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Being Danny's dog Being Danny's dog Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Ten-year-old T.R. and his twelve-year-old brother Danny move to Rosemary Acres with their mother and find new friends as well as a lot of community rules to follow. OL13447W
Rocky road Rocky road Rose Kent Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal. OL14932884W
Back to school, Mallory Back to school, Mallory Tamara Schmitz,Laurie Friedman,Laurie B. Friedman After moving, eight-year-old Mallory struggles with being new at school, especially because her mother is now the music teacher and director of the third grade play. OL15053574W
I Am Number Four I Am Number Four Pittacus Lore NINE of us came here. WE look like you. WE talk like you. WE live among you-but WE are not you. WE have powers you dream of having. WE are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books-… OL15280980W
Willow and the Snow Day Dance Willow and the Snow Day Dance Denise Brennan-Nelson When Willow's family moves to a new home, she makes friends with all of the neighbors, even unsmiling Mr. Larch, through her letters inviting each to be as generous as she is. OL15537918W
Superheroes Superheroes Jimmy Gownley Amelia McBride faces more changes as her Aunt Tanner prepares to move away, new friend Trish hides a terrible secret, and super-hero-wannabe Reggie vows to destroy the evil Legion of Steves. OL15539336W
Rachel Spinelli punched me in the face Rachel Spinelli punched me in the face Paul Acampora When fourteen-year-old Zachary and his father move to Falls, Connecticut, he spends a summer falling in love, coming to terms with his mother's absence, and forming eclectic friendships. OL15571486W
Deliver us from Normal Deliver us from Normal Kate Klise With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old Charles Harrisong is anything b… OL15835737W
What comes after What comes after Steve Watkins When her veterinarian father dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must move from Maine to North Carolina where her Aunt Sue spends Iris's small inheritance while abusing her physically and emotionally, … OL15988423W
What color is my world? What color is my world? A. G. Ford,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Raymond Obstfeld,Ben Boos While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Midal work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving them a new view of … OL16014234W
Moonglass Moonglass Jessi Kirby At age seven, Anna watched her mother walk into the surf and drown, but nine years later, when she moves with her father to the beach where her parents fell in love, she joins the cross-country team,… OL16139920W
Chrissa Chrissa Mary Casanova Chrissa Maxwell moves to a new school in the middle of the year, and the girls in her fourth-grade class are decidedly unfriendly. On the advice of her grandmother, Chrissa tries first to be nice, an… OL16140227W
Everything I was Everything I was Corinne Demas Thirteen-year-old Irene helps in her grandfather's plant nursery, makes new friends, and begins to learn what she really wants and needs after her father, having lost his job as an investment banker,… OL16162015W
Piper Reed, forever friend Piper Reed, forever friend Kimberly Willis Holt Ten-year-old Piper moves yet again when her father, who is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, gets assigned to Norfolk, Virginia, and although the move takes a bit of adjustment, she soon makes frien… OL16175954W
New beginnings New beginnings Laurie Halse Anderson "Meet Jules and Josh, the new twins in town! While Josh adapts quickly to Ambler, Jules accidentally makes an enemy of Maggie. Hoping a pet will help her feel better, Jules adopts the class rabbit, C… OL16471224W
Reel life starring us Reel life starring us Lisa Greenwald Dina is used to being popular but starting a new school in eighth grade is difficult, especially where cliques rule, and although working with "queen bee" Chelsea on a video project should help, Chel… OL16485844W
Acting out Acting out Laurie Halse Anderson Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspec… OL16636818W
Bittersweet summer Bittersweet summer Anne Warren Smith Nine-year-old Katie and her four-year-old brother, Tyler, have an emotional summer during which their father considers moving them to Portland and they are surprised by a visit with their mother, a c… OL16662583W
Zero to hero Zero to hero Henry Winkler When Billy Broccoli moves into his new house, he discovers Hoover Porterhouse, a teenage ghost, is haunting his room, and he helps Billy get in style, stand up to bullies, and conquer his new school. OL16693284W
Super-sized slugger Super-sized slugger Ripken, Cal Thirteen-year-old Cody Parker moves to Baltimore, Maryland, where as a fat eighth-grader, he has to deal with brutal teasing from a baseball teammate, and his school is beset by a rash of mysterious … OL16698730W
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