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2) Geraldine
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to fit in as the only giraffe in a school of children, reluctant newcomer Geraldine meets fellow outcast Cassie and learns how to stand out by being herself, playing by her own rules, and staying true to her new friend.
4) Someone new
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
6) Swing
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As four very different letters arrive at the playground, each makes the next feel unwelcome, but once they begin to swing together, they have a wonderful time.
7) Lucky
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Lucky is a young red squirrel who was rescued from a hawk, and now must somehow make his home among the Cloudfoot clan of the larger, gray squirrels who live in the city park--and trouble is brewing for the rival gray squirrels known as the Northenders are planning an invasion.
8) Summer ball
Author
Series
Danny Walker volume 2
Language
English
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Description
In this sequel to "Travel Team", thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
9) Be prepared
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
A misfit girl and her brother attend summer camp, where they struggle with primitive plumbing, snobby tentmates, and boys-versus-girls competitions.
10) Circle round
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From one child to ten, hands are extended in an ongoing invitation to welcome all kids into a circle of inclusion, friendship, and play"--
11) The doll people
Author
Series
Doll people volume 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to adapt when her family moves during the school year, Mattie makes friends with the girl next door during winter break only to confront unpopularity when she learns that her new friend is the weird girl in school who no one likes.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
New Jersey girl Zora Emerson is attending her pre-college prep at Halstead University, where the incredibly wealthy and stuck-up students go, and after only a week she is feeling academically confident but socially out of place; then an awkward mix-up of cell phones brings her into closer contact with Owen Whittelsey (prince of a small European country) and his security guards--but it is when Owen asks her to be his date at his brother's royal wedding...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Help little ones learn to show love for the people around them, no matter how they look, sound, pray, love, or think. Beloved author of The Lesson and Will You Still Be My Daughter Carol Lynn Pearson is known for her heartfelt, sometimes tear-jerking poetry and stories. Her newest title will enchant children with a sweet, tender poem about loving and accepting others, no matter what they look like, where they come from, or what their age and abilities...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Wonderbooks edition.
Language
English
Description
"When a ginormous egg hatches in Mama's nest, the newborn chick is not like the other ducklings. The other hatchlings make fun of this funny duck -- her size, her beak, and her weird "screak!" Her siblings laugh every time she tries to act more like them. How could Mama love such a strange duckling? Even though Mama does indeed love her very much, the ginormous duckling is still very sad. Will she learn to accept what makes her different? In this...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two unexpected teens from church become her main supports as she desperately tries to break the rules against all the odds.
18) Neither
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Because Neither is unlike both the rabbits and birds of the Land of This and That, it sets out to find a new place where all kinds of creatures are welcome.
19) Mixed me!
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Mike is a mixed-race boy, completely comfortable with his identity and his parents--and his wild, curly hair.
20) They came
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The arrival of a mysterious alien ship prompts panic in a small town, until a young boy's discovery changes everything.
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