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{"id":6818794831931,"title":"The Shepherd's Granddaughter","handle":"the-shepherds-granddaughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, the Society of School Librarians International Best Book Award and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEver since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be a shepherd, just like her beloved grandfather, Sido. For generations her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead near Hebron, and she has been steeped in Sido’s stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos, where the grass is lush and the sheep grow fat, and about the wolf that once showed him the path there.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut now Amani’s family home is being threatened by encroaching Jewish settlements. 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The Shepherd's Granddaughter
For generations Amani's family has grazed sheep above the family homestead near Hebron, but now her home is being threatened by Jewish settlements.
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{"id":6816111919163,"title":"This One Summer","handle":"this-one-summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRose and Windy are summer friends whose families have visited Awago Beach for as long as they can remember. But this year is different, and they soon find themselves tangled in teen love and family crisis. From the creators of \u003cem\u003eSkim\u003c\/em\u003e comes an investigation into the mysterious world of adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSure, Rose’s dad is still making cheesy and embarrassing jokes, but her mother is acting like she doesn’t even want to be there. Plus, being at the cottage isn’t just about going to the beach anymore. Now Rose and Windy are spending a lot of their time renting scary movies and spying on the teenagers who work at the corner store, as well as learning stuff about sex no one mentioned in health class.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePretty soon everything is messed up. Rose’s father leaves the cottage and returns to the city, and her mother becomes more and more withdrawn. While her family is falling to pieces, Rose focuses her attention on Dunc, a teenager working at the local corner store. When Jenny, Dunc’s girlfriend, claims to be pregnant, the girls realize that the teenagers are keeping just as many secrets as the adults in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNo one seems to want to talk about the things that matter. When the tension between Dunc and Jenny boils over, Jenny makes a desperate and destructive move and Rose's mother is galvanized into action. 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But this year is different, and they soon find themselves tangled in teen love and family crisis. From the creators of \u003cem\u003eSkim\u003c\/em\u003e comes an investigation into the mysterious world of adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSure, Rose’s dad is still making cheesy and embarrassing jokes, but her mother is acting like she doesn’t even want to be there. Plus, being at the cottage isn’t just about going to the beach anymore. Now Rose and Windy are spending a lot of their time renting scary movies and spying on the teenagers who work at the corner store, as well as learning stuff about sex no one mentioned in health class.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePretty soon everything is messed up. Rose’s father leaves the cottage and returns to the city, and her mother becomes more and more withdrawn. While her family is falling to pieces, Rose focuses her attention on Dunc, a teenager working at the local corner store. When Jenny, Dunc’s girlfriend, claims to be pregnant, the girls realize that the teenagers are keeping just as many secrets as the adults in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNo one seems to want to talk about the things that matter. When the tension between Dunc and Jenny boils over, Jenny makes a desperate and destructive move and Rose's mother is galvanized into action. In the aftermath, nothing is completely resolved, but secrets have been aired, which means that things are at least a bit better for everyone. For Rose and Windy, the end of summer brings the realization that, while Awago Beach might always be the same, they have both been changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, creators of the multi-award-winning graphic novel \u003cem\u003eSkim\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a stunning and authentic story of friendship, illustrated with subtly heart-breaking moments and pure summer joy.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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This One Summer
A unique story of friendship from the creators of the award-winning graphic novel Skim.
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True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
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Watching Traffic
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ages 13
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Who We Are in Real Life
Fans of Rainbow Rowell and Casey McQuiston will fall for this story of tabletop gaming, romance and epic campaigns — both in game and IRL.
