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    Unbreakable tells story of Japanese American incarceration during WWII

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    Once Upon a Tail: A Horse and Dragon Graphic Novel perfect for emerging readers

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    Penelope Positano Sees It All is fun chapter book

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    Jessica M. Felleman’s Last Kiss of Summer is emotional romance

    Two teens take a second chance at love in Last Kiss of Summer, a YA romance by Jessica M. Felleman.

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    Diana Peterfreund’s Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore is intriguing YA

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    We Are Never Getting Together is fun contemporary YA rom-com

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    Jess Lourey’s The Verdant Cage is atmospheric upper YA

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    Once Upon a Tail: A Horse and Dragon Graphic Novel perfect for emerging readers

    Two unlikely friends share adventures in Once Upon a Tail: A Horse and Dragon Graphic Novel, by Audrey Perrott and Charlene Chua.

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    Penelope Positano Sees It All is fun chapter book

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    Rebecca E.F. Barone’s Double Crossed excellent nonfiction narrative of WWII spies

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    May 2, 2026

    Unbreakable tells story of Japanese American incarceration during WWII

    Unbreakable, by Minoru Tonai, Jolene Gutiérrez, Chris Sasaki, tells the real-life experience of a Japanese American boy incarcerated with his family during World War II.

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    Julie Koon’s Breathe a Rainbow introduces mindfulness

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    Jess Lourey’s The Verdant Cage is atmospheric upper YA

    A girl learns the world she thought she knew is a lie in The Verdant Cage, an upper YA dystopian thriller by Jess Lourey.

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    Marie Benedict’s Daughter of Egypt explores story of Hatshepsut

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    Unbreakable tells story of Japanese American incarceration during WWII

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    Jessica M. Felleman’s Last Kiss of Summer is emotional romance

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