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When her new baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her.

Mr. Fish finds the courage to speak up for his friends when a shark comes to the park and bullies them.

Abigail dreads swimming lessons. Every time she dives into the pool, she makes a big splash, and all the girls in her class shout: Abigail's a whale! Abigail can see that she is larger than the other girls. She feels huge, heavy, and out of place. Abigails swimming teacher takes her aside and points out: we can change how we see ourselves.

After starting at a new school, a nerdy seventh-grader becomes a reluctant superhero. After starting at a new school, nerdy seventh-grader Miles Taylor becomes a reluctant superhero when he inherits a golden cape that gives him superpowers. When an alien horde comes to Earth to steal the cape, does Miles have what it takes to save all humankind?

"Hazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise. But then Hazel discovers a list that rates the girls at her middle school based on their looks -- started by her best friend's older brother. She knows she has to do something, and she can't do it alone. The wave she'll...

At a very strict school in Indigenous Nation, everyone but Holden stays in line until they reach the door at the end of the school day. "Fall in Line, Holden! follows Holden, a young Navajo boy, through his day at boarding school. Although Holden is required to conform to a rigid schedule and strict standards of behavior, his internal life is led with imagination and wonder. Whether he is in art class, the computer lab, or walking the hall to lunch,...