Undercover Bmx
Basketball has always come easily to twelve-year-old Devon Rosario of the Bronx, but it has been a long time since he actually enjoyed playing because Devon's father sees him as the family's second chance at basketball glory, and the pressure of that expectation is ruining the game for Devon; but then he sees Jamal, a Yemeni refugee, doing BMX tricks on his bike and suddenly Devon sees a way to put fun back into sports--provided he can keep his new passion secret from his father.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: bmx freestyle (stunt cycling), basketball stories, puerto ricans, fathers and sons, secrecy, refugees [X], friendship, basketball, secrets, bronx (new york, n.y.), sports fiction, father-son relationship, sports stories, electronic books [X]
The Ledge
Nick, a teenage boy used to being good at everything he tried his hand at, feels life has ended after an accident leaves him partially paralyzed and his girlfriend dumps him.
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year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: teenagers, surfing, paraplegics, friendship, refugees [X], bildungsromans, bildungsromans, teenage boys, electronic books [X]
Village Of Scoundrels
In the 1940s, remote Les Lauzes, France houses Jews, unregistered foreigners, forgers, and others who take great risks to shelter refugees and smuggle them to safety in Switzerland.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, refugees [X], jews, france, historical fiction, children's audiobooks, historical fiction, electronic books [X]