https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1 en-us 2022-04-25 19:32:02 UTC 2022-05-23 13:14:13 UTC hello@padlet.com susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157247793 Kaia enters a filmmaking contest, drawing inspiration from the many Filipino tales her great-grandfather tells. When Tatang decides to return to the Philippines, Kaia will do whatever it takes to keep him in California. ]]> 2022-04-25 19:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157247793 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157255091  Eva has only a pinch of magic, which makes passing the test to become a novice witch difficult. When she lands in a small coastal town, she sets up a magical repair shop to prove her worth. ]]> 2022-04-25 19:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157255091 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157258617  Now the man of the house, a boy finds passion in poetry after discovering his late father’s journal while struggling to hold his house together. ]]> 2022-04-25 19:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157258617 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157260769  April’s father has always told her that there are no more polar bears left on Bear Island. When April sees something that looks like a polar bear across the horizon, she is determined to save it. ]]> 2022-04-25 19:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157260769 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157261911  Twenty-fifth-century Pepper Page is obsessed with old comics, but when a high-school science experiment goes wrong and Pepper lands in the middle of a cosmic adventure of her own, Pepper’s reading may not be enough to save her. ]]> 2022-04-25 19:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157261911 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157263545  Two sets of First Daughters shake up the White House with hysterical pranks on each other that escalate into an international affair! ]]> 2022-04-25 19:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157263545 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157266145  No one wants a skunk as a roommate, but Badger doesn’t have a choice. His quiet, solitary life is turned upside down by cheery Skunk in this odd-couple tale of friendship. ]]> 2022-04-25 19:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2157266145 lindsayloup https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158456412
It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won't stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven, and their uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations, especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family's true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs, and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it's going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through.]]> 2022-04-26 12:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158456412 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158487144  Stella learns how to navigate fourth grade, participate in several clubs, and have fun with her family and friends. Third book in a series. ]]> 2022-04-26 13:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158487144 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158495919  A hilarious first volume in a new graphic novel series centered around ghost Simon and human Chester solving the case of a mysterious dog who shows up in their house one day. ]]> 2022-04-26 13:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158495919 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158498474  The sequel to Front Desk finds Mia, now part owner of a motel, working to keep the motel afloat while facing anti-immigration sentiment and helping her best friend Lupe when her father is detained as an illegal immigrant. ]]> 2022-04-26 13:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158498474 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158500094  Nestor wants to keep his ability to talk to animals a secret, but that’s a challenge when animals go missing in Nestor’s new town and rumors fly about a creature who lives in the forest. ]]> 2022-04-26 13:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158500094 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158503653  First in the My Furry Foster Family series of illustrated chapter books about eight-yearold Kaita, whose family fosters  pets until they can find new homes for the animals. ]]> 2022-04-26 13:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158503653 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158523195 Twelve-year-old Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school." Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has Jenna, her best friend who already goes to the public school, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and get back in Jenna's good graces, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to join the school's popular 8th grade boy band, Barakah Beats. The only problem is, Nimra was taught that music isn't allowed in Islam, and she knows her parents would be disappointed if they found out. So she devises a simple plan: join the band, win Jenna back, then quietly drop out before her parents find out. But dropping out of the band proves harder than expected. Not only is her plan to get Jenna back working, but Nimra really likes hanging out with the band, they value her contributions and respect how important her faith is to her. Then Barakah Beats signs up for a talent show to benefit refugees, and Nimra's lies start to unravel. With the show only a few weeks away and Jenna's friendship hanging in the balance, Nimra has to decide whether to betray her bandmates, or herself ]]> 2022-04-26 13:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158523195 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158525552 From award-winning author Eve L. Ewing comes an illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspiring fifth grade scientist Maya needs a friend ? and a science fair project. Maya's nervous about fifth grade. She tries to keep calm by reminding herself she knows what to expect. But then she learns that this year won't be anything like the last. For the first time since kindergarten, her best friends Jada and MJ are placed in a different class without her, and introverted Maya has trouble making new friends. She tries to put on a brave face since they are in fifth grade now, but Maya is nervous ! Just when too much seems to be changing, she finds a robot named Ralph in the back of Mr. Mac's convenience store closet. Once she uses her science skills to get him up and running, a whole new world of connection opens up as Ralph becomes a member of her family and Maya begins to step into her power. In this touching novel, Eve L. Ewing melds together a story about community, adapting to change, and the magic of ingenuity that reminds young readers that they can always turn to their own curiosity when feeling lost. ]]> 2022-04-26 13:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158525552 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158532192 Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family and their community. But Reha's parents don't understand. She feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma. Although their names are linked--Reha means 'star' and Punam means 'moon'--they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick. Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor even though the sight of blood makes her woozy, is determined to make her Amma well. She becomes fixated on red and white blood cells, facing her fear, and being the daughter her parents want her to be, because she has no idea how she can go on if the moon is missing from her sky.]]