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Mia Wenjen
An American Library Association Notable Children's Book Junior Library Guild Gold Selection California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book A compelling account of Simon Tam’s fight for free speech that ended with a landmark Supreme Court decision Music is a way to transcend cultures and divides.
Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano ParkMaría Dolores ÁguilaA vivid historical fiction account of the community activism behind San Diego's Chicano Park—home to the largest outdoor mural collection in the U.S.—and just one example of the Mexican American community’s rich history of resistance and resilience.Barrio Logan, one of San Diego’s oldest Chicane neighborhoods, once brimmed with families and stretched all…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale FallLynn BrunelleWinner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal Follow a blue whale’s enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish.All living things must one day die, and Earth’s largest creature, the majestic blue whale, is no exception.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
CONTINENTAL DRIFTERKathy Macleod( Travelling in a clapped-out Rolls Royce, Moore follows the trail of the first recognised British tourist of Europe, a 17th-century pastor's son named Thomas Coryate.There is certainly something of Bill Bryson in Moore's style, and this book is reminiscent of Neither Here Nor There.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details