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Good Job
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Martin Waddell |
Little Bear does a good job of climbing rocks, bouncing on a tree branch, and crossing a stream, but Big Bear is always there to lend a helping hand when needed. |
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Lucy Goose goes to Texas
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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… |
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Take a bow, Krissy!
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Marcia Leonard |
Krissy learns many things about self-reliance and helpfulness while trying to earn money to go to the theater with the rest of her Brownie troop. |
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What can't wait
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Ashley Hope Pérez |
Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere w… |
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Pink Smog
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Francesca Lia Block |
When Weetzie Bat is a thirteen-year-old junior high school outcast mourning the life her family lost when their cottage in the Los Angeles hills burned down, her father leaves her alcoholic mother wi… |
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Ten Things We Did and Probably Shouldn't Have
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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 … |
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Small As An Elephant
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Jennifer Jacobson |
Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston before anyone figures out what is going on, with only a small toy elephant for company.
Aband… |
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Watch the sky
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Kirsten Hubbard |
"The signs are everywhere, acccording to Jory's stepfather, Caleb. The end is coming, and they must be prepared. School is Jory's only escape from Caleb's tight grasp, and with the help of new friend… |
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The Beetle and Me
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Karen Romano Young |
Surrounded by her busy extended family and their many cars, fifteen-year-old Daisy pursues her goal of single-handedly restoring the car of her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her child… |
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First times
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Charles Ghigna |
"A picture book that celebrates the important adventures children experience as they grow."-- |
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Mister Max
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Cynthia Voigt |
"Solutioneer Max Starling travels to a fictional South American country to rescue his parents who have become embroiled in a political power grab"-- |
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Same Stuff as Stars
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Katherine Paterson |
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, … |
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Somebody's awake
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Rogers, Paul |
First up in the morning, a little boy gets his own breakfast and brings his parents a cup of tea. |
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Kumquat May, I'll always love you
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Cynthia D. Grant |
Abandoned by her mother, Livvy decides she is smart and self-reliant enough to live by herself, if she can only keep her situation a secret. |
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In lane three, Alex Archer
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Tessa Duder |
Fifteen-year-old Alex struggles to overcome personal trauma and hardship as she competes with her arch rival for a place on the New Zealand swimming team participating in the 1960 Olympic Games in Ro… |
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Worried Little Lamb
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Patricia Jensen |
Frightened by her friends' teasing into believing that her legs are too weak to carry her down a cliff, Little Lamb makes the effort anyway and discovers her own strengths and capabilities. |
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I like me!
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Nancy L. Carlson |
By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself. |
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Amanda Pig on her own
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Jean Van Leeuwen |
When her brother goes off to school, Amanda finds new things to do, including ballet dancing, cleaning her room, and making a very sad, mad day go away, with the help of hugs from Mother Pig. |
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I need a little help
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Kathy Schulz |
After a young boy asks his mother for help in doing various things throughout the day, he thanks her. |
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Missing Magic
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Emma Laybourn |
Thanks to his influential uncle Kelver, Ned?s gotten into an elite new school. But there?s a problem?everyone there can do magic. And Ned? Not a lick. Amidst whispers of the terrifying Necromancers (… |
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