Audience: Parent

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  Our Moon Festival

  Our Moon Festival presents three stories about diverse families celebrating moon festivals in China, Vietnam and Japan, highlighting their traditions celebrating Zhong Qiu Jie, Tết Trung Thu, and Tsukimi.

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  The Best Kind of Mooncake

  “This mostly true story about celebrating Mid-autumn Festival in China reminds us “that even the smallest acts of kindness hold the power to change lives, for the giver as much as the receiver.” AuYeung

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  I Am Not Jessica Chen

  Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her perfect cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is accepted to Harvard. And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment.…

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  The Magic Paintbrush

  Seventh grader Amy, an Asian American girl is not doing well in her middle school art class, until she picks up an ancient paintbrush at her Loa Loa’s (grandmother) house and unwittingly unleashes the power to make her art real and sometimes dangerous. Can she learn to control the magic?

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  Ilustra: Daybreaker (Book 1)

  Mika Mirasol’s boarding school classmates tease her for clinging to the stories about mythological beings her guardian Lola shared with her. Suddenly, Mika is hearing Lola’s voice coming from a moth. Can all the myths be real? Mika inadvertently uses magic to tie herself to a girl and boy from her class. Now they must…

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  My Name is Ai Lin

  In this empowering story, one child shows that by making the effort to properly pronounce someone’s name, we send the welcoming message that everyone is worthy of respect and dignity. When Ai Lin starts school, none of her classmates can say her name. The children make several attempts, but they still cannot pronounce it properly.…

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  Sarang Saves the School

  If the school needs more students to keep its doors open, why not offer local grandmothers, including her own beloved Halmeoni, the education they were denied as girls? Set in contemporary South Korea and inspired by real events.

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  Family Media Online Posting Safety Discussion

  Parents infographic from UNESCO, and a conversation about posting infomation online, including cyberbullying.

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  Infested

  Before time runs out, seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Manny must rescue his family from a malevolent spirit targeting his apartment building in the Bronx.

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  The Last Resort

  Lila can see ghosts. She must save grandpa’s inn from a ghostly invasion, while she is solving her grandfather’s murder.

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  Archives of the Unexplained: Area 51

  In this graphic novel,TJ stumbles on a mystery when he explores his uncle’s office and discovers a secret door. His uncle’s classified documents open up a whole world of unidentified aircraft, strange gray men, and alien conspiracies.

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  The Visitors

  In this third title in the Tales from Cabin 23 series, Gen and his family move to a new town where children are suddenly going missing. Can Gen figure out what is happening without being snatched.