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1) Princess Academy

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Hale, Shannon

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While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

2) Starfish

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Fipps, Lisa

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CR - Girl Power - books for ages 6 - 12
Golden Dome Award Nominees 2022-2023

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Told in verse, Ellie lives by Fat Girl Rules to avoid being bullied, but with the support of her dad, her therapist and her neighbor Catalina, can Ellie set aside these rules and just be herself?

3) Good girl complex

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Kennedy, Elle

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Mackenzie Cabot has spent most of her twenty years pleasing the other people around her so she is going to Garnet College in the expensive beachside town of Avalon Bay in South Carolina when she would really rather focus on her growing internet business; Cooper Hartley is a local boy who usually tends bar and disdains the rich, spoiled college kids he sees every day--but MacKenzie and Cooper fall for each other, until money and family come between...

4) The little engine that could

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Piper, Watty

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Things that GO GO GO!!!

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Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat! The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...

5) Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky

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Mbalia, Kwame

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Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.

6) Icebreaker

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Graziadei, A. L

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CR - Characters with disabilities
Green Mountain Book Award Nominees 2023-2024
YA - LGBTQIA+

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A. L. Graziadei's Icebreaker is an irresistible YA debut about two hockey players fighting to be the best—and the romance that catches them by surprise along the way.
Seventeen-year-old Mickey James III is a college freshman, a brother to five sisters, and a hockey legacy. With a father and a grandfather who have gone down in NHL history, Mickey is almost guaranteed the league's top draft spot.
The only person standing

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7) Front desk

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Yang, Kelly

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CR - AAPI Chapter Books & Fiction
CR - If You Liked "Benefits of Being an Octopus"
CR - Immigrants welcome! Fiction and Nonfiction
CR - We Need Diverse Books - Fiction

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Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was anengineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...

8) Wildoak

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Harrington, C. C

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Golden Dome Award Nominees 2023-2024

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When the fates of a snow leopard, a child, and an ancient forest collide, the unimaginable can happen. Perfect for fans of Pax and The One and Only Ivan.

**Winner of the 2023 Schneider Family Book Award!**

* "Nuanced and empowering." - Publisher's Weekly, starred review

* "Memorably atmospheric." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Immersive."

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9) When life gives you O.J

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Perl, Erica S

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Zelly Fried wants a dog more than anything, so at the urging of her grandfather, during the summer before sixth grade she takes care of a "practice dog" made out of an orange juice jug to show her parents that she is ready for the responsibility, even though she is sometimes not entirely sure about the idea.

10) Sugar and ice

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Messner, Kate

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When Russian skating coach Andrei Grosheva offers twelve-year-old farm girl Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid, she encounters a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything.

11) Momentous events in the life of a cactus

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Bowling, Dusti

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"Follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage," everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares her for the reality. In a year filled with confusion, humiliation, and just maybe...

12) Mel fell

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Tabor, Corey R

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Red Clover 2022-2023
Red Clover Book Award Nominees 2022-2023

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"Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith. An especially enjoyable and satisfying read-aloud! Sometimes, you might fall down, down, down, before you learn to fly up, ...

13) The biggest, best snowman

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Cuyler, Margery

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Nell is told by her big sisters and her mother that she is too small to help out, but everyone, including Nell, feels differently after her forest friends give her the confidence to build a large snowman.

14) You'd be home now

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Glasgow, Kathleen

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Girl in Pieces comes a stunning novel that Vanity Fair calls “impossibly moving” and “suffused with light”. In this raw, deeply personal story, a teenaged girl struggles to find herself amidst the fallout of her brother's addiction in a town ravaged by the opioid crisis.
For all of Emory's life she's been told who she...

15) All the answers

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Messner, Kate

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Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.

16) Eyes that kiss in the corners

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Ho, Joanna

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CR - AAPI Picture Books

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A self-confident and strong young girl recounts how she shares her eyes--and so much more--with her mother, her amah and her little sister.

17) Island of silence

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McMann, Lisa

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As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.

18) Palace of stone

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Hale, Shannon

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Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.

19) Dear girl

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Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

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The New York Times bestselling author of I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and her daughter Paris Rosenthal collaborate to bring you the heartwarming and inspiring Dear Girl, Dear Girl, is a remarkable love letter written for the special girl in your life; a gentle reminder that she's powerful, strong, and holds a valuable place in the world. Through Amy and Paris's charming text and Holly Hatam's stunning illustrations, any girl reading this...

20) Red Glass

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Resau, Laura

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With a dazzling and thoughtful voice, this critically acclaimed novel deals directly with the challenges and dangers of immigration, exploring the ties that bind us together in an age when issues threaten to divide us.
One night Sophie and her parents are called to a hospital where Pedro, a six-year-old Mexican boy, is recovering from dehydration. Crossing the border into Arizona with a group of Mexicans and a coyote, or guide, Pedro

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1) Princess Academy

2) Starfish

3) Good girl complex

4) The little engine that could

5) Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky

6) Icebreaker

7) Front desk

8) Wildoak

9) When life gives you O.J

10) Sugar and ice

11) Momentous events in the life of a cactus

12) Mel fell

13) The biggest, best snowman

14) You'd be home now

15) All the answers

16) Eyes that kiss in the corners

17) Island of silence

18) Palace of stone

19) Dear girl

20) Red Glass

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