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37.

Finding home : the journey of immigrants and refugees

Lee, Jen Sookfong, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

304.82 LEE

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SD_ILS:599998

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Try it! : how Frieda Caplan changed the way we eat

Rockliff, Mara, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

338.7 ROC

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SD_ILS:604884

39.

My wild life : adventures of a wildlife photographer

Eszterhas, Suzi, author, photographer.

Publication Date

2020

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778.932 ESZ

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SD_ILS:589009

40.

Finish the fight! : the brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote

Chambers, Veronica, author.

Publication Date

2020

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324.6230973 CHA

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SD_ILS:588949

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One Earth : people of color protecting our planet

Rao, Anuradha S., 1975- author.

Publication Date

2020

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333.72 RAO

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SD_ILS:600550

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All the way to the top : how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything

Pimentel, Annette Bay, author.

Publication Date

2020

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323.3 PIM

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SD_ILS:550640

43.

The book of queens : legendary leaders, fierce females, and wonder women who ruled the world

Drimmer, Stephanie Warren, author.

Publication Date

2019

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305.4 DRI

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SD_ILS:592108

44.

The astronaut who painted the moon : the true story of Alan Bean

Robbins, Dean, 1957- author.

Publication Date

2019

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629.45 ROB

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SD_ILS:498729

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Anna & Samia : the true story of saving a black rhino

Meisel, Paul, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

599.668 MEI

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SD_ILS:550644

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Ninita's big world : the true story of a deaf pygmy marmoset

Marsh, Sarah Glenn, author.

Publication Date

2019

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599.84 MAR

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SD_ILS:550696

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Mario and the hole in the sky : how a chemist saved our planet

Rusch, Elizabeth, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

363.73875 RUS

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SD_ILS:517770

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Hector : a boy, a protest, and the photograph that changed apartheid

Wright, Adrienne, 1960- author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

968.06 WRI

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SD_ILS:548969

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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.

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