Khan, Hena
Summary: Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KHATaddonio, Lea
Summary: Damien is afraid of the dark. That's no big deal except for the fact that his dad happens to be the bogeyman, and worse, he expects Damien to grow up and follow in his footsteps, scaring human children on Halloween night. Can Damien convince his dad that he'd rather make candy than scare children?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TADWells, Tina
Summary: While eleven-year-old June is preparing for the school musical, her secret blog containing her innermost thoughts is released to the whole school, forcing her to deal with consequences of her dishonesty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WELCarr, Jan (M. J.)
Summary: After an author visits their classroom, Buddy and his friends are inspired to write about their pets, but something seems off about the things Bea is saying about her cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc. 2024
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Summary: Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PAUGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When Destiny Washington cannot think of a discovery during Discovery Week at school, she makes up a story, but finds that she cannot keep on pretending it is true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GIFO'Connor, Jane.
Summary: Nancy writes a report for school about her great-grandfather, making things up so he seems less ordinary, but when she learns that Grandpa will be there to hear her read the report aloud she realizes she was dishonest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OCOAbercrombie, Barbara.
Summary: When Matthew has nothing for show-and-tell one day, he tells the class that he has a lion living at his house, but when his classmates want to come see it he must decide what to do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2006
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Summary: In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importance of telling the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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Summary: Lily Lattuga finally feels settled after moving to a new town and starting the fourth grade at a new school. She gets to live right across the lake from her best friend, Darby, who loves frogs and drawing just as much as Lily does. They even have their own club: the Rizzlerunks. But then things start going wrong: the new boy in class is a liar and a bully, and Darby begins acting strangely--she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: Junie B. Jones experiences glee while showing off her new furry mittens in kindergarten, but disaster strikes when they disappear from the playground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Summary: Ruthie loves tiny things and when she finds a tiny camera on the playground she is very happy, but after she lies and says the camera belongs to her, nothing seems to go right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2007
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Summary: Junie B. Jones experiences glee while showing off her new furry mittens in kindergarten, but disaster strikes when they disappear from the playground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997