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Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Hilary Westfield escapes Miss Pim's finishing school to join a misfit pirate crew, she embarks on an unexpectedly magical swashbuckling, plank-walking, searfaring journey"--
Author
Language
English
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Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2021 - 22
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees: 2021-2022 Master List
VT Golden Dome Book Award 2021-2022
Description
"After their mama dies, Jack and Birdie find themselves without a place to call home. And when Mama's two brothers each try to provide one--first sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrick--the results are funny, tender, and tragic. They're also somehow .. . spectacular. With voices and characters that soar off the page, J. M. M. Nuanez's debut novel depicts an unlikely family caught in a situation none of them would have chosen, and the beautiful...
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's.
Author
Series
Tess of the road volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Tess Dombegh sails south as a spy, hunting for evidence of politically-motivated crimes, while also hunting for the last World Serpent that could save her friend, Pathka.
Author
Publisher
BALZER + BRAY, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time (but not too long ago), girls only wore dresses. And only boys wore pants. Until one day, a young girl named Mary had a bold idea: She would wear whatever she wanted. And she wanted to wear pants! Inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing doctor who was arrested many times for wearing pants, this fresh, charming picture book encourages readers to think for themselves while gently challenging gender and societal...
Author
Series
Song of the lioness volume 3
Language
English
Description
On her first tour as a knight errant, Alanna assumes a position of influence with a fierce desert tribe, makes some changes in the role of women in the society, and continues her own emotional development. "Let her prove herself worthy as a man." Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she...
11) Bad moooove!
Author
Series
Princess Pulverizer volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Princess Pulverizer tries to help the village of Ire-Mire-Briar-Shire, where every cow, goat, and sheep has vanished, but she and Lucas are captured by a troll, putting her Quest of Kindness in peril.
12) In the spotlight
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Kit's pageant rival Melody loses her rabbit, Ellie believes she can build a contraption to catch him, but she begins to doubt herself when Melody insists that a pageant is no place for messy engineering experiments.
13) Feminist Baby
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Feminist Baby likes pink and blue, playing with cars and dolls, and the choice to become whatever she dreams.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Zog the dragon, Princess Pearl, and Sir Gadabout form a team of flying doctors, treating the kingdoms subjects; but Pearl's uncle, the king, disapproves, and locks her in the castle--until he becomes ill and discovers that only Pearl and her companions can cure him.
Author
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating all the different ways girls can make things, this brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression and girl power will inspire readers to jump up and start to build--because they can do anything!"--
17) Boys don't fry
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young Malaysian boy enthusiastically assists his grandmother prepare their Lunar New Year dinner, all the while learning about the history of their traditional cuisine"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Future scientist Kimmy eagerly shares information about dinosaurs during a school field trip until classmate Jake tells her "girls aren't scientists," but Mr. Tiffin sets her straight.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
70 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
20) Iron widow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare...
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