Jennifer Sun Bell
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Readers will cheer on Pippa Park in this wonderful middle school book about friendships, bullying, crushes, and family. In this relatable story, Pippa reinvents herself and discovers who she really is on and off the basketball court. Perfect for fans of “The Baby-Sitters Club”, Kelly Yang's “Front Desk” Series and Maizy Chen's “Last Chance”.
Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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Hatchet meets The Babysitters Club in this epic and thrilling survival story about pushing oneself to the limit in the face of a crisis.
Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. It's a little disconnected from the outside world, but she's always felt completely safe there.
Which is why when she's asked one day to babysit after school, she thinks it's no big deal. Zoe and Oscar are her next-door neighbors, and Hannah just...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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Meet Korean American Pippa Park in the second book of this compelling drama-filled middle school series about friendships, bullying, crushes, and family.
Pippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat, and fitting in. Eliot, her math tutor-and the cutest boy at school-is finally paying attention to her. And Marvel-her childhood friend-is making her required...
4) Throwback
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Back to the Future meets Joy Luck Club in this fresh, funny novel about a Gen Z Korean American girl who gets stuck in the 90s with her teenaged mother, perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi, Morgan Matson, and Nicola Yoon.
"No one can blend family, humor, satire, and love into a single perfect story like Maurene Goo can." -Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Skyhunter
"Funny and big-hearted, romantic, and delightfully unexpected in the...
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When Evie Mei discovers that her recently passed mother was the head of a guild of magical weavers, she enters the Chinese netherworld to try and bring her back in this middle-grade debut.
Twelve-year-old Evie Mei Huang never did like helping in her mom's tailor shop. She hated dyeing and spooling the thread and how the measuring tape gets all twisted up. Most of all, now that her mother has died, she hates that she isn't here anymore.
When the universe...
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A PopSugar Best New Holiday Romance Book of 2022!
Who's naughty and nice at Riverwood Mall? In this hilarious YA holiday rom-com, two rivals get together to save their families' livelihoods, and Christmas, too!
Chloe Kwon can't stand Peter Li. It's always been that way. Their families don't get along either: their parents operate rival restaurants in the Riverwood Mall food court—Korean food for the
...8) The Kind Leader: A Practical Guide to Eliminating Fear, Creating Trust, and Leading With Kindness
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Kindness and leadership aren't often synonymous. Ask someone to describe "good leadership" to you and you will hear many adjectives used. And though there are many more that come to mind, kindness isn't one of them. And here's the problem with that.
What a leader models - how they think, speak, and act - influences the people they lead. Leaders who think, speak, and act unkindly give legitimacy and permission to those they lead to think, speak, and...
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When freshly engaged Austyn Murphy and Lowell Bass receive the news that Lowell's parents have died unexpectedly, they set out for the historic Bass estate to handle their affairs and lay the former heads of the family to rest. Enshrouded in layers of secrecy and tradition, the Bass estate, and the family residing within its walls, give anything but a warm welcome. When the idea of staying in the home permanently is brought up, Austyn witnesses a...
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When Mia's best friend won't match Mia with her "perfect" guy, Mia takes matters into her own hands with hilarious and disastrous consequences in this YA novel. Mia's best friend Robyn is Athens High's most-trusted matchmaker. When Robyn refuses to set Mia up with the guy of her dreams, Mia decides to take matters into her own hands. She uses Robyn's service to make sure popular Vince falls hard enough to ask her to homecoming. Mia needs things to...
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Seventh grader Freya June Sun has always believed in the Chinese superstitions spoon-fed to her since birth-but ever since her dad's death a year ago, she's become obsessed, believing that her father is sending her messages through signs from the beyond. Like how, on her way to an orchestra concert where she's dreading her viola solo, a pair of lucky red birds appear, a sure indication that Dad wants Freya to stick with the instrument and make him...
12) Skin Deep
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Korean-American adoptee Siobhan O'Brien has spent much of her life explaining her name and her family to strangers, but a more pressing problem is whether to carry on the PI agency that her dead boss unexpectedly left to her. Easing into middle age, Siobhan would generally rather have a glazed donut than a romance, but when an old friend asks Siobhan to find her daughter who has disappeared from her dorm, the rookie private detective's search begins...
13) Deep Roots
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After solving her first case, Siobhan O'Brien faces her biggest challenge yet – Thanksgiving! With her lawyer boyfriend Craig in tow, Siobhan travels to Minneapolis to endure small talk with the extended O'Brien clan and chow down on some seriously delicious turkey and dressing. Everything's swell until her sister-in-law Gwen tells her about her brother Sven's frequent late-night meetings with his co-workers. Since Siobhan's next case is just a...
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What if an ancient ink brush, oceans away in Korea, could unlock long-buried family secrets?
A heartfelt, magical middle grade adventure-inspired by Korean folklore and set in modern-day Seoul-about sisterhood and belonging, perfect for fans of Kelly Yang and Janae Marks.
It's finally summer break, and twelve-year-old Yumi is headed to Korea with her older sister, Minji, for the very first time. She can't wait to explore the city of Seoul together-but...
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Peril at Christmas awaits… in these gripping Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit novellas
A Christmas skiing retreat turns treacherous when Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit officer Veronica Eastwood's sister is kidnapped-and only rival officer Parker Walsh can help her in Katy Lee's Yuletide Ransom. And in Sharee Stover's explosive Holiday Rescue Countdown, K-9 officers Dylan Jeong and Brandie Weller must race against the clock when they face a Christmas parade...
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Star hockey player Daniel Sacachelli wants only two things: 1) for the Falcons to win next season, and 2) for his secret-the fact he's actually the prince of Eldonia-to never make its way to Chicago. But if Daniel keeps avoiding his crown, their family will lose their kingdom forever.
Madison Myong can't believe that her will-they-or-won't-they best friend Daniel is really a prince! He's always seemed more rebel than royal. But now, he needs to clean...
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"A great new voice in suspense." -J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of It's One of Us
Three women work to uncover the scorching lies and scandal behind a self-help movement, igniting a powder keg of secrets that could blow their town apart, in this suspense novel perfect for readers who love Southern mystery.
It's early morning in the small Texas town of Edenberg when the body of sixty-seven-year-old Beverly Hoffman is discovered...
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A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center-a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of “If You Leave Me”.
In 2011, Eunju Oh opens her door to greet a stranger: a young Korean American woman holding a familiar-looking knife-a knife Eunju hasn't seen in more than thirty years,...
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Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor.
"Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult-painful even-to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty...
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Love Inspired Suspense brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Enjoy action-packed stories in the “Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit” series featuring K-9 crime-stoppers solving thrilling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
This box set includes:
“Undercover Operation”
by USA Today bestselling author Maggie K. Black
K-9 officer Asher Gilmore and trainer Peyton Burns have two tasks: rescue three stolen bloodhound...