Red by Jan De Kinder
“A girl finds it funny when her classmate starts blushing on the school playground. Her friends laugh along with her, but one student takes the teasing too far. Torn between her sympathy for her classmate and her fear of the bully, the girl must make a difficult choice.” [JPB DE KINDER]
Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins
“When a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve near Neel’s island village, the rangers and villagers hurry to find her before the cub’s anxious mother follows suit and endangers them all. Mr. Gupta, a rich newcomer to the island, is also searching—he wants to sell the cub’s body parts on the black market. Neel and his sister, Rupa, resolve to find the cub first and bring her back to the reserve where she belongs.
“The hunt for the cub interrupts Neel’s preparations for an exam to win a prestigious scholarship at a boarding school far from home. Neel doesn’t mind—he dreads the exam and would rather stay on his beloved island in the Sunderbans of West Bengal with his family and friends.
“But through his encounter with the cub, Neel learns that sometimes you have to take risks to preserve what you love. And sometimes you have to sacrifice the present for the chance to improve the future.” [J PERKINS,M]
Tagged by Diane C. Mullen
“When Liam, a fourteen-year-old graffiti artist, can’t keep his grades up and is threatened by a local gang in the projects of Minneapolis, his mother sends him to Lake Michigan for the summer.” [J MULLEN,D]
Teachers
Check out – and remind your students about – the resources and databases available on the Alameda County Library 
Don’t forget that Homework Center is available for your students. This free program is open Mondays through Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m., except for holidays. And Brainfuse Homework Help Now, also available through the Alameda County Library website and free to Library card holders, provides one-on-one, trained and screened tutors to help children and adults in an amazing and growing number of ways.
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