WAB Learns: Global Read Aloud: GRA 2019

Middle Grade

Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Call Number: MEM YAN (MS Memoir)
ISBN: 9781760650469
Publication Date: 2018
Ten year-old Mia Tang moved to the US for a better life, a freer life, but so far, it's a life where she runs the front desk of a motel while her parents clean rooms. And she's not even allowed to use the swimming pool. It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, and go for her dreams?

Schedule:

Week 1: Chapters 1 – 9

Week 2: Chapters 10 – 21

Week 3: Chapters 22 – 35

Week 4: Chapters 36 – 48

Week 5: Chapters 49 – 57

Week 6: Chapters 58 – End

Middle Grade Facebook Group
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Twitter Front Desk
Author Website: Kelly Yang
Ever since she was a little girl, Kelly Yang has LOVED telling stories. She tells all kinds of stories -- stories about gutsy girls and bold boys, about motels, loan sharks, immigration, poverty, and race. The thing all her stories have in common is they are important, accessible, and filled with diverse characters.

Picture books

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823440559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed. She brought her strength, her work, her passion, her hopes and dreams...and her stories.
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780811864831
Publication Date: 2016-03-15
The morning of Grandma Beetle's birthday, Senor Galavera arrives at her door, ready to take her onto the next life. 'Just a minute,' Grandma Beetle tells him. She still has one house to sweep, two pots of tea to boil, three pounds of corn to make into tortillas--and that's just the start!
Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250062703
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind . . . Niño! Fwap! Slish! Bloop! Krunch! He takes down his competition in a single move! No opponent is too big a challenge for the cunning skills of Niño--popsicle eater, toy lover, somersault expert, and world champion lucha libre competitor!
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: BIO KAHL
ISBN: 9781596436039
Publication Date: 2014
Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases.
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator); Christine Barcellona (Editor)
ISBN: 9781250073242
Publication Date: 2016
As the long day comes to an end, Mother Sky fills a tub with falling stars and calls, "Bath time for Little Night!" Little Night answers from afar, "Can't come. I am hiding and you have to find me, Mama. Find me now!" Where could Little Night be?

Picture Book Facebook Group
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Twitter Yuyi Morales Picture book
Author Website Yuyi Morales
Yuyi Morales website including her blog, videos etc.

GRA at WAB 2019

Teachers and mentors are welcome to request the GRA 2019 books for their classes or to read during WEIRD.

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Middle School

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Call Number: F VEN (MS Realistic Fiction)
ISBN: 9781984813602
Publication Date: 2019
Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts.

Schedule:

Week 1: Chapters 1-7

Week 2: Chapters 8-15

Week 3: Chapters 16-22

Week 4: Chapters 23-30

Week 5: Chapters 31-37

Week 6: Chapters 38-44

Middle School Facebook Group
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Twitter: Bridge Home
Author webpage and resources
The author will regularly interact with participants and classes doing the Global Readaloud.
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Early Reader

Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
ISBN: 9781626728585
Publication Date: 2018
Stella Diaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho. But Stella Diaz is not a betta fish. Betta fish like to be alone, while Stella loves spending time with her mom and brother and her best friend Jenny. Trouble is, Jenny is in another class this year, and Stella feels very lonely.

Early Years Facebook Group
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Twitter: Stella Diaz
Author Website: Angela Dominguez
Angela Dominguez was born in Mexico City, grew up in the great state of Texas, and now resides on the east coast.

YA

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Call Number: F DIM (MS Science Fiction)
ISBN: 9781770864863
Publication Date: 2017
Just when you think you have nothing left to lose, they come for your dreams. Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream.

Schedule:

Week 1: Pages 1-41

Week 2: Pages 42-79

Week 3: Pages 80 – 117

Week 4: Pages 118 – 160

Week 5: Pages 161 – 191

Week 6: Pages 192 – end

YA Facebook group
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Twitter Marrow Thieves
Author website: Cherie Dimaline
The Marrow Thieves, won the Governor General’s Award and the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers, was a finalist for the White Pine Award, and was a selection for CBC’s 2018 Canada Reads.

Schedule for WAB

Week 1: 23-27 September 2019

Week 2: 8-11 October 2019

Week 3: 14-18 October 2019

Week 4: 21-25 October 2019

Week 5: 28 October - 1 November 2019

Week 6: 4-8 November 2019

Shared Resources

Spreadsheet with shared resources
Spreadsheet with links to all the shared resources for all categories of books