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Author
Series
Rocket says volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Rocket finds out her town's library is closing, she rallies support from her peers, and together they lead a peaceful protest that spreads awareness and raises enough money to save their beloved library.
Author
Series
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Miles wants to move away after his cousin Keisha is accidentally shot in their neighborhood park, but Keisha and Miles' father work with others to make their community a safer place. Includes reader's note with discussion questions and advice for caregivers.
145) The magic of dreams!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Asha, in a moment of desperation, makes a wish, it is answered by a little ball of boundless energy called Star who helps her save her community and prove that anything is possible if you just believe.
146) The breaking news
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When devastating news rattles a young girl's community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers-the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. She wants more than anything to help in a BIG way, but maybe she can start with one small act of kindness instead ... and then another, and another. Small things can compound, after...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Characters and themes from Stephen King's multiple universes converge in the fictional town of Castle Rock. In season two a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. And as the town celebrates its 400th anniversary, Castle Rock's first settlers -- including Henry Deaver -- find themselves joining in the festivities.
149) I live on a farm
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A seven-year-old boy who lives on a farm in upstate New York describes life in that rural community including the various kinds of work to be done during each season.
150) Love
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of love that connect us all.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
After a boating accident takes her beautiful singing and speaking voice from her, Elyse d'Abreau, the youngest of six sisters, leaves her home in Tobago to stay in an Oregon seaside town where Christian Kane, a notorious playboy, challenges her to express herself and to overcome her fear of the sea.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored"--
Morgan can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been told she's not "really" black. She's spent most of her summer crying in bed; it feels like the whole world is listening...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"To save the Clarktown Community Center, which houses her parents' Chinese school, Lily and her fellow students must master a traditional Chinese dance in time for the center's first showcase and receive some unexpected help from her rival, Max Zhang"--
If there's one thing Lily Hong can't stand, it's being second best. That's why she and Max Zhang have been bitter rivals ever since he swooped into town as the new kid with the cool clothes and his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Truman State University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Loren Schmidtberger grew up in a Volga German community in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. He carried the legacy and lessons of his childhood with him when he left the farm and became a teacher in the eastern U.S."--Provided by publisher.
155) Gather round
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this gorgeous picture book, a girl and her father build a campfire together to keep the cold at bay. But as they welcome passing travelers -- from musicians to animals -- they create a community, fostered by a crackling fire and its comforting warmth.