Lowe, Mari
Summary: A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOWJohnston, Aviaq
Summary: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHCuevas, Mayra
Summary: Neither Malena nor Ruby expected to be leaders of their high school's dress code rebellion. Meanwhile, the girls have to face their own insecurities and biases, as well as the ups and downs of their newfound friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CUEDunn, Gaby
Summary: Ava and Gen, best friends, are heading off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. They stay in touch with texts and emails, documenting their weird roommates, self-discovery, coming out, and mental health. As each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship survive the distance?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DUNMarcero, Deborah
Summary: In their new adventures, Haylee and Comet celebrate what it means to grow and change, and to take another "trip around the sun." Perfectly capturing both the worry and excitement that change brings, this sweet story reminds us of the comfort in friends and the beauty in transformation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARSimard, Rémy
Summary: "Meet Morris. He loves worms in his spaghetti and zombie bowling. Meet Simone. She loves flowers and puppies. Despite their differences, Simone and Morris are best friends. Even if Simone won't eat worms. Jokes abound as we join these two unlikely friends in their hilarious adventures in Morris's monster world!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SIMVelasquez, Crystal
Summary: Jasmine Arroyo loves volunteering with her veterinarian mom at the Kew Gardens Animal Shelter. When Jasmine learns that the shelter will have to turn away new animals unless it can raise funds to expand, she is determined to help in any way she can. The shelter is throwing a fundraiser and the girls decide to create a kids craft corner. They can draw pictures of all the shelter animals to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE VELHapka, Cathy
Summary: With just a few weeks until the wedding, Aunt Sophie's fiancé, Henry, has gone missing in the jungle. It's up to Olivia and her friends to save him. But the jungle is a dangerous place, and there's no telling what they might encounter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Russell, Rachel Renée.
Summary: Nikki has to hide seven ADORKABLE puppies from two parents, one nosy little sister, an entire middle school, and ... one mean girl out for revenge, Mackenzie Hollister. If anyone can do it, it's Nikki ... but not without some hilarious challenges along the way!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD RUSHowden, Sarah
Summary: "During a special Girl Scouts trip, Darlene gets to camp out on the front lawn of the White House! But will she find the courage to show Michelle Obama her knot-tying skills?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HOWBailey, Catherine
Summary: Lucy loves Sherman the lobster from the time they meet at Flotsam's Fish Market. When she learns of Chef Pierre's plans for Sherman, she takes action to rescue the eighteen-pound, eighty-year-old crustacean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Bailey 2017Guillaume, Jenna
Summary: The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing over vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone. Not when her Dad is AWOL and her gorgeous older sister has returned to rock Maisie's already shaky confidence. And especially not when her best friend starts flirting with the boy she's always loved. But Maisie's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GUIMiller, Kayla
Summary: "With their first formal school dance around the corner, Beth and Chanda are on a mission to make it the best night ever. Step one? Secure the perfect dresses so they can dominate the dance floor! But when neither of them can find an outfit that lives up to their high expectations--and when they encounter unexpected pressure to find dates--these besties will need to lean on their friendship...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MILBailey, Susanna
Summary: When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster-care family on a remote Exmoor farm in the midst of a very cold winter, she is full of hurt, anger and a deep mistrust of everyone around her. Until one day, when she rescues a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow and Addie discovers that perhaps she's not so alone after all. And as adventure and unexpected friendship blossom, Addie is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAIRamée, Lisa Moore
Summary: Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn't have any friends, and she's just fine with that. She's so good at being invisible in school, it's almost like she has a superpower, like her idol, Astrid Dane. Then a new student shows up at school, a boy named Aubrey. The more she tries to push him away, the more he seems determined to be her friend. But when the two are paired up for a class debate about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD RAMDiller, Janelle.
Summary: Nine-year-old Brooke Mason has lived all her life on a ranch in the Colorado Rockies. Now she's headed to Austria with her mom. They get to stay in Schloss Mueller, an ancient Austrian castle. Even better? There's a girl Brooke's age to play with! Eva, the girl who lives in Schloss Mueller, is thrilled to meet Brooke. Unfortunately, the castle's ghost isn't quite so happy!
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorldTrek Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Diller 2013Van Draanen, Wendelin
Summary: In 1936, at seven, Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy's family owned the farm, and Ginny Rose's were pickers, escaping the Oklahoma dust storms. Ten years, hard miles, and a world war later, Ginny Rose's family is back in town and their differences feel somehow starker. Especially since Peggy's new best friend, Lisette, is a wealthy banker's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VANVelasquez, Crystal
Summary: "Madison is excited about a school project reading to dogs at the shelter, but she's also worried her friends will discover she's not a strong reader. Then Madison is paired with Buddy, a nervous golden retriever puppy. Buddy has to get over his fear of people if he's ever going to be adopted. Will Madison let her friends in on her secret so she can truly help Buddy?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE VELLockhart, E.
Summary: Each summer the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family meets on their private island. Cadence, Johnny, Mirren, and Gat are a unit, especially during "summer 15," marking their fifteenth year on Beechwood-- the summer that Cady and Gat fall in love. Cady became involved in a mysterious accident, in which she sustained a blow to the head, and now suffers from debilitating migraines and memory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Goerz, Gillian
Summary: "Jamila Waheed does not want to spend her first summer in a new neighborhood at science camp when she could be shooting hoops at the local basketball court. And Shirley Bones is looking for a summer of freedom too. When the two girls meet, they quickly figure out a solution for each other's predicaments: Their moms agree to let them spend the summer together, hanging out on the basketball...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Johnson, Varian
Summary: "When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes a young African American woman named Siobhan Washington. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding the letter writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. Grandma tried and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JOHMara, Maddy
Summary: "Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler, the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves have unbelievable abilities ... As Dragon Girls, they are sworn protectors of the forest and must help keep it safe from the troublesome Shadow Sprites, who are determined to take the forest's magic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MARSalazar, Alicia
Summary: At dance camp Camila teams up with new friends Lulu and Raisa and they enter the dance competition Las Estrellas; but when Camila injures her ankle it looks like they are out of the contest--until Raisa suggests they perform a sitting dance from India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: Yasmin and her friend Emma are going to the ice rink, but Yasmin is nervous and does not want to admit that she has never skated, so she delays going on the ice as long as possible--but when she falls down Emma's mother offers to teach her, and Emma helps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022