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Amitié Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Bears Fiction Best friends Fiction Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.) Fiction Dogs Fiction Friendship Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Japanese Americans Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Fiction World War, 1939-1945 United States FictionJacoby, Sarah
Summary: A scruffy stray dog follows a girl home, promising to stay by her side and be her loyal friend and companion for as long as she needs him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JACCarnesi, Mônica.
Summary: "Beatrice the bunny wants to share winter with her best friend, Bear, but he will be busy hibernating"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CARMancillas, Mónica
Summary: After her mother's sudden departure, twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez adjusts to her new life in an RV campground with her father, and finds her voice through new friendships and a love for Celia Cruz, the "queen of salsa."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MANJakobs, D. (Devlan)
Summary: A Hearth's Warming Eve celebration in Ponyville finds Twilight Sparkle and her friends starring in a special pageant to celebrate the story of the founding of Equestria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2018
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Summary: "Max the puppy has fallen in love. From the moment Emi walks into the shelter with her long black hair and bright smile, he knows she's meant to be his forever person. Emi's family has just moved to Maine from Japan, and he can tell that she is in desperate need of a friend like Max. After Emi adopts him, Max goes to live with her high up on a mountain homestead where he explores his new world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HASDenise, Anika
Summary: Stumbling on the same mysterious love letter in turn, best friends Hedgehog, Bunny, and Squirrel are reminded of the joys of friendship following a silly mix-up about their secret admirer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DENGrant, Jacob
Summary: Bear cares about keeping his house clean and tidy almost as much as he cares about his stuffed friend, Ursa, so he is determined to find the spider building messy webs there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E GRAGrant, Jacob
Summary: Cat struggles to adjust and find a way to overcome his disappointment when his best friend, Yarn, is transformed into an itchy, stuffy sweater that Cat initially despises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAMcCoola, Marika
Summary: "A young pottery student finds her artistic voice and first love at an art camp, while also coping with feelings of guilt and worry about her best friend, who recently attempted suicide"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MCCManyika, Sarah Ladipo
Summary: Morayo Da Silva, a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman, lives in hip San Francisco. On the cusp of seventy-five, she is in good health and makes the most of it, enjoying road trips in her vintage Porsche, chatting to strangers, and recollecting characters from her favourite novels. Then she has a fall and her independence crumbles. Without the support of family, she relies on friends and chance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cassava Republic Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MANHussain, Anika
Summary: Best friends Zara and Adnan navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics, and cultural stereotypes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUSHesse, Monica
Summary: Teens Haruko, a Japanese American, and Margot, a German American, form a life-changing friendship as everything around them starts falling apart in the Crystal City family internment camp during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HESArnaldo, Monica
Summary: "Grub is a lonely raccoon. Rumbling in the trash. Looking for food. Seed is, well, a seed! Patiently waiting in the trash. Hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub has just one big question first: What will Seed grow? Could Seed grow Grub's favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers? Seed isn't sure what a cheeseburger is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNJacobs, Jonathan E.
Summary: "Meet Hudson, a hippo. Fran, an earthworm. And Jean, a lightbulb. They have one thing in common: a profound appreciation for rhinos. So, they form a Secret Rhino Appreciation Society, in which a key activity it wearing paper horns. (Sometimes this results in a fire. That's what happens when a lightbulb wears a paper horn.) But when they meet their first real, live rhino and ask her to do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JACGrant, Jacob
Summary: When Spider's kite gets stuck in a tree, he looks to his friend Bear for help, even though Bear hesitates to leave his comfort zone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019
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Summary: Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a 'family internment camp' for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways, except for one that seems to override all the others: the camp is changing them, day by day and piece by piece. Haruko finds herself consumed by fear for her soldier brother and distrust of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HESRoe, Monica
Summary: Twelve-year-old Emmie is working to raise money for a tricked-out wheelchair to get serious about WCMX, when a mishap on a poorly designed ramp at school throws her plans into a tailspin. Emmie loves her close-knit rural town, but she can't shake the feeling that her goals, and her choices, suddenly aren't hers anymore. With the help of her best friends, Emmie makes a plan to get her dreams off...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC ROEBrown, Monica
Summary: "A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together ... and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BROSotomayor, Sonia
Summary: Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Dis SotomayorCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SOTCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOTHoefler, Kate
Summary: Rabbit lives, happy and content, in a wheat field, never venturing outside its bounds; but he enjoys old Dog's stories of life on the road with his motorbike--so when Dog dies and leaves Rabbit his bike, Rabbit starts to feel the powerful pull of the openroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOEClanton, Ben
Summary: Presents the adventures of a happy-go-lucky, waffle-loving narwhal and a cynical, no-nonsense jellyfish as they forge an unlikely friendship and explore the ocean together.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CLAOliver, Jamie
Summary: Discovering a secret way into Waterfall Woods, which is out of bounds, Billy and his best friends discover a world of magic and unusual creatures who need their help, sending them on an unforgettable adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2023
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Summary: Henry would like to find a friend at school, but for a boy on the autism spectrum, making friends can be difficult, as his efforts are sometimes misinterpreted, or things just go wrong--but Henry keeps trying, and in the end he finds a friend he can playwith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAIMillner, Denene
Summary: In this heartfelt story about self-discovery, Miles Morales, aka Spider-Man, explores what it means to be an artist, a superhero and himself as he befriends a fellow artist who helps him learn more about his Puerto Rican heritage and the importance of his neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2023