Summer of Sora Middle School, 2021

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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor African girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician. --Publisher

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Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology. --Publisher

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A young girl wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. --Publisher

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Twelve-year-old Clara lives on an island. She loves eating ripe mangos off the ground. The only thing out of the ordinary for Clara is that something happened to her memory that made her forget everything that happened last summer after a hurricane hit. --Publisher

Audie Award. Sixteen-year-olds Camino Rios, of the Dominican Republic, and Yahaira Rios, of New York City, are devastated to learn of their father's death in a plane crash and stunned to learn of each other's existence. A novel in verse told in two voices. --Publisher

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From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices YA authors. This powerful and inclusive collection contains a universe of wishes for a braver and more beautiful world.

Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. --Publisher

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Lin-Manuel Miranda's show about Alexander Hamilton, featuring hip hop, R&B, and other music styles, became one of the most successful musicals of all time. --Publisher

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Michelle Obama's worldwide bestselling memoir, Becoming, is now adapted for young readers. An autobiography of lawyer and American First Lady Michelle Obama. --Publisher

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Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family. --Publisher

A Cuban-American boy uses his ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town threatened by a witch that transforms into animals. --Publisher

To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights. --Publisher

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Ruth Keller is brash & precocious & argues with everyone. When she discovers odd black slime in a nearby lake, she investigates. She seeks truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. --Publisher

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In this silly, action-packed graphic novel from Wauter Mannaert, Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic, a young chef is the only one who can protect her town from an onslaught of scientifically enhanced, highly addictive potatoes. --Publisher

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Tien, the son of Vietnamese refugees, is struggling with the right way to come out to his parents. With a language barrier, Tien wonders how he will ever tell his parents the truth. As he helps them with their English, Tien realizes he may be able to use fairy tales to get his message across. - Publisher

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After dealing with bullies, Cassius Clay wants to learn how to box in order to fight back. Fortunately, his best friend Lucky always has his back. With the help of his family and friends, Cassius may just achieve more than he could have ever dreamed through boxing. --Publisher

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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. Bound by destiny, Melisto and Rhaskos--Amber and Clay--never meet in the flesh. By the time they do, one of them is a ghost. --Publisher

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In 1857 India, Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death --only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety of the household or standing up for herself and her people. --Publisher

Durante el equinoccio de otono Ben y sus amigos deciden averiguar a donde van todas esas lamparas de papel que cada ano la gente de su pueblo libera en la corriente del rio. Se convertiran en estrellas, como dice la vieja cancion que han escuchado desde pequenos?

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Agatha es un Halcón, valiente y feroz, que protege a su gente patrullando los altos muros de su hogar en la isla. Emocionante y oscuro pero rico en humor y compasión, este es el primer libro de la trilogía Shadow Skye.

Una nueva y hermosa novela en verso acerca de Ruben Dario, el poeta nicaraguense y heroe popular que inicio el movimiento literario del Modernismo en Hispanoamerica.

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This tech-filled adventure series pits intrepid Mars Patel and his outcast friends against a brilliant, enigmatic billionaire as they race to figure out why kids are disappearing from their school. --Publisher

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Returning to Brooklyn, where his magician-father disappeared years before, twelve-year-old Kingston learns that magic is real and that if he enters the Realm, he might get his father back. --Publisher

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Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths. --Publisher

A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science and cultural insight. --Publisher

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These Native Americans used sacred stories to explain their place in the universe, their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. --Publisher

Experience the story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock 'n' roll pioneers Redbone. --Publisher

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A feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. --Publisher

An extraordinarily beautiful novel-in-verse, this important debut weaves a dramatic immigrant story together with Filipino mythology to create something wholly new. --Publisher

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Nima doesn't feel understood. By her mother, who grew up far away in a different land. By her suburban town, which makes her feel too much like an outsider to fit in and not enough like an outsider to feel like that she belongs somewhere else. --Publisher

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Presents sixteen short stories and two poems that look at the hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native American pride. --Publisher

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The haunting and poignant story of a how a young Japanese girl's understanding of the historic and tragic bombing of Hiroshima is transformed by a memorial lantern-floating ceremony. --Publisher

Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship. --Publisher

1954, in San Francisco's Chinatown, seventeen-year-old Lily Hu falls in love with Kathleen Miller. --Publisher

A story of love in a time of hunger inspired by the author's own family's struggles during a dark period in Cuba's history. --Publisher

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A love story about not only a romantic relationship but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is. --Publisher

An Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. All the stories Yared's uncle told him as a young boy - of sky kingdoms and city-razing monsters - are coming to life. And somehow Yared is at the center of them. --Publisher

Forty years after the earth was devastated by massive flooding, four children on one small sailboat must flee corrupt authorities and overcome the dangers of the sea that drowned their world. --Publisher

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In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Tia Luna in the sanctuary state of California. --Publisher

Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, twelve-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late. --Publisher

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A lonely girl, Suraya, inherits from her grandmother a pelesit, a ghostly demon, who proves to be a good companion, bringing both danger and hope. --Publisher

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Since his traditional Latinx family won't accept his true gender, Yadriel proves himself a real brujo. With the help of his best friend, he sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin, set it free - and establish his truth.

The impossible climb tells the story of Alex Honnold's free-solo ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. --Publisher

First and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Includes her ownership role in the Negro Leagues before integrated into Major League Baseball. --Publisher

This action-packed book dives into the fascinating history, thrilling moments, and greatest champions of the world's biggest sports events. -Publisher

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. --Publisher

Just one hit on the football field, and suddenly Ash's life doesn't look quite the way he remembers it. The changes start small, but they quickly spiral out of control as Ash slides into multiple universes. --Publisher

Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself. --Publisher