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Published: July 20, 2021
Books of the month:
Books of the month:
Elementary
My First Day
My First Day
An, a young Vietnamese boy who lives on the Mekong Delta, has to paddle his small wooden boat to school all by himself for the very first time.
Middle Grade
The Chance to Fly
The Chance to Fly
New to New Jersey, White thirteen-year-old musical theater enthusiast Nat Beacon lands a role in a local production of Wicked over the objections of her overprotective parents who want her to continue to focus on wheelchair racing.
Young Adult
Wings of Ebony
Wings of Ebony
Rue, a Black teen from inner-city Houston, learns to use her ancestral magic to protect her sister and her East Row neighborhood and bring the truth about the origins of magic to the people of Ghizon.
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