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Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
6) The letter
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Letter, the final episode of Richard Paul Evans's Christmas Box trilogy (The Christmas Box, Timepiece), begins in the winter of 1933. A bent and bereft hag is spotted crouching over the snowy grave of Andrea Parkin, David Parkin's three-year-old daughter who died twenty years prior. When the night watchman approaches the figure and tells her the cemetery is closed, she mysteriously disappears, leaving behind one red rose and a letter. When the...
7) Hope
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future"--
10) Sentries
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep ranchers daughter with the lives of three veterans of past wars.
11) Nowhere boy
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English
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"Fourteen-year-old Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and thirteen-year-old Max, an American boy, are bound by a secret that sets them on the adventure of a lifetime"--
12) Guttersnipe
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In Canada early in the twentieth century, Ben, the youngest in a family of Jewish immigrants struggling to make ends meet, decides to help out but when a hat maker gives him a chance, disaster strikes and Ben nearly loses hope.
13) Timepiece
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Series
Language
English
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The bestselling author of The Christmas Box now provides readers with an inspirational message which reminds them about the gifts they pass on to their children. Timepiece traces the poignant love story of MaryAnne and David Parkin as they struggle to learn the lessons of love, loyalty, and forgiveness in the face of tragedy. At the heart of the book is an unforgettable story of hope, and the source of wisdom MaryAnne shared with Richard in The Christmas...
14) I hope
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives."--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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After the death of her parents, Lotties loses her colorful magic and is sent to the gray wasteland to live with her uncle, but the discovery of a locked-up garden, a wise cardinal, and a hidden boy gives Lottie a second chance at bringing color back into her life.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin/Mercury Radio Arts
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
With their parents struggling to make ends meet, Lily and Ryan grow tired of always eating macaroni and cheese for supper and having their Grandma stay with them, but when Grandma hears their complaints she tells a story about the magic that snow angels can bring.
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Publisher
Tiny Owl Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"A child uses crayons to color and change the world, rubbing out the bad things and replacing them with good. Boredom gives way to play, crying to laughter, war to peace, and darkness to light. With a little color and imagination, the world becomes a kinder, more hopeful place"--back cover.
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