and their ideologies intensifies. Tris has a Divergence, an anomaly, that makes her outcast in society, but it may be the only thing that can save her and her loved ones.

Actor Chadwick Boseman has starred in many films, portraying notably strong characters including baseball legend Jackie Robinson and superhero Black Panther. Even though Boseman's film career didn't start until he was in his 30s, he has worked hard for his success. In this enlightening biography, readers will learn about Boseman's upbringing, education, acting career, and more. Accessible text and photographs of Boseman on the red carpet highlight his acting journey. A timeline of key points guides readers through Boseman's life and career.

Twelve-year-old Olivia is a half orphan who's never met her father. Everything changes when Mia Thermopolis, Princess of Genovia, invites Olivia to finally meet her father.