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(0)Randy Ribay
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies to the Philippines to learn more.
Jay Reguero learns that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened. He travels to the Philippines, hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After declining Prince Sozin's request for help reclaiming a Fire Nation island with legendary powers, Avatar Roku absconds from his airbending training to investigate, learning what it means to be a spirit of no nation.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Watsonville, 1930. Francisco Maghabol barely ekes out a living in the fields of California. As he spends what little money he earns at dance halls and faces increasing violence from white men in town, Francisco wonders if he should've never left the Philippines. Stockton, 1965. Between school days full of prejudice from white students and teachers and night shifts working at his aunt's restaurant, Emil refuses to follow in the footsteps of his labor...
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power of words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
7) House party
Publisher
Joy Revolution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party!"--
The Florence Hills High School seniors are having their last hurrah before graduation. It's the biggest event of the year-- and you're invited! The place: a megamansion in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburban enclaves. The host: DeAndre Dixon,...
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
445 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows eighteen students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic doesn't always play by the rules.
