James Bird
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother live in a car and are trying to get to Los Angeles where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting, but even after finding a stray dog, Opin's longing for a stable home intensifies as his brother's reckless ways hit a new high.
3) The brave
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Collin can't help himself--he has a unique condition that leads him to count every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies and a continual frustration to the adults around him, including his father. When Collin is asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog,...
4) We are boats
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lives intertwine and connect when Francesca navigates through the living world by encountering strangers at the exact moment she needs to, sending their lives on either a better course towards happiness or setting the wheels in motion towards a tragic end, all while she secretly searches for a loved one that she never had the chance to say goodbye to." --
5) From above
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his wife's passing, a man recalls their years spent together.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction.
A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related