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DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General fiction, School stories
Human-narrated audio
A debut picture book, adapted for audio, about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from…
the critically acclaimed illustrator of Bilal Cooks Daal and I Am Perfectly Designed . Mirha is so excited for her first day of school! She can't wait to learn, play, and make new friends. But when her classmates mispronounce her name, she goes home wondering if she shound find a new one. Maybe then she'd be able to find a monogrammed keychain at the gas station or order a hot chocolate at the cafe more easily. Mama helps Mirha to see how special her name is, and she returns to school the next day determined to help her classmates say it correctly—even if it takes a hundred tries
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
War stories, Historical fiction, General fiction
Human-narrated audio
What does it take to stand up for what's right? It's 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured…
to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and abusing the city's Jews, but even Paul's parents think he should go along with his classmates in order to keep himself safe. Just when he's starting to despair, Paul meets the Edelweiss Pirates, a group of teenage boys and girls who are working to undermine the growing power of the Nazis. When he joins the rebel organization, he finds out just how hair-raising and dangerous it is to sabotage the Third Reich and rescue Jews wherever they can. But choices have consequences, and during the terrifying violence of Kristallnacht, Paul must step out of the shadows and make a life-changing decision. Inspired by the true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, a group that declared "Eternal War on the Hitler Youth," Under the Iron Bridge is a tale of courage in the face of cruelty.
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General fiction, Disabilities fiction, School stories, Multi-cultural fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A young Afghan amputee matter-of-factly removes her own barrier to education, building a bench from discarded wood so that she and her "helper-leg" can sit through school in comfort.