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The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart It’s National Foster Care Month. Learn more here: https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/ Read alikes: Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt

A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel Read alikes: Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah A Place For Vanishing by Ann Fraistat Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Finally Seen by Kelly Yang It’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://www.asianpacificheritage.gov/ Read alikes: Stargazing by Jen Wang Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. There is a list of resources here: https://northlibertyiowa.org/2022/03/07/its-ok-to-not-be-ok-and-its-good-to-get-help/ Read alikes: The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian We Weren't Looking To Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn Once More With Chutzpah by Haley Neil

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly Celebrate National Deaf History Month! Learn more here: https://www.nad.org/ Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry Insignificant Events In the Life Of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

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The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Happy Earth Day! Learn more here: https://www.earthday.org/ House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland The Ones We're Meant To Find by Joan He War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

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Something More by Jackie Khalilieh Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://arabamericafoundation.org/national-arab-american-heritage-month/ Read alikes: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin Man O' War by Cory McCarthy