Retellings of Classic Stories...for Kids! - Summer Adventure 2023Like this list

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• A Magical Journey Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  Alameda County Library invites people of all ages and abilities to come along for our 2023 Summer Adventure: A Magical Journey! Complete activities, reading, and more to receive a book gift and prize drawing entries. Pick up an Adventure Guide at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• More to the Story

  Khan, Hena,

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  (Inspired by the American novel, "Little Women") As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl Giant and the Monkey King

  Hoang, Van, 1989-

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  (Inspired by the Chinese novel, "Journey to the West") Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breadcrumbs

  Ursu, Anne

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  (Inspired by the Danish fairy tale, "The Snow Queen") Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life.

• Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom

  Mandanna, Sangu,

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  (Inspired by the Hindu myth of Mahishasuramardini) "Eleven-year-old Kritika “Kiki” Kallira lives in London with her Mum, an immigrant from the state of Karnataka in the south of India; she’s never met her father, who died before she was born. Kiki’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Midsummer's Mayhem

  LaRocca, Rajani,

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  (Inspired by the English play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream") Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

  Mejia, Tehlor Kay,

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  (Inspired by the Mexican tale of La Llorona) In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fire the Depths

  Lerangis, Peter,

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  (Inspired by the French novel, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea") When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt happens upon his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he doesn't realize that he's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lalani of the Distant Sea

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  (Inspired by Filipino folklore) "On the island of Sanlagita, the strongest men have always sailed north in search of fabled Mount Isa. It is said that there are riches at Isa’s peak, chief among them a yellow flower that can cure disease. All her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amira & Hamza

  the War to Save the Worlds

  Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer),

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  (Inspired by Islamic legends) When her little brother Hamza opens the forbidden Box of the Moon, 12-year-old Amira must journey to a mystical land to prevent the moon, the barrier between realms, from unleashing a nightmare on Earth.

• Pahua and the Soul Stealer

  Lee, Lori M.,

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  (Inspired by Hmong mythology) Pahua Moua has a bit of a reputation for being a weirdo. A lonely eleven-year-old Hmong girl with the unique ability to see spirits, she spends her summer days babysitting her little brother and playing with her best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Musketeer

  Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

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  (Inspired by the French novel, "The Three Musketeers") In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The…Read moreRead more of this annotation