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Sumner, Jamie

Summary: Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019

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Miller, Kalena

Summary: The unforgettable tale of a girl, her maybe-criminal mom, her babysitting business, and her pet pineapple.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2024

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Marx, Mandy R.

Summary: Betty the Yeti moves to a new apartment and friendly neighbors bring the Yetis spaghetti for dinner, but for Betty it is nothing like she expected.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAR

Shang, Wendy Wan Long

Summary: Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHA

Hofmann-Maniyar, Ariane

Summary: "Cuando la madre de Nieve dice que se mudarán a un nuevo y emocionante lugar, Nieve no está tan segura. Le gusta su casa y sus amigos, y la diversión que tienen juntos. El viaje dura una eternidad y su nuevo hogar es muy extraño. Todo es diferente: el clima, la comida, la gente y el idioma. Nieve intenta hacer amigos, pero todos parecen estar demasiado ocupados y preocupados como para prestarle...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Child's Play Inc. 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH HOF

Liu, Dane

Summary: Just before Chinese New Year, Dandan discovers that her family is moving to America, far away from her best friend Yueyue; before they leave Yueyue gives her a stack of red paper and a spool of string so she can share the art of paper cutting with Americans--and when Chinese New Year comes around again Dandan remembers Yueyue's gift and introduces her new friend Christina to this ancient art.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIU

West, Jacqueline

Summary: Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WES

Wang, Andrea

Summary: "A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WAN

Faruqi, Reem

Summary: Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015

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Ogle, Rex

Summary: Will thought his life couldn't get any worse when his mom moved them from New York City to the tiny town of East Emerson. But Will was wrong. The town was filled with monsters, and he's the only person who can see them.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC OGL

Lee, Sophia N.

Summary: After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LEE

Belt, Gabriela Orozco

Summary: "When Maribel's family has to move in with Tía Carmen because Papi lost his job, Maribel and her sister feel unsettled. It's not always easy sharing a room or being in a house full of loud cousins, but Papi reminds the girls that it's only por un ratito--just for a little while. In the meantime, there is always someone to play with, the mealtimes are filled with music and laughter, and bedtime...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEL

Ogle, Rex

Summary: Will Hunter thought his life couldn't get any worse - his parents just got divorced ; his best (and only) friend now is his dog, Fitz ; and his Mom moved them from New York City to a middle-of-nowhere town called East Emerson. But Will was wrong - things are about to get way worse. Because East Emerson is filled with a whole lot of monsters that only he can see. To everyone else they look like...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OGL

McDunn, Gillian

Summary: Eleven-year-old Simon is ready to make the Tangerine Pines his forever home, but when a robbery occurs in the apartment building, he and his new friend set out to solve the case and keep his family from moving again.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCD

Frederick, Heather Vogel.

Summary: "Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FRE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRE

Ursu, Anne

Summary: "The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart-whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street-very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC URS

Berkowitz, Leah Rachel

Summary: "A boy and his mom move to the city shortly before Sukkot and need to figure out where to build a sukkah and how to make new holiday traditions in an unfamiliar place"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Apples & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BER

Cabot, Meg

Summary: Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2008

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Goodluck, Laurel

Summary: Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara's family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad--but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GOO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOO

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE GOO

Sorell, Traci

Summary: On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

Todd-Stanton, Joe

Summary: "When Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts glow and grow, Nyla can't resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before ... but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2022

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Skovron, Kelley

Summary: When Stan's mom gets the job offer of a lifetime at a cutting-edge tech company, Stan packs his bags and exchanges Chicago for Springfield, home to the secretive tech behemoth, DeCobray Industries . . . Saying goodbye to big-city life is only the first challenge Stan faces in moving to Springfield, a town that's eerily under the thumb of his mother's powerful employer. DeCobray has its hand in...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Daciūtė, Evelina

Summary: A beautifully illustrated story for children about the nature of happiness. Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. And then something unexpected happens - Paul befriends a wise, friendly fox on a walk home from the bakery. The fox gives Paul a space to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAC

West, Jacqueline

Summary: Eleven-year-old Fiona finds a mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a disappearance. Soon Fiona begins to notice strange similarities that blur the lines between the novel and her new town. With a little help from a few odd Lost Lake locals, Fiona uncovers the book's strange history.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WES

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