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OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
OBD National Astronaut Day (May) - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
OBD National Astronaut Day (May) - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
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While visiting Houston, Texas, Mike and Kate tour the Johnson Space Center with an astronaut in the morning and at the Houston Astros' ball game that evening, the cousins search for the person who steals the astronaut's moonrock when he arrives at the stadium to sign autographs.
2) Piper Perish
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Piper Perish volume 1
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Piper Perish inhales air and exhales art. The sooner she and her best friends can get out of Houston and into art school in New York City, the better. It's been Piper's dream her whole life, and now that senior year is halfway over, she's never felt more ready. But in the final months before graduation, things are weird with her friends and stressful with three different guys, and Piper's sister's tyrannical mental state seems to thwart every attempt...
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Go-for-gold gymnasts volume 4
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Christina, the Texas Twister hoping to be the first Mexican-American Junior Elite all-around champion at the American Invitational, is side-lined during practice when her vault routine ends with a sharp pain in her ankle.
5) Project toad
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Jina Jeong loves pandas, but a visit to the zoo introduces her to a local endangered species, the Houston toad, and teaches her that it is not only cute and cuddly animals that need to be protected.
6) Project pets
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Jina's parents insist that she is too young to have a pet, but when a mother cat with kittens show up at her cousin's house, Jina is determined to find a home for all five cats, with some help from her grandmother.
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Go-for-gold gymnasts volume 2
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Twelve-year-old Noelle Onesti has everything it takes to be an elite gymnast, as was her mother, except the money required to travel and compete since her family's store is not doing well and their house may be going into foreclosure.
9) Count me in
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
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Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.
Karina Chopra would have never imagined becoming friends with the boy next door--after all, they've avoided each other for years and she assumes Chris is just like the boys he hangs out with, who she labels a pack of hyenas. Then Karina's grandfather starts tutoring...
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Baker and Taylor travel to Houston to see the sights.
"Baker and Taylor are in Houston, Texas for the sights, the food, and (of course) a good read at Houston Public Library. But, since this stop on their epic literary road trip coincides with Taylor's birthday, Baker has created an agenda of exciting to-dosthat culminates in a surprise for Taylor that's sure to be out of this world. Will Taylor be able to figure it out?!"--
11) Diamond Park
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When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder; convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Magaña head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda, Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened...
12) Winning team
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Go-for-gold gymnasts volume 1
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When twelve-year-old Britt's family moves to Houston so she can train at an elite gym she looks forward to being part of a team, but after alienating the other girls and failing to impress her coaches, Britt begins to figure out what teamwork really means.
13) Reaching high
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Go-for-gold gymnasts volume 3
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Just before freshman year, Jessica, the quiet girl on the Texas Twisters, surprises her teammates by going out for the cheerleading squad.
15) The row
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After visiting her father on death row for twelve years, seventeen-year-old Riley is determined to find out if he is guilty or not before he is either executed or retried and, perhaps, released.
16) Chasing normal
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When her mean, grouchy grandmother in Texas has a heart attack and she and her father go to help, twelve-year-old Mieka meets her cousins' family and wishes for their "normal" type of life.
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