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Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although not thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her family and embarrassed because one of her moms is writing a tell-all book about the trip, twelve-year-old Sara Johnston-Fischer finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 1
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Sam, who lives with her siblings and mothers in a house on Sunrise Lagoon, tries to come up with a plan to save the family's charter boat business before the summer is over"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"--but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.
6) My Maddy
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.
9) Everblaze
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
609 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sophie Foster is ready to fight back. Her talents are getting stronger, and with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she's determined to find her kidnappers - before they come after her again. But a daring mistake leaves her world teetering on the edge of war, and causes many to fear that she has finally gone too far. And the deeper Sophie searches, the farther the conspiracy stretches, proving that her most dangerous enemy might...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devastated when her parents separate, twelve-year-old Rebecca must move with her mother from Baltimore to Gran's house in Atlanta, where Rebecca discovers an old bread box with the power to grant any wish--so long as the wished-for thing fits in the bread box.
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
[38] pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zak's Safari is a book about donor-conceived kids of two-mom families. When the rain spoils Zak's plan for a safari adventure, he invites the reader on a very special tour of his family instead. Zak shows us how his parents met, fell in love, and wanted more than anything to have a baby--so they decided to make one.
13) Dream on, Amber
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Amber's Japanese father left when she was little, and her sister Bella was just a baby, so now she fills in the frustrating gap in her life with imagined conversations, and writes letters to Bella that seem to come from their father.
Author
Publisher
House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways ? but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new...
15) Genius Jolene
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated early chapter book, Jolene travels with her long-haul trucker father to Los Angeles."--
16) Nightfall
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
794 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sophie Foster is still struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeated. The Neverseen have had their victories--but the battle is far from over. It's time to change tactics. Make sacrifices. Reexamine everything. Maybe even time for Sophie to trust her enemies. All paths lead to Nightfall--an ominous door to an even more ominous place--and Sophie and her friends strike a dangerous bargain to get there. But nothing...
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 1
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cruz leaves his tranquil home in Hawaii to join 23 talented kids from around the globe to train at the Explorer Academy with the world's leading scientists to become the next generation of great explorers. But for Cruz, there's more at stake. No sooner has he arrived at the Academy than he discovers that his family has a mysterious past with the organization that could jeopardize his future. In the midst of codebreaking and cool classes, new friends...
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
19) I hope
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives."--
20) Honestly Elliott
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Elliot has been struggling since starting middle school, when his ADHD spiraled and his best friend moved away. He's not too sure where he fits in with his own family either, especially since his newly remarried dad and stepmom are expecting a baby. Especially when he already feels like his dad just doesn't get him - or his passion for cooking. In the kitchen, it's actually a good thing to have a brain that goes in six directions at once. When he's...
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