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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Dirty little secrets	Cynthia Jaynes Omololu	When her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, nei…	OL11722932W
Green Light	Lloyd C. Douglas	*** Those who have read the book have much to say about this (and other) quality workings of Lloyd Douglas, so please be sure to check out ''community reviews'' at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/s…	OL12590W
Lucy Goose goes to Texas	Holly Bea	Lucy is a Canada goose who likes to do things by herself, but when the time comes to migrate to Texas, she learns that there are good reasons to work as a team. Includes information on the Canada goo…	OL14847781W
The River	Gary Paulsen	Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scie…	OL14850218W
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O	Shel Silverstein	A missing piece, looking for someone to carry it along, finally develops its own momentum.	OL15860754W
Monica and the Weekend of Drama	Diana G. Gallagher	When her mother cannot find a babysitter for the weekend, thirteen-year-old Monica is left in charge of the house and her stepsister Angela, with disastrous results.	OL15946450W
Cinder Edna	Ellen Jackson	Once upon a time there were two girls who lived next door to each other. Cinder Edna was forced to work for her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, just as her neighbor, Cinderella, was. But Cinder…	OL161700W
Prisoners in the palace	Michaela MacColl	Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria become…	OL16260931W
Ten Things We Did and Probably Shouldn't Have	Sarah Mlynowski	2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house – parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have. If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't jump at …	OL16475251W
Un avestruz con mucha luz	José Carlos Andrés	1 volume (unpaged) : 23 x 25 cm	OL17640879W
Brian's return (Brian's Saga #4)	Gary Paulsen	As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back to or…	OL17736964W
Leaving home	Stephanie Doyon	When eighteen-year-old Miranda decides to postpone college and travel across American instead, she encounters difficult situations which require self-reliance and independent thinking.	OL17869790W
The giant	Jonathan Mary-Todd	In 1874 Manhattan, Luc, sixteen, at nearly seven feet tall and seemingly impervious to pain, has become a local boxing star but when kangaroos are introduced to the ring, Luc's tender heart leads him…	OL17890349W
Billy Creekmore	Tracey Porter	In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coa…	OL18153563W
The Valuetale of Louis Pasteur	Spencer Johnson	Retells the story of Louis Pasteur, whose unwavering belief in the concept of germs led to a cure for rabies.	OL1864129W
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?	Kate DiCamillo	At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nigh…	OL19338823W
I can do it myself	Valorie Fisher	From tying their own shoes to making their beds, children can reach such important childhood milestones with the help of this engaging and fun picture book. Award-winning author-illustrator Fisher us…	OL19982742W
Palm trees	Nancy Cote	When Millie has to fix her hair by herself for the first time, her friend Renee and a sense of humor help her to discover something about friendship and independence.	OL2709690W
La cocréation à son meilleur	Wayne W. Dyer	Qu'arrive-t-il quand on réunit l'un des maîtres spirituels les plus inspirants de tous les temps avec les Grands sages de l'univers ? Une rencontre magique, pénétrante et enrichissante que vous ne se…	OL28965472W
The inaugural address, 2009 ; together with Abraham Lincoln's first and second inaugural addresses …	Barack Obama	Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President-el…	OL3246383W