Yusuf Azeem Is Not A Hero
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September eleventh attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: middle schools, schools, discrimination, muslims, september 11 terrorist attacks, 2001, families [X], family life, school stories, texas, school fiction, social problem fiction [X]
Somewhere Between Bitter And Sweet
Told in two voices, Pen, whose dream of taking over her family's restaurant has been destroyed, and Xander, a new, undocumented, employee seeking his father, form a bond.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mexican americans, families [X], restaurants, cooking, mexican, fathers, immigrants, illegal aliens, family life, love, social problem fiction [X], romance fiction, illegal immigration, noncitizens, mexican cooking, unauthorized immigrants
New From Here
Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: covid-19 (disease), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, chinese americans, racially mixed people, money-making projects for children, families [X], moneymaking projects, family life, attention deficit disorder, social problem fiction [X]
Key Player
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: fifa women's world cup, sports journalism, soccer stories, women soccer players, immigrant families, immigrants, chinese, chinese americans, motels, friendship, families [X], racism, asians, racism against asians, middle schools, california, southern, sports fiction, school fiction, social problem fiction [X], humorous fiction, novels, family life, hotels, motels, etc, beijing (china)
Memphis
"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african american families, racism against black people, racism, families [X], drawing, memphis (tenn.), domestic fiction, social problem fiction [X]
It Happened On Saturday
"After thirteen-year-old Julia nearly becomes a victim of human trafficking, she must find the courage to speak up about her experience or else her friend could end up becoming a victim too"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: human trafficking, social media, middle schools, schools, friendship, families [X], horses, school stories, family life, social problem fiction [X]
Briarcliff Prep
"Avi LeBeau juggles navigating her first year at a Historically Black Boarding School with the revelation that her older sister Belle is in an abusive romantic relationship"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans, dating violence, student newspapers and periodicals, families [X], boarding schools, family life, date rape, college and school journalism, private schools, georgia, social problem fiction [X], school fiction
Love, Dance & Egg Rolls
"Jamie Santiago wants to fit in at his high school in Portland, but as the only minority student he sometimes wonders if it would be easier if he could forget his Filipino heritage instead of trying to embrace it.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families [X], friendship, schools, prejudices, dance, festivals, bullying, filipino americans, high school students, family life, bullies and bullying, portland (or.), social problem fiction [X], school fiction
Shut Up, This Is Serious
"Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hispanic americans, families [X], high school students, dating (social customs), depression, mental, family life, dating, coming of age, latinx fiction, teen pregnancy fiction, realistic fiction, oakland (calif.), social problem fiction [X], bildungsromans