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1) Hold fast
Author
Language
English
Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
Author
Language
English
Description
While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
4) Oh, brother!
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
In 1952, two brothers, aged nine and ten, enjoy a year filled with fun and advenuture in the farmlands of northeastern Illinois.
6) Extra credit
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is Noah Oakman, sixteen, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend. Then Noah gets hypnotized. Now Noah sees changes--inexplicable scars, odd behaviors, rewritten histories--in all those around him. All except his Strange Fascinations"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. Includes author's note and glossary.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
High school freshman Ryan Walsh, a Chicago Cubs fan, meets Nick when they both skip school on opening day, and their blossoming relationship becomes difficult for Ryan when she discovers that Nick is seriously ill and she again feels the pain of losing her father five years earlier.
12) Love, Amalia
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
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Description
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
High schooler Natalie Ng has always kept secret her talent for talking with cats, but when she learns--from a cat--that a celebrity has been replace by an imposter, she and her friends investigate, becoming movie extras to get the scoop.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her late grandmother, thirteen-year-old Nina spends a summer secretly doing good deeds for her neighbors and enjoying the changes she brings about, even as she is dealing with changing friendships and family issues.
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
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Description
First published in 1937, They Came Like Swallows was William Maxwell's second novel. It tells of an ordinary American family overtaken by the devastating epidemic of the Spanish influenza of 1918. The book begins on the day before the armistice in a small midwestern town, and the events are seen from the perspective, in turn, of eight-year-old Peter Morison--called Bunny; of his older brother, Robert; and of their father. They are witnesses to a domestic...
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