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When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was ""Ginger Lite" and only scratched the surface. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self. She spent most of her life shielding her vulnerabilities from the world all while being a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
Battle of the Books 2023
Graphic Novel Biographies and Memoirs at MFL
Battle of the Books 2023
Graphic Novel Biographies and Memoirs at MFL
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Harvey Award Nominee, Best Children or Young Adult Book
A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo.
For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul,
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
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"In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were the members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffered cars and lived in mansions. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed. Mollie Burkhart watched as her family became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. Other Osage were also dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who investigated the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Takei's firsthand account of years spent in a Japanese concentration camp, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.
7) Night
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"Wiesel's account of his time in concentration camps during the Holocaust with updated front and back matter to include speeches and essays commemorating his recent death"--