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A dreamy story inspired by Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel to space! Roda Ahmed is also the founder of a publishing house focused on diverse children's books.

Alex Parker

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I had heard so many rave reviews about this book and just started it. You have to read this book!

From the CBC article: "Sarah Everett is an author of several books for teens, currently based in Alberta. She won the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — text for The Probability of Everything. Her YA and middle grade books include Some Other Now, How to Live without You and No One Here is Lonely."

~Diane Watt

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A heart-wrenching middle grade novel

Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out.

But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding with earth in four days, and with that collision, Kemi's life as she knows it will end.

But over the course of the four days, even facts don't feel true to Kemi anymore. The new town she moved to that was supposed to be "better for her family" isn't very welcoming. And Amplus-68 is taking over her life, but others are still going to school and eating at their favorite diner like nothing has changed. Is Kemi the only one who feels like the world is ending?

With the days numbered, Kemi decides to put together a time capsule that will capture her family's truth: how creative her mother is, how inquisitive her little sister can be, and how much Kemi's whole world revolves around her father. But no time capsule can change the truth behind all of it, that Kemi must face the most inevitable and hardest part of life: saying goodbye. (From HarperCollins)

Sarah Everett is an author of several books for teens, currently based in Alberta.She won the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature - text for The Probability of Everything. Her YA and middle grade books include , How to Live without You and No One Here is Lonely.

Interviews with Sarah Everett

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The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett | CBC Books

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Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson

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Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson

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A young girl, Amara goes to stay with her family in Harlem for the first time. She meets new people, learns about the history of Harlem, her family's history, and discovers more about herself.

-Alex Arrowsmith

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Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman

-Danielle M.

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Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

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Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

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Underground: Finding the light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans is a picture book with simple text that introduces the history of the Underground Railroad to students in an impactful and meaningful way.

Katy Paton

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Song in the City is about a girl who is blind experiencing the music of the city with her grandmother. It's a joyful and celebratory book, and all students enjoyed making beats and rhythms to go along with the different noises that were described in the text.

Katy Paton