> 2022-04-26 13:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158532192 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158535204 After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.]]> 2022-04-26 13:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158535204 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158537225 In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils them all, for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the prophecy himself, knows why. And so it is that a girl with a head full of stories, powerful tales-within-the-tale of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves, ventures into a dark wood in search of the castle of one who wishes her dead. But Beatryce knows that, should she lose her way, those who love her, a wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible sword, and a goat with a head as hard as stone, will never give up searching for her, and to know this is to know everything.]]> 2022-04-26 13:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158537225 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158539192 Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she's desperate to make it onto her school's cricket team. She'll get to play her favorite sport and make sure her fisherman daddy is too busy attending her matches to date. But when tryouts go badly, the frustrated Josephine makes a wish on a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally introduces a bigger problem into her life ... The next day, Daddy brings home a new catch, a beautiful woman named Mariss. And unlike his other girlfriends, she doesn't scare easily. Josephine knows there's something fishy about Mariss--she sings in a strange language, eats weird food, and seems to exert mysterious control over everyone she meets. Josephine knows that Mariss isn't what she seems ... she might not even be human! But who's going to believe her? Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from Mariss's clutches before it's too late?]]> 2022-04-26 13:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158539192 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158544247 A middle grade verse novel set during the COVID-19 pandemic, about a Wabanaki girl's quarantine on her grandparents' reservation and the local dog that becomes her best friend Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation. She's there for a visit when, suddenly, all travel shuts down. There's a new virus making people sick, and Malian will have to stay with her grandparents for the duration. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but Malian knows how to keep her family and community safe: She protects her grandparents, and they protect her. She doesn't go outside to play with friends, she helps her grandparents use video chat, and she listens to and learns from their stories. And when Malsum, one of the dogs living on the rez, shows up at their door, Malian's family knows that he'll protect them too. Told in verse inspired by oral storytelling, this novel about the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the ways Malian's community has cared for one another through plagues of the past, and how they keep caring for one another today.]]> 2022-04-26 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158544247 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158550384 Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.]]> 2022-04-26 13:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158550384 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158552505 There are many things Wednesday Wilson would like you to know about herself. But chief among them is that she is an entrepreneur. Wednesday hasn't actually started any businesses yet, but she's pretty sure today is the day. That's why she's so excited for you to read her book! You'll get to know her before she makes it big! She's also pretty excited for you to get to know all the awesome people in her life: her moms, her little brother Mister (yes: Mister -- it's a long story), and her best friend Charlie. In Wednesday Wilson Gets Down to Business, Wednesday's entrepreneurial plans hit a wrench thanks to a lunchtime Pizza Incident. But necessity is the mother of invention, and the Pizza Incident might be just the catalyst she needs to hatch a Brilliant Plan! A Brilliant Plan that saves the day and makes them all millionaires. Or ... not.]]> 2022-04-26 13:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158552505 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158573547 When Lily, her sister Sam, and their mother move in with her sick grandmother, Lily traps a tiger and makes a deal with him to heal Halmoni.]]> 2022-04-26 13:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158573547 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158680817 In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn't the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect American ? but will she lose herself in the process? Perfect for fans of HURRICANE CHILD and FRONT DESK. It's 1985 and ten-year-old Gabrielle is excited to be moving from Haiti to America. Unfortunately, her parents won't be able to join her yet and she'll be living in a place called Brooklyn, New York, with relatives she has never met. She promises her parents that she will behave, but life proves to be difficult in the United States, from learning the language to always feeling like she doesn't fit in to being bullied. So when a witch offers her a chance to speak English perfectly and be "American," she makes the deal. But soon she realizes how much she has given up by trying to fit in and, along with her two new friends (one of them a talking rat), takes on the witch in an epic battle to try to reverse the spell. Gabrielle is a funny and engaging heroine you won't soon forget in this sweet and lyrical novel that's perfect for fans of Hurricane Child and Front Desk.]]> 2022-04-26 14:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158680817 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158684340 A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard - or purged them altogether. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?]]> 2022-04-26 14:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158684340 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158712844 https://padlet.com/lindsayloup/ffzv3lmhz5m17ijg]]> 2022-04-26 15:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158712844 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158732154 https://padlet.com/lindsayloup/kn1htojkn39z6noa]]> 2022-04-26 15:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158732154 susietoso https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158829058 https://padlet.com/susietoso/5vz5r5sb8nu8s0cy]]> 2022-04-26 16:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2158829058 lindsayloup https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2160397715 On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person. Oksana must face the lies her parents told her all her life. Valentina must keep her grandmother's secret, one that could put all their lives in danger. And both of them discover something they've wished for: a best friend. But how far would you go to save your best friend's life? Would you risk your own?]]> 2022-04-27 13:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2160397715 lindsayloup https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2160401615 One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.]]> 2022-04-27 13:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2160401615 lindsayloup https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2160405261 ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.]]> 2022-04-27 13:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/susietoso/jp0kbzazwzikzyr1/wish/2160405261