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2) Sounder
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Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.
3) Code red
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Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.
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Pour avoir une chance que son voeu d'anniversaire se réalise, Sofia décide de rencontrer Tullio, le marchand ambulant, chaque semaine lors de son passage. Elle ne pourra rien lui acheter, mais qu'importe. Au fil du temps, Tullio lui fait découvrir des mélodies, des odeurs, des saveurs et des textures dont elle ignorait l'existence. Un lien solide se tisse ainsi entre eux. Cependant, alors que la fillette est tout près de voir son souhait s'exaucer,...
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Jimmy lives in a small town by the sea where there is just one tiny gym. The owner of the gym suggests that Jimmy start training, and to inspire him, he gives Jimmy a box full of books, as well as newspaper clippings about Muhammad Ali. "The Greatest." Jimmy is swept with admiration for Ali. He begins to read and run and box like crazy, and as he does so, he makes a great discovery: you don't have to leave home to be "the greatest."
10) Very rich
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Ten-year-old Rupert Brown comes from a poor family. Then unexpectedly on Christmas Day, Rupert finds himself at the house of Turgid River, the richest boy in town, where he is blown away to discover a whole other world. When Rupert loses all the prizes in one last game and goes home empty-handed, each member of the Rivers family feels guilty and tries to make it up to Rupert.
11) A good trade
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In a small Ugandan village, Kato wakes early to start the long, barefoot trek beyond his village and along fields dotted with cattle and guarded by soldiers. His destination is the village well, where he will pump a day's supply of water into two jerry cans. But this is no ordinary day. The aid-worker's truck has come to the village square, and in the back is a gift so special, the little boy rushes home to look for something to repay the aid-worker....
13) Tough like mum
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Kim and her mom have a very special relationship. Both mother and daughter need to show toughness to survive the difficult hand that they have been dealt in life but together they can make it through another day. They are bonded by love and they acknowledge that sometimes being tough opens you up to vulnerablity. Being tough though, doesn't mean you can't ask for help or lean on our loved ones.
18) Thirst: a novel
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"Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is threatened by severe water shortages and thieves who are stealing this precious commodityan act that Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she just started to work, she discovers that water streams out of every faucet and there's...
19) Invisible
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Isabelle est une petite fille à l'esprit jovial et positif. Mais lorsque sa famille éprouve des difficultés financières et est contrainte de déménager à l'autre bout de la ville, Isabelle se sent seule et démunie. Isabelle saura-t-elle retrouver la joie de vivre malgré la grisaille qui l'entoure? Parviendra-t-elle à trouver sa place dans ce nouvel environnement peu familier? Dans cet album touchant, accompagné de magnifiques illustrations,...
20) The dollar kids
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When a family buys a house in a struggling town for just one dollar, they are hoping to start over, but they may have traded one set of problems for another.
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