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41) Call me Adnan
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Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.
42) Yasmin la amiga
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After carefully planning a visit with Aly and Emma, Yasmin is disappointed to see that they want to play on their own, but a creative compromise may make everyone happy.
"Yasmin sabe exactamente a qué quiere jugar cuando vengan sus amigos. Pero resulta que sus amigos tienen sus propias ideas. ¿Podría una idea creativa hacer felices a todos?"--
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Arab American Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Children)
DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Children)
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Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.
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La clase de Yasmín va a la biblioteca, ¡y a ella le toca ser la ayudante! Le encanta devolver los libros a la estantería, pero de repente se da cuenta que el libro especial que trajo no está. ¿Cómo lo encontrará entre todos los demás libros?
It is library day and helper Yasmin is busy shelving books, but suddenly she discovers that her own special book is missing, prompting her to calmly retrace her steps.
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La Srta. Alex tiene que salir del salón y pone a Yasmin a cargo de la clase. ¡Ella cree que ser maestra es fácil! Pero cuando las cosas empiezan a ir mal, Yasmin debe hacer algo rápidamente para que todo vuelva a estar en orden antes de que vuelva la Srta. Alex.
When Ms. Alex is called away from the classroom, she leaves Yasmin in charge, but the other children just ignore her and start acting silly and noisy--until Yasmin thinks up a way...
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When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.
"¡Es primavera! Yasmin y su baba están emocionados de sembrar su jardín, y Yasmin elige una planta con flores a la que le procura sol, agua y buena tierra... Entonces, ¿por qué se está marchitando? Verla a Nani sentada al sol le da a Yasmin una idea brillante, y ahora...
51) Yasmin the chef
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Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin is worried that the traditional food her family is cooking is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of her own.
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Marya Khan volume 4
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Excited for spring break, third-graders Marya, Hanna, and Alexa plan their visit to Skye Adventure Park, determined to experience all the park has to offer, but when Marya becomes determined to beat Alexa on the park's obstacle course she loses sight of everything else the park has to offer.
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"Ms. Marvel is taking matters into her own embiggened hands--but with Krakoan tech compromised, you can bet Wolverine and the X-Men won't be far behind! The best there is at what he does joins one of the Marvel Universe's brightest heroes to kick off an action-packed adventure--but to solve this conundrum, Kamala Khan will need to rub shoulders with more dark vigilantes! When a mechanical evil brings her into Moon Knight's orbit, the gravity of what...
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When Bilal's family suddenly moves to America, his father stays in Pakistan, and Bilal embraces baseball, an unexpected friend, and a new language. But this new way of life does not feel so special without Baba--will he ever get to America to see Bilal pitch a game?
58) Meet Yasmin!
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In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
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While her parents are out to dinner, a bored Yasmin decides to try on some of her mother's clothes, including her new shalwar kameez, which gets ripped--but with the help of Nana, Nani, and a glue-gun, the garment gets fixed, and Yasmin puts on an impromptu fashion show when her parents get home.
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¡Todos los exploradores necesitan un mapa! Baba le dice a Yasmin que haga su propio mapa. Pero cuando Yasmin pierde a Mama en el mercado, ¿conseguirá encontrarla con su mapa?
When Yasmin's father explains to her about explorers and maps, Yasmin decides to make a map of her neighborhood and she brings it along on a trip to the farmers' market with her mother--but will the map help her when they are separated?
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