but she’s not going to let that—or any pesky feelings for Jean-Pierre—stop her

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When all his classmates suddenly become obsessed with a new phone app that turns them into zombies

A 2024 ALA Notable Children's Book and New York Public Library Best Book of 2023

My Olive Tree Kate Wheeler but she’s not going toIn this simple, touching picture book about the healing power of a loving community, a girl's grandpa and her neighbors help her grow an olive tree in a war torn land. Salam's grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that their roots run deep in their Palestinian land. They connect everyone from the farmer who presses the olives into oil to the baker who uses the oil in his taboon. Salam plants her own seed and is eager to see it grow. She waits