"In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Shy and kind, Virgil Salinas feels out of place in his sports-crazed family. Deaf, smart, secretly lonely Valencia Somerset loves nature. Self-proclaimed psychic Kaori Tanaka is always trailed by her little sister, Gen. Chet Bullens wishes they would all stop being so different so he can concentrate on basketball. They aren't friends, but when Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his guinea...

"Introducing eight-year-old Marisol Rainey--an irresistible new character from Newbery Medalist and New York Times-bestselling Erin Entrada Kelly! Maybe, Maybe Marisol Rainey is an illustrated novel about summer, friendship, and overcoming fears, told with warm humor and undeniable appeal. Fans of Clementine, The Year of Billy Miller, and Ramona the Pest will be thrilled to meet Marisol. Marisol Rainey's mother was born in the Philippines. Marisol's...

Bullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar.

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"Abandoned by their father and living in poverty with their heartless stepmother in Louisiana, two sisters from the Philippines, twelve-year-old Sol and six-year-old Ming, learn the true meaning of family." --

"Meet the Nelson Thomas siblings of Park, Delaware: Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken wrist, is in danger of failing seventh grade for the second time. Fitch, who spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade and wrestles with an explosive temper he doesn't understand. Bird, Fitch's twelve-year-old twin,who wants to be NASA's first female shuttle commander but feels like she's invisible. Cash, Fitch, and Bird live in the...

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An essential, highly relatable collection of short fiction and poems around the topic of menstruation, written exclusively by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color
For Angela, it came on the basketball court—while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a lakeside field trip, inspiring some cringeworthy moments of humor. And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan,

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