Parish, Herman
Summary: When Amelia Bedelia's aunt gives her dance lessons as an early birthday present, she agrees to give it a try and soon finds herself making new friends and discovering that there is something to like about many different kinds of dancing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PARCuevas, Michelle
Summary: "The whimsical story a man who has spent his life delivering the messages found in ocean bottles and the day he receives a message that turns out to be a party invitation"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CUEEnglish, Karen.
Summary: Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ENGKelly, Erin Entrada
Summary: "Virgil Salinas is shy and misunderstood. Valencia Somerset is clever and stubborn. Kaori Tanaka tells fortunes and reads the stars. Chet "the Bull" Bullens is the biggest bully in the neighborhood. They aren't friends. They don't all go to the same school. But when Chet pulls an unthinkable prank on Virgil and Virgil's pet guinea pig, Gulliver, the lives of these four middle schoolers collide...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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Summary: Snappsy the alligator wants to spend a quiet evening reading, but a pesky chicken who insists he is Snappsy's best friend will not leave him alone.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FALCala, Caroline
Summary: "When other commitments threaten the success of the Best Babysitters Ever, Malia is frustrated until she comes up with a plan to hire new babysitters and take a cut of their wages." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CALBowling, Dusti
Summary: New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BOWMessner, Kate.
Summary: After a concussion that effects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose a plot that endangers them all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: The girls in the coding club are preparing their voting app for the school talent show, but when they discover Erin is secretly suffering from anxiety they band together to find her help.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHWeingarten, Lynn
Summary: They say Delia burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June does not believe it was suicide because she and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night a year ago, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend Ryan let their good time get out of hand, and now, a year later, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEIHarrold, A. F.
Summary: Saved from bullies by the class misfit, Nick, Frank is drawn to Nick's house by strange music, discovers he has incredible secrets that bring danger, and decides to help him as he helped her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC HARCampisi, Stephanie
Summary: An ugly dumpling is ignored and sad until an encouraging cockroach sees the dumpling's inner beauty and helps it discover its true identity and realize being different is beautiful after all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mighty Media Kids 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAMCote, Nancy
Summary: A mouse tries to help a baby bird get back up the tree to safety with some help from other animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E COTCummings, Lindsay.
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Albert Flynn is trained to restore balance to the hidden earthly realms that have fallen into chaos and threaten to destroy the world"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUMMarino, Nan.
Summary: "When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARLitchfield, David
Summary: "A bear finds a piano in the woods, learns to play it, and travels to the big city to become rich and famous, but ultimately discovers that his old friends in the forest back home are still the best audience of all"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITO'Donnell, Tom
Summary: Mysterious happenings are causing major trouble at Horace Hotwater Middle School! Sam Gibbs and his super-strong tiny buddy, Hammie Rex, keep encountering creepy abnormal objects, including a floating sports jersey and a runaway go-kart. Sam doesn't believe in ghosts, but he has to admit the hauntings are getting weirder-- and more dangerous. Could bizarre mutant animals be the cause?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC O'DOThorpe, Kiki
Summary: "It's the first day of school, and Gabby can't wait to tell the fairies all about it. She even met a new friend who loves fairies as much as she does! But what will the Never Girls do when a fairy goes missing in Gabby's new classroom?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED THOCirrone, Dorian
Summary: Eleven-year-old Haleigh and her best friend, Kevin, must find the source of a mysterious set of paints she found and learn the secret of a time loop before it is too late.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION CIRGarton, Sam
Summary: "Otter tries to find a job for Teddy"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GARMessenger, Shannon.
Summary: "Sophie battles the rebels--and recovers dark memories from her past. She must question everything to find a truth that will either save her world--or shatter it"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2015
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MESSingleton, Linda Joy
Summary: ""The Curious Cat Spy Club formed by sixth-graders Kelsey, Becca, and Leo returns to solve the mystery of Becca's zorse before she has to give him away"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2015
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Fiction SingletonYoon, Salina
Summary: "Dennis is an ordinary boy who expresses himself in extraordinary ways. Some children do show-and-tell. Dennis mimes his. Some children climb trees. Dennis is happy to BE a tree... But being a mime can be lonely. It isn't until Dennis meets a girl named Joy that he discovers the power of friendship--and how special he truly is!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOOPaulsen, Gary
Summary: Six misfits get stuck together in a middle school restroom and discover friendship. Includes playscript of the story.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016