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1) The whispers
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Language
English
Description
"The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book that recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"--
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Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's winter break in the Cardboard Kingdom, and kids from the town across the park want to play together. But according to the evil Sorceress, not just anyone can join the kingdom--so it's not long before the two communities spiral into battle. Will the Sorceress realize the error of her ways before all hope is lost?"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When a seventh grader's favorite tree gets toilet-papered, it's the catalyst for either her worst or best summer ever. Sammy's school year was terrible. Not only did her former best friend, Kiera, dump her, but she even became Sammy's bully. But the last day of school seems to set the tone for a summer that Sammy dreads. The beautiful maple in front of her house that she loves to sit in and read is T.P.'d, upsetting the whole family, especially Imran,...
Author
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Mari tiene una bicicleta nueva. Ahora el mundo luce diferente. ¡Hay tantas cosas que puede hacer! ¿Hacia dónde irá? ¿Qué descubrirá? ¿Conocerá a nuevos amigos? ¡Acompaña a Mari a descubrir lo más importante que la bicicleta puede llevar!"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After a natural disaster, a community comes together and slowly, joy, healing and music find their way back into the city, in this powerful message of resilience and the incredible strength of shared humanity even on the darkest days.
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