Category: fiction

Five Words That Are Mine
by Melissa Seron Richardson (Author) and Addy Rivera Sonda (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Mia is hunting words today: five words to describe who she is.

It’s easy at first. At the skateboard park, Mia finds words for how she can glide fast and soar high. Words like relámpago–lightning. These words feel good.

When Mia has trouble learning a cool new trick on her board, though, other words come to her–words that won’t leave her alone. Words like fail. Are these words really about her, too?

But Mia knows who she is… she’s someone who doesn’t give up.

And if she keeps trying, she’ll find her five words, the ones that fit just right.

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Looking for the Eid Moon
by Sahtinay Abaza (Author) and Sandra Eide (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Sara can’t wait for Eid, the Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan. It’s a wonderful holiday with festive decorations, special foods, and family and friends getting together. But Eid won’t begin until the crescent moon is spotted.

Snippet: Sara knew the crescent moon was faint and hard to see. But she wouldn’t let that stop here.

She quickly packed a pair of binoculars, a blanket, and a flashlight into her backpack and swung it over her shoulder.

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