Brunt, Carol Rifka
Summary: Her world upended by the death of a beloved artist uncle who was the only person who understood her, fourteen-year-old June is mailed a teapot by her uncle's grieving friend, with whom June forges a poignant relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRUBrunt, Carol Rifka.
Summary: "1987. There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction BruntKeating, Jess
Summary: "Someone who goes by the name of "V" is planning to unleash a lethal virus that could destroy the human race, and it is up to Nikki Tesla and her friends from the Genius Academy (which has been blamed for an international incident and shut down), to uncover the villain (who is closer to them than they realize) and find a way to stop the biological attack--an effort that will cost Nikki her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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Summary: When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DUMEliopulos, Andrew
Summary: "Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself: his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: Teenage Nora uncovers dangerous secrets and eerie local lore surrounding disappearances in her small town, where a teacher and three high school students, including her best friend, go missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALBSummary: Bink & Gollie : Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2014
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Summary: With weird swamp noises swirling around him, Beak the Bird cannot get any sleep until his friend Ally the alligator shows him where the racket is coming from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FEUO'Neal, Kristen
Summary: A diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease during her sophomore year at Stanford sends Priya back to her loving but overbearing family in New Jersey. Will she ever be able to go back to premed? Thankfully she has her online pen pal, Brigid, and the "oof ouch my bones" virtual support group that meets on Discord to crack jokes and vent about their own chronic illnesses. When Brigid suddenly goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC O'NEHickey, Caroline
Summary: On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HICCurry, Stephen
Summary: It's the first day of school for Zoe, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school's soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Zoe, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different--and what it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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Summary: All the children in the third grade except Zeke Meeks are playing with the newest fad, Puppet Pals finger puppets--will Zeke give in to the pressure and join them, even though he would much rather play basketball?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRENazemian, Abdi
Summary: It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Nazemian 2019Probert, Tim
Summary: After a battle that nearly cost them their lives, Bea and Cad awaken in the hidden settlement of the Arsai, mysterious creatures who can glimpse into the future. The Arsai's vision paints a dire picture for their planet, as the bird Kest Ke Belenus--now awoken from a restless slumber--threatens to destroy all the Lights of Irpa. Desperate for a solution, Bea and Cad seek out the help of a water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "When the coding club finds that their app has a malicious user, Morgan, Zoey, and Daniel code an update to contend with a mischievous AI llama that's guiding a not-so-popular kid named Marcus to cause chaos in the school. Annoying little siblings, chaotic pranks, and more abound as they race to repair the glitchy app--and their own friendships--in their school before the damage is irreversible"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Fourteen-year-old Ellie Magari's mother left shortly after Ellie was born, and her father has raised her, but Ellie always figured that one day she would meet her mother and ask her some pertinent questions--but now her mother has died, and Ellie does not know exactly how to feel about that, but she is determined, with the help of her friends in the St. Francis of Assisi's Howling Wolves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ACAArlow, Jake Maia
Summary: Twelve-year-old Al, short for Alison, navigates an overprotective mother, growing apart from her best friend, and her first girl crush, all while her recent Crohn's diagnosis puts a knot in her stomach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ARLZiegler, Jennifer
Summary: William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ZIEMoyes, Jojo
Summary: Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life -- steady boyfriend, close family -- who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, now wheelchair-bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life -- big deals, extreme sports, world travel -- and he's pretty sure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MOYHahn, Sabina
Summary: "A squad of frogs is excited when they spot a Very Big Frog in their pond. But when the creature says that he isn't a frog, the frogs insist that he's the one who is wrong. What happens when the creature has had enough of the frogs' quibbling? Find out in this pitch-perfect, hilarious read-aloud about misunderstandings, imagination, forgiveness, and friendship!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HAHNielsen, Jennifer A.
Summary: When the lethal plague known as the Scourge returns to Keldan the victims are sent to Attic Island, and Ani Mells of the River People is among them--but Ani does not feel sick, and with the help of her best friend, Weevil, she sets out to uncover the truth of what is happening, and expose the lies the people of Keldan have been told.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION NIEMaddox, Jake
Summary: Once an inseparable trio, whether in their little band or on the football field, Justin, Tony, and Miles have drifted apart in middle school (Justin to band and his old friends to sports); now, after a summer of jamming, Justin decides to try out the football team with his old friends--but he finds little encouragement from them, and he misses the new friends he made in the school band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: "Bo Tinseltail and friends meet a kitsune who helps them find a cure after they all catch the Glitter Bug"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2023
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Summary: When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he decides to shrink his name to the shorter, simpler Zim, but when his new friend Elly sees him for who he truly is, Zimdalamashkermishkada finds the confidence to step proudly into his long name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023