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Other Words From Home
by Jasmine Warga
by Jasmine Warga
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.
Novel in Verse
Realistic Fiction
Teenage Girls
Syria--immigration and emigration--Fiction
Cincinnati Ohio
School Stories
Spy Runner
by Eugene Yelchin
by Eugene Yelchin
Secrets
There are two essential ingredients that separate Noir fiction from the rest of the mystery-crime genre. A protagonist lacking a moral center and an unhappy ending. It's definitely an acquired taste.
This cold war noir mystery finds a twelve-year-old boy suspecting a Russian boarder in his home in his determination to learn the fate of his father, who went missing in action during World War II.
Mystery
Family Secrets
Cold War
Middle School Students
Historical Fiction
Genesis Begins Again
by Alicia D. Williams
by Alicia D. Williams
Thirteen-Year-Old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her families troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.
2020
Newbery Honor
Book
Newbery Honor
Book
Realistic Fiction
Self-Esteem
Prejudices
Family Problems
Skin Color
Moving
African Americans
A girl who receives repeated unwanted attention from the boys in her school begins doubting herself before rediscovering her voice in the mutually respected environment of a new karate class.
Realistic Fiction
Friendship
Schools
Family Life
Best Friends
Single-Parent Family
Sexual Harassment
Maybe He Just Likes You
by Barbara Dee
by Barbara Dee
The daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson describes her childhood against a backdrop of segregation and the civil rights movement. Revealing how her family raised funds in support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and attended the famous march on Washington for jobs and freedom.
Biography
Robinson, Sharon 1950-
Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972
Coming of Age
20th Century
Civil Rights History
African American Girls
Child of a Dream A Memoir of 1963
by Sharon Robinson
by Sharon Robinson