Glaser, Karina Yan
Summary: From the New York Times best-selling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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Summary: "When Merlin the owl tries to make a friend, it takes a little more practice than he expected"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2023
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Summary: Now thirteen years old, Riley must navigate her emotions and Sense of Self as she finds her way leading the Foghorns hockey team, laying plans for high school and with her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House 2024
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIUDutra, Sally
Summary: "The first book in a hilarious early chapter book series, starring a lovable vampire trying to find his place in an unfamiliar world. 'In many ways, fourth-grader Frankie D is a typical "new kid." He's anxious about fitting in at school, hopes he makes friends and that he doesn't forget where the bathroom is. One major thing sets him apart, though: Frankie is a vampire. But he's not your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2024
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Summary: Simon gets carried away storytelling and immediately regrets announcing his plan to climb Mount Aquarius, but his friends are so excited for him that he does not have to heart to tell them the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REEReef, Cora
Summary: Little Simon Seahorse likes to tell stories, and if some of them are embellished, it just makes for a better story; but when his lucky pearl disappears after Sea and Tell at Coral Grove Elementary he and his friends have a real-life treasure to find -- and of course it will become a super story to tell, one that hardly needs embellishment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REEReef, Cora
Summary: Simon and his best friend, Olive Octopus, attend summer camp together, but when Olive befriends Cam Crab, Simon questions if Olive is still his best friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REEMiller, Sara (Sara F.)
Summary: In this 24-page illustrated book, written from Vampirina's very unique point of view, we learn all about the new ghoul on the block and explore her amazingly monsterful world!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017
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Summary: While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC PENShepard, Sara
Summary: When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Fiction SheWest, Kara
Summary: After a weird storm, Mia's superpowers are transferred to her best friend, Eddie, and she gets to train him to use them at her secret school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WESWest, Kara
Summary: Mia is excited about her first superspeed training class, but a bully on her relay team leads her to lose her shadow and, worse, to snap at her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WESWest, Kara
Summary: Unable to control her super-strength, Mia accidentally causes mayhem at school and must rely on her friends to help her repair things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WESPennypacker, Sara
Summary: Ware can't wait to spend summer 'off in his own world,' dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure meaningful social interaction and whatever activities so-called 'normal' kids do. On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PENPennypacker, Sara
Summary: What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the towns librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever. From an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Waylon and Baxter share in the care of a stray dog, Dumpster Eddy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PENSaedi, Sara
Summary: Best friends Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales grapple with the complexities of their relationship even while they spend their senior year apart due to a pandemic that disproportionately affects young people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAEShepard, Sara
Summary: Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, worries that her best friend is drifting away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHEShepard, Sara
Summary: "Penny and her friends find an old map that takes them on a search through their town for hidden treasure"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: After their missing friend's body is found and another of their friends commits suicide, four former best friends live in fear of their secrets being exposed by someone who is stalking them via their cell phones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SHEDeedy, Carmen Agra
Summary: Rita and Ralph live on neighboring hills and they are best friends, until a silly accident while goofing around ends up with both of them angry and unhappy--and they both need to find a way to heal the break in their relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEEThomas, Kara
Summary: It was supposed to be the perfect prom weekend getaway: three best friends, a lake house, a secret trip. But it's clear something terrible happened when Claire wakes up alone and bloodied on a hiking trail-- with no memory of the past forty-eight hours. She remembers Friday night, but after that, nothing. Now Kat and Jesse are missing. The answers are buried somewhere in Claire's memory-- and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOFarizan, Sara
Summary: Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it's 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren't speaking anymore. How could they be, when Cori is sure Sam is dead and Maz thinks he may have been kidnapped by a supernatural pinball machine? These days, all Maz wants to do is party, buy CDs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin 2022