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Published: July 21, 2021
Books of the month:
Books of the month:
Elementary
The Lost Package
The Lost Package
A package that was packed with great care by an Asian American girl and mailed at the post office bounces off a truck, but is found on the street by a Black mother and child who deliver the package to its intended recipient.
Middle Grade
Thanks a Lot, Universe
Thanks a Lot, Universe
After a family crisis lands Brian and his brother in foster care, White seventh-grader Brian’s anxiety grows worse. Ezra, his fellow basketball teammate of Trinidadian and Polish descent, notices but is slow to help out of fear of his friends discovering that he has a crush on Brian.
Young Adult
How It All Blew up
How It All Blew up
To escape being outed as gay to his conservative Muslim parents, eighteen-year-old Iranian American Amir Azadi, blows off his high school graduation and runs away to Rome.
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