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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
Author
Series
Dark ascension novel volume 1
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Attending the royal debut party, their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to their cruel and bitter mother's expectations, sisters Drizella and Anastasia get a taste of freedom, pitting them against a mother whose greatest power lies in manipulation.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sent to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad, Rika meets a group of kids with elemental powers called Minders, who reveal that her long-lost mom is in danger, sending Rika on a magical adventure where she must learn to believe in herself to destroy evil.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Musical prodigy Rosie stops playing the violin, upsetting her ambitious mother but making room in her life for new experiences, including a glitch in space-time that lets her meet her mom as a twelve-year-old"--
7) Throwback
Author
Publisher
Zando Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Priscilla is first-generation Korean American, a former high school cheerleader who expects Sam to want the same all- American nightmare. Meanwhile, Sam is a girl of the times who has no energy for clicȟd high school aspirations. After a huge blowup, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead, finds herself thrown back. Way back. To her shock, Sam lands in the '90s . . . alongside a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now, Sam has to deal with...
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 6
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Dory's separation anxiety from her mother turns into a ghostly, goofy escapade.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Marisol and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. When her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn't say. When Marisol sleeps with her best friend's boyfriend--- and then punches said best friend in the face--- she is left alone with nothing but a burning anger. As a new friendship begins to develop, Marisol reluctantly starts to open...
Author
Publisher
Eyebright Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far. Ianthe was only six years old when her mother vanished and the strange statue appeared in the river near her home. Now, eleven years later, the statue stands as a memorial and a place where Ianthe often visits to tell her mother about her life. But when an old acquaintance returns to town and suggests...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pura Belpré Author Honor Award
** Four starred reviews!**
A powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis by an award-winning poet.
Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water...
** Four starred reviews!**
A powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis by an award-winning poet.
Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water...
12) Hungry ghost
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
198 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all, thin. No one, not even her best friend Jordan, knows that she has been binging and purging for years. But when tragedy strikes, Val finds herself taking a good, hard look at her priorities, her choices, and her own body. The path to happiness may lead her away from her hometown and her mother's toxic projections, but first she will have to find the strength to seek help
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