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Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears...
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin PIX
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin PIX hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"Snail is a merry little mollusk in his rusty bucket filled with strawberries. Strawberries are his favorite treat, but when he eats himself sick, his best friend Ladybug tells him he has to move away from the yummy red fruit. She takes him looking for a forever home, but Snail roams away from his friend and runs into a hungry Chicken. Rut-roh! Will he make it to his new home or be a tasty treat for this famished, feathered fiend?"--
23) Birdsong
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Publisher
Greystone Kids/Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
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"When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of [nature and art]. Can the girl navigate the changing seasons and failing health of her new friend?"--Publisher marketing.
24) Circus Mirandus
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
Language
English
Description
""When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life""--
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Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 19
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
88 p. ill. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Junie B.'s journal entries start with Room One's stomach virus excitement, the first-grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship.
26) Fever, 1793
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English
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
27) Powwow day
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 5
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Polly's stay with her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious strangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation.
29) Bob, not Bob!
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Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob, ' who happens to be the family dog"--
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