James Preller

Sticker on inside cover, otherwise pristine

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Eric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you're new in town, it's hard to know who to hang out with--and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular.

But something isn't right about Griffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things. And if Griffin doesn't like you, you'd better watch your back. There might be a target on it.

As Eric gets drawn deeper into Griffin's dark world, he begins to see the truth about Griffin: He's a liar, a bully, a thief. Eric wants to break away, do the right thing. But in one shocking moment, he goes from being a bystander . . . to the bully's next victim.

This title has Common Core connections.

Bystander

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Washington

Winner of the PEN/Jerard Award Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year Kiriyama Notable Book "[A] perfectly pitched and prodigiously detailed memoir." - Boston Globe As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre-PC-era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic- seeming than her Buddhist grandmother's traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled "delicacies" of mainstream America capture her imagination. In Stealing Buddha's Dinner, the glossy branded allure of Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House Cookies becomes an ingenious metaphor for Nguyen's struggle to become a "real" American, a distinction that brings with it the dream of the perfect school lunch, burgers and Jell- O for dinner, and a visit from the Kool-Aid man. Vivid and viscerally powerful, this remarkable memoir about growing up in the 1980s introduces an original new literary voice and an entirely new spin on the classic assimilation story.

Stealing Buddha's Dinner

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Beverly Cleary

Missouri

The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.

Socks

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Amina’s voice

Never read and in great condition! Has been in storage

R. J. Palacio

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, Auggie Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different, in a sparsely written tale about acceptance and self-esteem.

Wonder

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Dennis Mathew

"Will I fit in?"
"What's my song?"
"These are the questions we find a young Cello named Bello asking himself as he tries to navigate the novelties of his first day at school"- Back cover

This book is signed by Dennis Mathew[Author]

What's my song? Will I fit in? These are the questions we find a young Cello named Bello asking himself as he tries to navigate the novelties of his first day at school. When inspiration from the magical sounds of his new classmates mixes with the encouragement and the gentle nudge of other whimsical characters, Bello arrives at the discovery of his gift, the magic of his song.

Bello the Cello

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Lilico is a teenage girl that just moved to the U.S. from Japan. This book explains how she was able to fit in and eventually be herself with her newfound friends.

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James Preller

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Bich Minh Nguyen

Stealing Buddha's Dinner

Beverly Cleary

Socks

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Amina’s voice

Beverly Cleary

Socks

R. J. Palacio

Wonder

Dennis Mathew

Bello the Cello

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James Preller

Bystander

Bich Minh Nguyen

Stealing Buddha's Dinner

Beverly Cleary

Socks

Hena khan

Amina’s voice

Beverly Cleary

Socks

R. J. Palacio

Wonder

Dennis Mathew

Bello the Cello

Misako Rocks!

Bounce Back