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Walk Two Moons
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mothe… |
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One for the Murphys
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt |
"After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley is sent to live with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love"-- |
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Baby penguins everywhere
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Melissa Guion |
"When a penguin finds a hat floating by, she discovers something inside . . . baby penguins!"-- |
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Chasing the skip
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Janci Patterson |
When fifteen-year-old Rick's mother finally leaves for good, Ricki's absentee father steps in, taking Ricki with him as he chases bail "skips" across the country, but their fledgling relationship is … |
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Zip
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Ellie Rollins |
"A girl discovers adventure at every highway turn. After Lyssa's mother dies, her kind but clueless new stepfather moves with her to the suburbs of Seattle in the hopes of making a fresh start. But … |
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One shot away
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T. Glen Coughlin |
"Three high school seniors face mounting pressures, at home and school, as they start their last season on the varsity wrestiling team"-- |
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Ol' Mama Squirrel
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David Ezra Stein |
Ol' Mama Squirrel has raised many babies and kept them all safe from predators, but she may have met her match when a determined grizzly bear threatens to eat her entire family tree. |
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Stay Where You are and Then Leave
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John Boyne |
Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn t… |
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Sleepyheads
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Sandra J. Howatt |
"Drowsy animal babies snuggle in trees, caves, weeds, and on waves, but one sleepyhead isn't yet in his bed"-- |
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When Mr. Dog bites
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Brian Conaghan |
All seventeen-year-old Dylan Mint wants is to keep his Tourette's in check and live as a normal teen, but during a routine hospital visit he overhears that he is going to die, and in an attempt to cl… |
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Jack Strong takes a stand
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Tom Greenwald |
Tired of being forced to participate in sports and take extra lessons and tutoring to become well-rounded in anticipation of college, middle-schooler Jack Strong stages a sit-in on his couch until hi… |
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The law of loving others
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Kate Axelrod |
After Emma returns home from boarding school, she realizes her mother is suffering from a schizophrenic break, and suddenly, Emma's entire childhood and identity is called into question, pushing her … |
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Grandpa and Me
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Karen Katz |
Let's make a pizza with Grandpa! You can help. Lift the large, sturdy flaps to find everything you need. |
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Wait! wait!
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Hatsue Nakawaki |
A young child learns that although creatures that appear can also disappear, parents will always be there. |
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The ghost in the glass house
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Carey Wallace |
In a seaside New England town in the 1920s, twelve-year-old Clare finds refuge from the cruelty of her society friends in a mysterious glass house inhabited by Jack, a charming and playful ghost who … |
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Fig
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Sarah Elizabeth Schantz |
In 1994, Fig looks back on her life and relates her experiences, from age six to nineteen, as she desperately tries to save her mother from schizophrenia while her own mental health and relationships… |
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This raging light
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Estelle Laure |
Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on… |
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The white bicycle
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Beverley A Brenna |
Taylor Jane Simon, a nineteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome, travels to France to work for the summer, as she struggles to become independent of her controlling mother and meets a new mentor… |
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Daddy's sandwich
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Pip Jones |
Daddy, would you like a sandwich, with all your favourite things ...? Join one little girl on her quest to make her father the perfect sandwich, whether he likes it or not ... You're in for a wicked … |
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The Dyerville tales
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M. P. Kozlowsky |
"A young orphan named Vince takes a journey to reunite with his missing father and learn about his grandfather's mysterious, magical life"-- |
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