fiction

"Months after his success at the BMX expo, Carlos is facing a lot of changes. Another Latino family has moved into town; his best friend RJ seems more interested in hanging out with the soccer team than Carlos; and the terrifying Mrs. Wynkle has roped him into directing the school spring play. Carlos and his co-director, Mark, are determined to make the most exciting play the school has seen, but they quickly learn that their creative visions may be at odds. As opening night looms closer, Carlos must juggle new friendships, old bullies, and an entire cast of zombies--all while trying not to let the spotlight of director get to his head"--OCLC.

In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.

"Thirteen-year-old Liv's beloved ninety-two-year-old grandmother, Oma, is moving into a home where she can be cared for as her dementia worsens. As Liv helps her father empty Oma's house, she finds an old chest which opens up a whole world that Liv never knew about: the hidden world of Oma's childhood. . . . Liv learns that Oma, given name Mila, had a sister, Eva, that no one in Liv's family ever knew about. In 1942, Mila and Eva are sent away from their parents to a non-Jewish family so they will survive the war. Twelve-year-old Mila believes that they will soon be reunited with their parents and go back to their normal lives, but fourteen-year-old Eva knows better, and soon gets involved in the Resistance. Eva takes on more and more dangerous assignments until a betrayal forces her to decide between running away with her sister or fully committing to mission. Tragedy strikes, and Mila goes to England on her own to restart her life from scratch, vowing never to talk about her childhood again. In the present day, Liv reads how Mila builds something new from the shattered pieces of her childhood while giving beloved Oma all the support she can. Both Liv and Mila grapple with loyalty, family, and love as they discover what it means to be brave and go above and beyond to offer someone else a life of dignity, happiness, and freedom"--Amazon.

"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Emmy investigates the connection between her father's disappearance and a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.

When Maya receives a mysterious, magic bracelet in the mail, she wishes to be in charge of things and, although she starts to enjoy her authority, she is soon overwhelmed by newfound responsibilities, needing the help of her long-distance friends to untangle the bracelet's magic.

"Selvi and Divya are best friends, brought together by shared experiences, including mothers who work abroad to support their families. Though Selvi misses her mom, it's okay because she has her best friend by her side. But one day, Divya comes to school showing off a beautiful set of rainbow bangles and news that her mother has returned from overseas. But the colorful bangles make Selvi see red. Divya spends all day showing them off to friends and when Divya offers to let Selvi try them on, Selvi is overcome with emotion and hurls the bangles to the ground. Will Selvi be able to understand the ups and downs Divya faces too, or will her grief and jealousy destroy their friendship?"--.

Follows how a Gabi is made in Ethiopia from seed to harvest, to weaving to shop, to gift for Girma.

Since her parents' divorce, Dawn lives in Connecticut with her mother while her brother and father are in California, but after a week's vacation in sunny, healthy southern California, Dawn isn't sure she wants to return to the East Coast.