Minh Lê
2) Lift
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Young Iris loves elevators. She especially loves when her parents let her push the button. However, her relationship to elevators--and to her little brother--changes when he starts pushing the buttons.
3) Enlighten me
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right? Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried parents. Now he's stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat. That means no talking-and no video games!-for a whole weekend. Could things possibly get any worse? However, when a nun gathers all the kids to tell them...
4) The blur
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
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Description
"From the very beginning, there was something different about this child: An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn't until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR! Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm. All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years... Framed as an origin story, this sweetly funny picture book about the blur of childhood...
5) Real to me
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Told from the perspective of an imaginary friend who grapples with the complex feelings of growing apart from their human.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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