DiCamillo, Kate

Summary: Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DIC

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DIC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DIC

Goffney, Joya

Summary: "Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career... After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOF

Florence, Melanie

Summary: Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FLO