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English
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"Jeremiah just wants a normal summer with his dad, but it's clear that isn't happening. His dad just moved to an apartment near downtown Minneapolis to live with his new boyfriend, Michael. Michael wears shorts too short, serves weird organic foods, and is constantly nagging Jeremiah to watch out for potholes and to stay hydrated. Worst of all Michael rides the Uni-cycle. Okay, it's a bicycle decorated to look like a unicorn! This is going to be a...
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English
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Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, two girls, age eleven, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through letters, emails and text messages.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 2
Language
English
Description
Leila and the other Magic Misfits have the opportunity to perform with a famous stage psychic known as Madame Esmeralda, who may hold secrets to Leila's past.--
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a classmate insists a family must have a mother and a father, Riley fears she will have to choose between Papa and Daddy until her fathers assure her that love makes a family.
6) Love is love
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A boy becomes upset when he is teased for having two dads, but viewing his friend's family (with a mom and a dad) as not all that different from his own, he realizes the best way to counter the ridicule is to be proud of who his fathers are and know that it is love that makes a family.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
New member Emily helps the Magic Misfits when a ventriloquist with a dastardly plan comes to town.
8) Home at last
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In a predominately white California beach town, the only two black seventh-graders, Alberta and Edie, find hidden journals that uncover family secrets and speak to race relations in the past.
10) Our subway baby
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Written in direct address to the author's son Kevin, this is the moving and poignant true story about how one baby was adopted after being found on a New York City subway platform"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When Logan, the adopted daughter of reality television ghost hunters, teams up with Ashley to search for missing teens in Snakebite, Oregon, they find themselves falling for each other as they uncover a hidden evil.
Snakebite, Oregon. The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Teenagers are disappearing, some turning up dead. All fingers seem to point to TV's most popular ghost hunters who have just returned...
Author
Publisher
One Elm Books, an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Jeremiah arrives in Minneapolis to spend the summer with his Dad, everything feels odd. His dad's fiancé, Michael, is deep into wedding plans. Jeremiah feels out of place. Never one to make new friends easily, he starts volunteering in an English class for refugees. Here, Jeremiah finds unexpected friendship. Everything Together is about exploring your place in the world and the tangled ways we connect"--
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 380 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Theo Stein-Meyer loves being part of the Magic Misfits. Armed with his trusty violin bow, he completes the team with his levitation skills, unflappable calm, and proper manners. But when a girl named Emily begins to spend time with the group, Theo is surprisingly drawn to her. She seems to understand the pull he feels between music and magic, between family and friends. Then a famous ventriloquist arrives in town, and the Misfits are sure he (and...
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