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Hattie Big Sky

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Abuelita's American Dream: A Puerto Rican Migrant's Story

This complex and haunting exploration of life on the edge and what it takes to triumph over adversity is a story about the indomitable nature of hope.

Two young boys, an old tramp, a beautiful teenage dancer, and the girl's baby-ragtag survivors of a sudden war-form a fragile family, hiding out in the ruins of an amusement park. As they scavenge for food, diapers, and baby formula, they must stay out of sight of vicious gangs and lawless solders. At first they rely on Billy, the only adult in the group. But as civil life deteriorates, Billy starts to fall apart. Skip, who is barely into his teens, must take over and lead them on a search for sanctuary.

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The Time of Green Magic

Hilary Mckay, 2019

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook

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Sally Nicholls, 2015

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Danise B Sumner, Lola Usupova, 2023