House, Silas
Summary: In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Fiction HouGiles, Lamar
Summary: After Virgil Hawkins reveals his secret identity as Static to his girlfriend, Daisy, she breaks up with him, leaving him free to go to a big music festival with his best friend Richie Foley (also known as superhero Gear), but they soon run into girls who each have secret identities of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 GILSims, Lesley
Summary: A lively story with irresistible illustrations, this book is a delight to share with very young children. It can also be enjoyed by children who are beginning to read for themselves. The simple rhyming text is a great way to develop essential language and early reading skills, and there are guidance notes for parents at the back of the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIMSimard, 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 SIMSima, Jessie
Summary: Nimbus the pegasus wonders why she cannot be sunny all the time like everyone else, but when she introduces her friend Kelp to her cloud, she finds the unicorn is a very good listener.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Ms. Battersby has announced that Sadiq's third-grade class will be having elections for student government! Everyone is buzzing with excitement, but Sadiq isn't sure about any of it. Should he run for one of the positions? He does lots of research and gets good advice from his parents and siblings. Watching an inspiring speech finally helps him decide exactly what he wants to do. But when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUNuurali, Siman
Summary: Eight-year-old Sadiq wants to try out for the youth football team like his friends, but his parents feel he is too young, and instead suggest that he take up running and join the track club--Sadiq feels that running is wimpy, but the coach convinces him that running races can be fun as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUNuurali, Siman
Summary: After a family hike in a nearby park, Sadiq forms the Explorers Club with his friends, who then help a neighbor create a nature-themed scavenger hunt for the Fourth of July celebration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUNuurali, Siman
Summary: When Sadiq and his friends form a theater club Sadiq, as director, thinks he must do everything until the director of his big sister Aliya's show tells him about delegating. Includes glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUHills, Tad
Summary: Rocket and Bella find the perfect pumpkin, but it rolls away from them and they chase it all the way to Mr. Barker's house, where it makes their friend very happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green HillsTimms, Barry
Summary: This gentle and lyrical story connects the love that nurtures plants with the love that nurtures our relationships with one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln First Editions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TIMFipps, Lisa
Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FIPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FIPWiles, Deborah
Summary: Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any friendships here because they will just disappear as soon as the family moves again--but Aurora County has other ideas, and so does a girl named Ruby Lavender who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILWiles, Deborah.
Summary: In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILNicholas, Jamar
Summary: "Leon is an ordinary kid who becomes extraordinary when he fights a supervillain to save his school! In the city where Leon lives, superheroes--and supervillains--are commonplace. So how does an ordinary kid like Leon, who has no superpowers himself, become the superhero he wants to be? When all his classmates suddenly become obsessed with a new phone app that turns them into zombies, Leon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NICTimms, Barry
Summary: "This book is NOT about a unicorn! Well....OK, maybe it is! But THIS unicorn has a horn that can turn into the most incredible things--a magic wand, a helicopter, even a rocket ship! It's the most fantastic unicorn EVER! Join the hilarious adventure and prepare to be amazed by your marvelous new friend."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow Inc. 2023
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Summary: Despite his friends' support, Mo is sad about being the only white peacock in a colorful jungle until the night of the big dance, when he discovers that being different can feel great.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SINHills, Tad.
Summary: "Rocket, the star of Tad Hills's New York Times-bestselling picture books, meets some new puppy friends in this brand-new, original board book! Rocket and his friends, Bella and Owl, go to the farm and meet five puppies. Clover is brown, Snowball is white with a pink nose, Winnie is black, Marigold is golden, and Razzy, the smallest, has gray spots. The puppies show Rocket and his friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HILDougherty, Brandi
Summary: What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Inspired by Pixar Animation Studios latest film, The Good Dinosaur, this jacketed picture book features everyone's favorite new prehistoric characters and is complemented by stunning original artwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC DOUChainani, Soman
Summary: The students at the School for Good and Evil thought they had found their final Ever After when they vanquished the malevolent School Master. Now, on their required fourth-year quests, the students face obstacles both dangerous and unpredictable, and the stakes are high: success brings eternal adoration, and failure means obscurity forever. For their quests, Agatha and Tedros are trying to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CHASoman, David.
Summary: When Lulu invites her friends from the Bug Squad to come over for a play date, she wants everything to go just as she has planned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOMChainani, Soman
Summary: The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in this sixth and final book of Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling fantasy series. Who will sit on Camelot's throne and rule the Endless Woods? Who will be the One True King?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Lulu is excited to play with the toy that her best friend Finny brings over, but when the toy loses a wheel and fixing it becomes a game in itself, Lulu realizes that it's even better to play with Finny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOMSoman, David
Summary: "While at the farmers' market with her mama, Ladybug Girl spies some rescue dogs and, together with the Bug Squad, finds one of them a forever home, vowing to return again to help the others"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018