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41) On the hook
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Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Hector has always worked hard and minded his own business. He wants to be captain of his school's chess team, go to college, and help his family make their way to a better life someday. Until Joey singles him out. Joey, whose older brother, Chavo, is head of the Discípulos gang, tells Hector that he's going to kill him: maybe not today, or tomorrow, but someday. And Hector, frozen with fear, does nothing. From that day forward, Hector's death...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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Marisol and her best friend Jada love to ride their bikes, except when they have to ride past a dangerous beast they call Daggers, but when Daggers gets loose, Marisol unexpectedly rescues him, conquering one of her biggest fears.
43) Shy Willow
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English
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Willow, a very shy rabbit, lives in an abandoned mailbox, but when a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox, she knows she will have to brave the outside world to deliver the letter.
44) Brave
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Presents the ways in which ordinary kids are just as brave as superheroes, showing how they have courage when they perform such acts as check under the bed for monsters, persevere in a race, rescue a cat from a tree, fight illness, and tell the truth.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Celebrates everyday courage, including believing in ourselves, speaking out, trying new things, asking for help, and getting back up no matter how many times we may fall. Includes information on how to let go of fear by practicing yoga poses and mindful breathing exercises.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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A retelling of a tale of bravery against seemingly insurmountable odds and a community working together to overcome adversity, reminding us that no challenge is too great, and that even the smallest of us can make a world of difference. Includes the origins of the folktale and facts about hummingbirds.
49) Maggot moon
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"An unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing. What if the football hadn't gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn't want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell--who has different-colored eyes, who can't read, can't write, Standish Treadwell isn't bright--sees things differently than the rest of the "train-track thinkers."...
50) Chico the brave
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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"Chico wishes he could be brave like the legendary Golden Chicken, so he sets out to find him, and has an unexpected adventure"--
51) Kevin goes first
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Kevin and his friends discover a mysterious ladder, everyone wants to know what is at the top, and who gets to find out first"--
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A little girl is unsure if she is daring enough to take on the adventures that her best friend, a stuffed-animal owl, has planned for their day, but when her friend gets hurt, Olive discovers that she's not only brave, she is brave enough for two.
54) Blood moon
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin--and gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie's universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly...
55) Brave dragon
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Edition
First edition.
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English
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Despite being all better after falling down and getting covered by burs while playing, Stuffy has trouble being brave enough to play again.
58) Brave as a mouse
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A heroic little mouse leads three mischievous black cats on a wild and epic chase up and down and over and around and into the pantry as part of a plan to protect her best friend, a goldfish the cats have been frightening"--
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Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
60) Say yes summer
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Before heading off to college in the fall, Rachel Walls decides to give in to the universe for the summer and say yes to everything, bringing her friendship, new experiences, and, if she lets her guard down, love.
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