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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Far and near. Lost and found. Four girls. Four generations. Georgia cannot figure out what's going on in her family. Her mother, Francie, is extremely overprotective. Her grandmother, Dana, and her great-grandmother, Abby, don't speak to each other. And Georgia's great-great-grandmother also had some secrets that nobody else knows about. Georgia knows this because she's found her great-great grandmother's diary hidden in a wall in the family's house...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarah writes letters to her hero, To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch, for help understanding her mentally ill mother, her first real crush, and life in her small Texas town, all in the course of one momentous summer.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Branded the class loser, twelve-year-old Basil reluctantly becomes friends with a bossy new girl who, like Basil, has synesthesia and comes to Basil's aid when his estranged mother returns and turns his life upside down.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
166 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As sixty-year-old John Gregory reflects on the past, he reveals how the world of ghosts, ghasts, witches, and boggarts was exposed to him and he later became the Spook, even though his first intention had been to join the priesthood.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn't mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . . When his mom temporarily moves them to the small town in Ohio where she grew up to take care of Nikhil's sick grandfather, Nikhil feels as out of orbit as his character. Nikhil's fame lands him the lead in the school musical, but he's...
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
483 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When young Halli Sveinsson takes a practical joke too far, he is forced to leave the House of Svein and go on a hero's quest where he encounters highway robbers, terrifying monsters, and a girl who may be as fearless as he is.
Author
Series
Pippa Park volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Korean American Pippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat, and fitting in. Eliot, her math tutor--and the cutest boy at school--is finally paying attention to her. And Marvel--her childhood friend--is making her required volunteering much more interesting. But things with the Royals, her new friends and teammates who rule the school, still feel a bit...
Author
Series
Mr. Terupt volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The kids discover their beloved Mr. Terupt is moving away at the end of the school year and begin hatching plans to make this year unforgettable.
11) The potter's boy
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ryo witnesses a lone warrior scare bandits away from the village in which he has grown up, and sets his heart on training to become like the hero he saw. He sets out on a journey to find his way in the world, and his encounters with the people he meets leads him to a true understanding of what it means to follow his dream.
14) Stuck
Author
Language
English
Description
If Austin picked a color to describe his life, it would be tumbleweed brown. Austin doesn't like standing out. He moves a lot, so he's always the new kid, and there's no hiding his size. Plus, Austin has a secret ... one he's become an expert at hiding. Then Austin meets Bertie, who is razzmatazz. Everything about Bertie is bursting! But the best part of Austin's newest school is the Safety Squad, with their laser lemon vests. Their cool confidence...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, the half-Jewish half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.
Author
Series
Red gloves series volume 4
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times bestselling author comes a heartwarming tale of a girl whose only wish is to be held by the father she never knew.
Raised in a political family, 15-year-old Hannah Roberts lives a lonely life with her wealthy, unaffectionate grandmother while her parents work abroad. As Christmas nears, Hannah learns a shocking truth: the man she believed was her father is not her parent after all. In an effort to find answers,...20) The kaya girl
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fourteen-year-olds Abena and Faiza, girls from vastly different worlds, cross paths in chaotic Makola Market in Accra, Ghana, and forge a beautiful bond that changes the path of each of their lives"--
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