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Girl of the southern sea / by Kadarusman, Michelle,1969-;
Fourteen-year-old Nia struggles to support her young brother in her father's absence in Jakarta, while also trying to get together enough money to pay for her school tuition fees.LSC
Subjects: Poor children; Teenage girls; Child authors; Teenage marriage; Survival;
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The theory of hummingbirds / by Kadarusman, Michelle,1969-;
Alba was born with her left foot twisted in the wrong direction. After one final surgery and one final cast, Alba is going to run in the sixth grade cross-country race. However, her best friend Levi thinks there's no way she can pull it off.LSC
Subjects: Clubfoot; Children with disabilities; Cross-country running; Friendship; Schools;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Berani / by Kadarusman, Michelle,1969-;
Malia, who is prepared to risk anything for her activism, Ari, who knows the right path but fears what it will cost, and Ginger Juice, the caged orangutan who still remembers the forest and her mother. The choices the young people make will have consequences for themselves, for Ginger Juice, and for others, if they are brave enough - or reckless enough - to choose.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Orangutans; Students; Friendship;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Room for more / by Kadarusman, Michelle,1969-; Zeng, Maggie.;
In their burrows, wombats Dig and Scratch are safe from an Australian bush fire. To Scratch's dismay, Dig invites two wallabies, a koala, and a tiger snake to join them. It's a tight squeeze for all of them, but even Scratch has to agree that welcoming their neighbors was a good idea when the other animals help the wombats through a flood.LSC
Subjects: Animals; Environmental disasters; Wombats; Cooperativeness;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Music for tigers / by Kadarusman, Michelle,1969-;
Middle-schooler Louisa wants to spend the summer practicing violin for a place in the youth symphony, but is instead sent to the Tasmanian rainforest camp of her Australian relatives. There she learns that her family secretly protects the last of the supposedly extinct Tasmanian tigers. When an encroaching mining operation threatens the hidden sanctuary, Louisa realizes her music can help.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Middle school students; Violinists; Musicians; Thylacine; Endangered species; Extinct animals; Animal sanctuaries; Rain forests;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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We the sea turtles : a collection of island stories / by Kadarusman, Michelle,1969-;
"In a collection of eight short stories, children on islands around the world make connections to nature while facing life-changing events. Each child experiences a significant emotional turning point at the same time they encounter a turtle--real or imagined. A prologue tells of a sea turtle that was tracked making an extraordinarily long journey, while an epilogue is written from that turtle's point of view. Back matter shares information about sea turtles and snapping turtles."--
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Nature fiction.; Short stories.; Turtles; Islands; Life change events; Emotions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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