1.
Series:
Missing Nimama
Hardcover
Melanie Florence
9780993935145
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Oct 16, 2015
Kateri is a young girl, growing up in the care of her grandmother. We see her reaching important milestones her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child along with her mother, who is always there, watching her child growing up without her. Told in alternating voices, Missing Nimama is a story of love, loss, and acceptance, showing the human side of a national tragedy. An afterword by the author provides a simple, ageappropriate context for young readers.
2.
Series: World of Tens
10 Ships That Rocked the World
Hardcover
Gillian Richardson
9781554517824
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Aug 07, 2015
Come aboard for daring stories that shaped history in surprising ways. Ships have sailed through human history for thousands of years. Sometimes, their dramatic voyages have even changed the course of the world. For centuries, ships have brought cultures together in peace or conflict, played a role in wars and revolutions, and transformed societies. Climb on deck for 10 ocean adventures, starting with the groundbreaking exploits of Zheng He’s 15th-century treasure ships and navigating unknown waters with Vasco da Gama’s São Gabriel. Sail on the...
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3.
Series: CitizenKid
Child Soldier
When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
Hardcover
Michel Chikwanine
9781771381260
$18.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 14
Sep 01, 2015
Michel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back to his family, but he was never the same again. After immigrating to Canada, Michel was encouraged by a teacher to share what happened to him in order to raise awareness about child soldiers around the world, and this book is part of that effort. Told in the first person and presented in a graphic ...
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4.
Series:
Epic Game
Paperback
William Kowalski
9781459810495
$9.95
FICTION
Mar 08, 2016
Kat is a tough, independent woman who makes her living as a professional poker player. She is single, childless and happy about it. But when her best friend, Josie, commits suicide, she names Kat as the temporary guardian of her ten-year-old son, David, until his father can come for him. In the few weeks that David is with her, Kat finds herself changed in ways she had never thought imaginable. With the old poker adage “bet with your head, not your heart” ringing in her head like a warning bell, Kat nevertheless finds that all the money and suc...
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5.
Series: Retribution
Exposed
Paperback
Judith Graves
9781459807228
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Oct 13, 2015
Raven is cunning, aggressive and whip-smart—she’s had to be to survive. She was taken in at a young age by the boss of a car-theft ring, who rescued her from a life of hell. For too long she’s believed she owes him everything and used her uncanny urban climbing skills to train young recruits for what she believes are victimless crimes. Until Raven discovers that his compassion for the kids he wrangles into the ring is just a front, and they are all merely tools of his trade, nothing more. When he’s responsible for the death of Raven’s young “ap...
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6.
Series:
Give Me Wings
How a Choir of Slaves Took on the World
Hardcover
Kathy Lowinger
9781554517473
$21.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 11 - 14
Aug 07, 2015
Changing minds one song at a time. The 1800s were a dangerous time to be a black girl in the United States, especially if you were born a slave. Ella Sheppard was such a girl, but her family bought their freedom and moved to Ohio where slavery was illegal; they even scraped enough money together to send Ella to school and buy her a piano. In 1871, when her school ran out of money and was on the brink of closure, Ella became a founding member of a traveling choir, the Jubilee Singers, to help raise funds for the Fisk Free Colored School, later k...
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7.
Series:
Next Round
A Young Athlete's Journey to Gold
Paperback
John Spray
9781772780017
$11.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 14
Jul 15, 2016
An action-packed biography of the internationally gold-medal-winning boxer Arthur Biyarslanov’s journey to competitive boxing has not been easy. As a small child he fled Chechnya with his family, dodging bullets and rocket fire and fording a freezing river. As a young Muslim refugee he faced hardships and hostility in his new homes in Azerbaijan and Toronto. Soccer became his refuge, and he learned two languages by playing the game with his new friends. In Toronto, he joined a league and quickly became their star player. A broken leg left him w...
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8.
Series:
A Year of Borrowed Men
Hardcover
Michelle Barker
9781927485835
$21.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 9
Nov 11, 2015
The true story of one family choosing kindness in a time of war and fear When World War II "borrows" the men in seven-year-old Gerda's family, the German government sends them three new men in return: Gabriel, Fermaine, and Albert, French prisoners of war who must sleep in an outbuilding and work the farm until the war is over. Gerda knows they are supposed to treat the men as enemies, but it doesn’t seem fair. Can't they invite them into the warm house for one meal? What harm could it do to be friendly? World War II was a time of great sufferi...
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