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2019., Juvenile, Amazon Crossing Kids Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Cauã and Inaê are a brother and sister who live in a small community along the Tapajós River in Brazil. Here, the homes are on stilts and everyone travels around by boat--even to school! When the rainy season comes, they must leave their village and relocate to higher ground for a while. But after moving this year, Cauã and Inaê realize they've left behind something important: their pet tortoise, Titi! Unlike turtles, tortoises can't swim, and Cauã and Inaê are really worried. So the pair sneaks back at night on a journey along the river to rescue him. Will they be able to save Titi?"--Jacket flap.
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[2017], Primary, Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Call No: [Fic] Edition: First Seven Stories Press edition October 2017. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A small act of beauty in the midst of environmental degradation reminds young readers of their own agency and of the life-affirming strength of family and community.
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2022., Adolescent, Carolrhoda LAB Call No: HISTORICAL F ATT Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1890s West Africa, when a brutal raid leaves their home in ruins, twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are kidnapped, sold into slavery, and separated, remaining connected through shared dreams of water, but will their fates ever draw them back together?
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[2020], Primary, Barefoot Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A boy describes the building, people, weather, games, and activities he can observe from his window in a favela, a neighborhood in Rio de Janiero. Includes notes about favelas and the author's experiences growing up in one.
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By Peet, Mal2005, c2003., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: Sports Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
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2014., Scholastic Press Call No: SUPERNATURAL F SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cryptid hunters Volume: 4Summary Note: "Marty and his best friend, Luther, have managed to rescue Marty's cousin Grace from the clutches of the nefarious pseudo-naturalist Noah Blackwood, but their most dangerous mission lies ahead of them. Marty's parents have been missing in Brazil for months, and their trail has all but run cold. With time running out, Marty and the Cryptos Island crew race off for Brazil--where they discover that Noah Blackwood has twisted the natural order of things beyond their wildest, most terrifying dreams"--
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By Barr, Emily2019., Adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: MYSTERY F BAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ella, seventeen, has a very dark side--Bad Ella, or Bella--but when she is whisked away to Brazil and learns she is adopted, she questions everything she thought she knew about herself.
