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"Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy ... Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words,...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Told in alternating voices, an all-night adventure featuring Lucy, who is determined to find an elusive graffiti artist named Shadow, and Ed, the last person Lucy wants to spend time with, except for the fact that he may know how to find Shadow.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Crusty dragon Miss Drake's new pet human, precocious ten-year-old Winnie, not only thinks Miss Drake is her pet, she accidentally brings to life her "sketchlings" of mysterious and fantastic creatures hidden in San Francisco, causing mayhem among its residents.
7) Masterpiece
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Language
English
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Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they₇ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won₇t let anyone separate them. She₇s escaped...
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
10) Hands
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather, who is currently in prison. He takes up boxing, figuring if he learns how to build himself up, nobody can knock him down. Trev is a talented artist-- and others are advising him to follow that path to the future, rather than fighting. When the boyfriend of one of his sisters becomes disrespectful and threatens...
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Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"Middle-schooler Ruby and her friend Scout join together to stop a real-estate mogul from tearing down their historied New York City apartment building, called Umbrella House. In a contest for a news network, Ruby and Scout use their creativity and video-editing skills to show the value of both their building and their East Village neighborhood. Once they discover the identity of the anonymous Midnight Muralist, Ruby convinces the famed East Village...
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity.
15) The gold bowl
Author
Series
Rainbow days volume 2
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zoya wants to give her dog Coco a birthday present, and with her mother's help finally settles on painting his bowl gold, with lots of glitter.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictional biography of James Castle, a deaf, autistic artist whose drawings hang in major museums throughout the world.
17) Art & Max
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
At a medieval monastery, orphaned Simon, who is apprenticing in illumination, dreams of the day he can create his own pictures, but finds he must first complete a strange and unusual assignment that Father Anselm has given him.
20) Draw me a star
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
An artist's drawing of a star begins the creation of an entire universe around him as each successive pictured object requests that he draw more.
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