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J FICTION ALEXANDE
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J FICTION ALEXANDE
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION ALEXANDE
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J FICTION ALEXANDE
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION ALEXANDE
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J FICTION ALEXANDE
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ALEXANDE
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION ALEXANDE
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"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets ... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of...
2) Eb & flow
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"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony "Eb" Wilson and De'Kari "Flow" Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong."-- Publisher description.
Ebony and De'Kari...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION BARON
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J FICTION BARON
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION BARON
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J FICTION BARON
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"Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don't know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he's at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. Soon, other kids tease Etan for being friends with the creature....
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION BOWLING
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J FICTION BOWLING
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION BOWLING
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J FICTION BOWLING
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Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong. One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find peace. Nora longs for things to go back to normal, like they were when her mother was still alive, while her...
5) Rez dogs
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION BRUCHAC
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J FICTION BRUCHAC
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION BRUCHAC
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J FICTION BRUCHAC
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Audiobooks
J PLAYAWAY FICTION BRUCHAC
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION BRUCHAC
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Malian was visiting her grandparents on the reservation when the COVID-19 pandemic started. Now she's staying there, away from her parents and her school in Boston. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but on the reservation, everyone protects each other, from Malian caring for her grandparents to the local dog, Malsum, guarding their house. They always survive together. Malian hears stories from her grandparents about how it has always been this...
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J FICTION DUBOIS
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J FICTION DUBOIS
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After a devastating tornado tears apart her home, thirteen-year-old Quinn struggles to find stability and return to who she was before, finding she has to rebuild herself.
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids
J FICTION ENGLE
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J FICTION ENGLE
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION ENGLE
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J FICTION ENGLE
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION ENGLE
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J FICTION ENGLE
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"Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. But most of the time that's okay, because she enjoys helping her parents care for the many injured animals at their veterinary clinic. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. As she begins to create a world of words for herself, Oriol learns...
8) Golden girl
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION FARUQI
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J FICTION FARUQI
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION FARUQI
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J FICTION FARUQI
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When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakastani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.
9) Alone
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Alone volume 1
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Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated...
10) Missing Mike
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"Twelve-year-old Caera Donovan and her family flee a wildfire bearing down on their hometown of Pine Grove, with no time to find Caera's beloved dog Mike. Faced with the loss of everything she knows, Caera can't stand to lose Mike as well and seeks a way to sneak back to Pine Grove. When her plans are thwarted, she must learn to embrace a new definition of "home.""-- Provided by publisher.
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J FICTION HOPKINS
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J FICTION HOPKINS
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION HOPKINS
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J FICTION HOPKINS
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Told in two voices, sixth-grade cousins Hannah and Cal learn a lot about family when circumstances throw them together under one roof and Hannah's love of order clashes with Cal's chaotic behavior.-- Provided by Publisher.
12) Good different
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION KUYATT
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION KUYATT
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Selah knows her rules for being normal. She always, always sticks to them. This means keeping her feelings locked tightly inside, despite the way they build up inside her as each school day goes on, so that she has to run to the bathroom and hide in the stall until she can calm down. So that she has to tear off her normal-person mask the second she gets home from school, and listen to her favorite pop song on repeat, trying to recharge. Selah feels...
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J FICTION LANGLEY
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J FICTION LANGLEY
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION LANGLEY
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J FICTION LANGLEY
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Eleven-year-old April must come to terms with the sudden death of her best friend, Zee.
14) Mirror to mirror
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION LAROCCA
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J FICTION LAROCCA
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Audiobooks
J PLAYAWAY FICTION LAROCCA
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION LAROCCA
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Unable to find their rhythm, once-close twin sisters Maya and Chaya make a bet: they'll switch places at summer camp and whoever can keep the ruse going the longest will get to make a life-changing decision, which isn't as easy as it sounds.
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids
J FICTION LUCIDO
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J FICTION LUCIDO
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION LUCIDO
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J FICTION LUCIDO
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION LUCIDO
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J FICTION LUCIDO
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Sixth-grader Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and to figure out how she can create her own kind of music using a computer.
16) Radiant
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J FICTION NELSON
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J FICTION NELSON
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In 1963, Cooper Dale navigates the challenges of fifth grade as a Black girl in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh.
17) Amber & clay
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J FICTION SCHLITZ
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J FICTION SCHLITZ
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"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto...
18) Deep water
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J FICTION SUMNER
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J FICTION SUMNER
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"Six hours. One marathon swim. That's all Tully Birch needs to get her life straightened out. With the help of her best friend, Arch, Tully braves the waters of Lake Tahoe to break the record for the youngest person ever to complete the famous "Godfather swim." She wants to achieve something no one in the world has done, because if she does, maybe, just maybe, her mom will come back. The swim starts off well---heart steady, body loose, Arch in charge...
