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When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self-confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school.

"Sophie Brown was just settling in to her new town and her new role as the keeper of some highly unusual chickens, chickens with secret superpowers. But the arrival of two more magical chickens, plus some unusual eggs to be incubated and hatched, plus an impending inspection from theUnusual Poultry Committee has Sophie feeling pretty stressed out. And as if that wasn't enough, Sophie's a little nervousabout her rapidly approaching first day at a new school. What if she doesn't fit in? What if her chickens get lonely?This girl might need some superpowers of her own to keep her flock and herself together"--Dust jacket.

"Welcome to North Harbor High ... where a girl can get bullied to death. Sheridan Alexander moves to her fifth foster home since kindergarten. Her two goals are to graduate and exit the system without any more trouble. That is until she is assigned locker 572 and finds the abandoned journal of Ribbon Barber. The journal pages reveal the endless insults and abuse flung at an innocent girl. "Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you." Yeah, right. Words of hate scar forever. Sheridan needs to find Ribbon and protect her before it's too late even if it means giving up her most stable home in years. Ribbon has a right to be left alone."--Amazon website.

Readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the California gold rush.

Introduces young readers to the history of the California gold rush, describing the journey to California, the process of panning for gold, and the fortunes that this gold brought many different people.

"The full moon's out on Halloween. The sky is starry bright. Above the state of California appears an eerie light. An unexpected visitor arrives in town! But who is he? What is he? And where did he come from? Read on if you dare!"--Provided by publisher.

"Millie McGonigle lives in sunny California, where her days are filled with beach and surf. It should be perfect--but times are tough. Hitler is attacking Europe and it looks like the United States may be going to war. Food is rationed and money is tight. And Millie's sickly little sister gets all the attention and couldn't be more of a pain if she tried. It's a time of sunshine, siblings, and stress. Will Millie be able to find her way in her family, and keep her balance as the the world around her loses its own?"--Provided by publisher.

Years ago, seventeen-year-old CJ Katsuyama's family sold their flower shop to a white man for next to nothing while they were interned during WWII. Thirty years later, the family bought the store back from that family, the McAllisters, who have since prospered. Now the shop is in financial trouble and CJ's mother works for McAllister Venture Capital. Ever the type A personality, CJ's mother pushes CJ to make something of her life, but CJ only seems to excel at arranging flowers and feels aimless. Then, when secrets about the McAllister patriarch come to light, CJ and a group of student activists find something to rally behind, though it causes great friction in the community and between CJ and her mother.

Told in two voices Mati, a devout Muslim from Afghanistan, and Elise, a seventeen-year-old whose brother was killed there, try to keep their budding romance secret from their families.

"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen-year-old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret 'assignments,' to bring the rain everybody is praying for"--Jacket flap.