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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FIC CRA Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying 'You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.' His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together. As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself?"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying 'You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.' His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together. As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself?"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN 741.5 Cra Edition: First edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together.
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By Craft, Jerry2020., General Call No: 741.5 Cra Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, it's Jordan's friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny, powerful, and important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books/Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN CRA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: New Kid Volume: 2Summary Note: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher.
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2010., Milkweed Editions Call No: Realistic Fic Gansworth Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Truck driver Tommy Jack McMorsey's encounter with a delusional Japanese tourist searching for the ransom money from the movie "Fargo" sets off a chain of events in which Tommy is forced to contend with the painful memories of his time in Vietnam, a past love affair, and the suicide of his best friend Fred Howkowski.
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2020., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F ROS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl. Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something about it.
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-- Things I would rather do than die[2018]., Adolescent, Flux Call No: Young Adult FIC HUR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When the two most mismatched seniors at Walt Whitman High School find themselves locked in an aerobics room overnight, their confinement forces them to push past the labels they've assigned each other and they share a night they'll never forget"--Provided by publisher.
