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  • Badir and the Beaver

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    It’s Ramadan, a time to focus on good deeds and to fast, and Badir and his brother, Anis, are out for a walk one evening while they wait for their iftar meal.

    In the park Badir sees a rat. A very, ve

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    • Series: Orca Echoes
    • Author: Stewart, Shannon
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 104
    • Publish Date: April 16 2019
    • ISBN10: 1459817273
    • Language: English
  • Kung Fu Master

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    Everyone assumes that because he’s Chinese, Jon Wong must be good at math and science and a first-class nerd. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to shake the stereotypes.

    After watching a kung

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    • Series: Orca Currents
    • Author: Chan, Marty
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: February 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1459837037
    • Language: English
  • I Got You Babe

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    This year’s fun fair will have a Pride Carnival theme and twelve-year-old Mac couldn’t be more excited.

    Mac convinces his best friend, Amy, to do a Sonny and Cher drag number. He has their outfits al

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    • Series: Orca Currents
    • Author: Coccia, Paul
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: February 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1459834704
    • Language: English
  • Lark Has the Shivers

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    The summer is for sleuthing, and Lark and Connor have been served a double helping!

    It’s time for the annual pet fair and the twins have been hard at work teaching their dog, Max, some new tricks. Bu

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    • Series: Orca Echoes
    • Author: Deen, Natasha
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: March 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 1459826051
    • Language: English
  • We’re Happy You’re Here

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    This inclusive picture book celebrates the joy of preparing to welcome a child, with contemporary illustrations depicting diverse families and their communities of support.

    • Author: Wilkins, Julie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 1459836480
    • Language: English
  • Sea Otters: A Survival Story

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    Sea otters once ruled the Pacific Ocean, but the fur trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries brought this predator to near extinction.

    Today they’re slowly coming back from the brink, and sc

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    • Series: Orca Wild #3
    • Author: Groc, Isabelle
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: April 28 2020
    • ISBN10: 1459817370
    • Language: English
  • Chinese New Year: A Celebration for Everyone

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    From its beginnings as a farming celebration marking the end of winter to its current role as a global party featuring good food, lots of gifts and public parades, Chinese New Year is a snapshot of Ch

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    • Series: Orca Origins #4
    • Author: Lee, Jen Sookfong
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 88
    • Publish Date: January 19 2021
    • ISBN10: 1459826434
    • Language: English
  • Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases

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    Vaccination is one of humanity’s most effective and greatest discoveries.

    Infections like the plague, smallpox and other deadly diseases have affected and killed people for thousands of years, but th

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    • Series: Orca Timeline
    • Author: Rae, Rowena
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: April 16 2024
    • ISBN10: 1459836944
    • Language: English
  • Oh Brother

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    Moving to a new city and a new school is never easy.

    So Lauren is relieved when Callie, Treena and Maddy welcome her into their group. But then Lauren witnesses their reaction to a first-grader in a w

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    • Series: Orca Currents
    • Author: Bates, Sonya Spreen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: February 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1459837053
    • Language: English
  • The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden

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    ★ “Smith spins a quietly moving narrative…Wada’s large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story’s restrained text…The graceful way in which this book handles

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    • Author: Smith, Heather
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: September 17 2019
    • ISBN10: 1459821033
    • Language: English
  • The Crosswood

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    In the first book of the Faerie Woods series, Blue must find his way into the magical forest known as the Crosswood and through the dangerous Faerie lands beyond it.

    Fourteen-year-old Blue Jasper take

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    • Series: Orca Currents
    • Author: Prendergast, Gabrielle
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: January 19 2021
    • ISBN10: 1459826620
    • Language: English
  • World’s Worst Parrot

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    Ava works hard at maintaining a certain image online and at school.

    As far as anyone else knows, life is great. But when she inherits an African gray parrot from her great-uncle Bertie (whom she bare

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    • Series: Orca Currents
    • Author: Kuipers, Alice
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: February 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1459837061
    • Language: English
  • Shadow Island

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    With nowhere left to live after losing his parents and working his way through a long list of relatives on the mainland, Ollie finds himself at his grandpa’s house in Sue? Bay, “home of the supernatur

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    • Series: Sue? Bay Adventures #1
    • Author: Deas, Nancy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: October 01 2019
    • ISBN10: 1459819616
    • Language: English
  • Get Outside!: How Humans Connect with Nature

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    We know spending time in nature is good for us, but why? And how did people become so disconnected from the natural world, anyway?

    Get Outside! How Humans Connect with Nature explores the important re

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    • Series: Orca Footprints
    • Author: Payne, Leah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: April 16 2024
    • ISBN10: 1459836871
    • Language: English
  • Impossible

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    All Seventeen-year-old Jemma wants now is to be a good mom to her baby daughter, Violet. But when she witnesses a violent crime she’ll have to choose between keeping her baby or letting a killer walk

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    • Series: Orca Soundings
    • Author: Shipley, Jocelyn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: February 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1459833139
    • Language: English
  • One Last Job

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    Michael has been getting into trouble lately.

    As a consequence, his mom is making him look after his grandfather for the summer. The thing is, Gramps isn’t your average senior citizen: he’s a retired

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    • Series: Orca Anchor
    • Author: Rodman, Sean
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: February 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 1459828607
    • Language: English
  • He Who Dreams

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    Juggling soccer, school, friends and family leaves John with little time for anything else.

    One day at the local community center, following the sound of drums, he stumbles into an Indigenous dance cl

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    • Series: Orca Soundings
    • Author: Florence, Melanie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: September 14 2021
    • ISBN10: 1459833422
    • Language: English
  • Trapped

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    Matt is counting down the days until he turns sixteen.

    He’s been living with his foster parents in Yukon River valley in their isolated cabin. His plan is to leave and never come back. He is done with

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    • Series: Orca Anchor
    • Author: Brouwer, Sigmund
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: February 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 1459828615
    • Language: English
  • Normal Kids

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    In seventeen-year-old Hannah Dresher’s world, every dollar counts.

    When Hannah comes home to find that her alcoholic mom is wasted, she’s not surprised. But when she discovers that her younger brother

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    • Series: Orca Soundings
    • Author: Di Lorenzo, Melinda
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: April 16 2024
    • ISBN10: 1459838572
    • Language: English
  • The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging

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    People with disabilities (PWDs) have the same aspirations for their lives as you do for yours.

    The difference is that PWDs don’t have the same access to education, employment, housing, transportation

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    • Series: Orca Issues
    • Author: Leavitt, Hannalora
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: April 13 2021
    • ISBN10: 1459819284
    • Language: English
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