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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...
84) The lost Dreamer
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Indir is a Dreamer, descended from a long line of seers; able to see beyond reality, she carries the rare gift of Dreaming truth. But when the beloved king dies, his son has no respect for this time-honored tradition. King Alcan wants an opportunity to bring the Dreamers to a permanent end--an opportunity Indir will give him if he discovers the two secrets she is struggling to keep. As violent change shakes Indir's world to its core, she is forced...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brave, is an epic adventure set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. Determined to carve her own path in life, a skilled archer named Princess Merida defies a sacred age-old custom--and inadvertently unleashes a beastly curse upon the kingdom. To set things right, Merida embarks on a perilous quest and discovers the meaning of true bravery.
86) Almost home
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
264 p.: ill.; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pura Belpré Author Honor Award
** Four starred reviews!**
A powerful and expertly told novel in verse about a twelve-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 about a twelve-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...
88) 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
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Told in their separate voices, sixteen year old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen year old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in whic
Told in their separate voices, sixteen year old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen year old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom....
Author
Series
Third grade mermaid volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Cora the mermaid is having trouble with spelling, but if she wants to stay on the Singing Sirens swim team she has get an A on her next test--so her mother gives her a "magic" diary that compels her to practice writing, while her friends explain to her the concept of studying.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"At the start of seventh grade, Kyra believes her alcoholic mother, who has been sober for five years, has relapsed and with no one to count on, not even her best friend, she starts to question whether being just enough is not enough at all"--
92) August Isle
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"For years, Miranda has stared at postcards of August Isle, Florida. The town where her mother spent her summers as a girl. The town that Miranda has always ached to visit. She just never wanted it to happen this way. When she arrives on the Isle, alone and uncertain, to stay the summer with an old friend of her mother's, Miranda discovers a place even more perfect than she imagined. And she finds a new friend in Sammy, "Aunt" Clare's daughter. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
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.
94) Little Women
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
95) Little Night
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, Little Night, to get ready for bed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The highly anticipated sequel to Melissa Albert's beloved, New York Times bestselling debut The Hazel Wood! In The Night Country, Alice Proserpine dives back into a menacing, mesmerizing world of dark fairy tales and hidden doors. Follow her and Ellery Finch as they learn The Hazel Wood was just the beginning, and that worlds die not with a whimper, but a bang. With Finch's help, Alice escaped the Hinterland and her reclusive grandmother's dark legacy....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Hazel knows a lot about the world. That's because when she's not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats on her family's farm, she loves reading through dusty encyclopedias. But even Hazel doesn't have answers for the questions awaiting her as she enters eighth grade. What if no one at her new school gets her, and she doesn't make any friends? What's going to happen to one of her moms, who's pregnant again...
99) A mother's love
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Merida is a princess. Her mother is the queen. Can their love save the kingdom?"--P. [4] of cover.
"Pixar Animation Studio's 13th animated feature film, Disney/Pixar Brave, is an epic adventure set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. Determined to carve her own path in life, a skilled archer named Princess Merida defies a sacred age-old custom - and inadvertently unleashes a beastly curse upon the kingdom. To set things right, Merida...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Pearl Moran cannot imagine life without the historic but under-utilized branch of the New York Public Library where she was born (in the Memorial Room) and where her single mother works as the circulation librarian; the other librarians, the neighborhood people, the raccoons, and most of the 41,000 plus books all form the structure and essence of her life--but when someone cuts off the head of the library's statue of Edna St. Vincent...
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