Cala, Caroline
Summary: Mayhem ensues in their sleepy California beach town when three best friends, motivated by unlimited snacks, no parents, and earning money for an epic seventh-grade party, find an old copy of "The Babysitters Club" and decide to start their own babysitting business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: Malia, Dot, and Bree get a much older--and scarier--client than they expected, but looks can be deceiving.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CALBarkley, Callie
Summary: Liz and her friends are spending a fall weekend at the cabin at Marigold Lake, planning to bake pies and enjoy nature, but Lizzie forgets to put sugar in her berry pie--a mistake which proves fortuitous when she needs a lot of berries to feed a migrating goose who has fallen behind his flock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BARCala, 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 CALEgan, Kate
Summary: When their second grade classroom gets a pet hamster, best friends Stanley and Marco disagree about building her an obstacle course or a maze until Stanley uses his flatness to make both ideas work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE EGASchusterman, Michelle
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.
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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 SCHFalatko, Julie
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FALCordell, Matthew
Summary: "Best friends Cornbread and Poppy visit the Moonville Museum for a special celebration"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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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 LIUSwartz, Elly
Summary: Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade--until one summer when everything changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SWAHiggins, Carter
Summary: Audrey L and Audrey W were destined to be friends. But this month, all of Audrey L's joy at finding her first best friend feels a little wobbly. When Room 19 switches seating order, she and Audrey W are separated by a whole classroom, and from where Audrey L's sitting, it looks like Audrey W is having a grand old time with Bettina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC HIGMcMillan, Kate
Summary: To get her best friend back, anxious and inventive eleven-year-old Maple performs a scientific experiment to uncover the secret to becoming fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2024
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Summary: When a love potion gone wrong causes Cam to forget his best friend Remy completely, they travel through Tokyo to rediscover his memories, make new ones, and maybe even fall in love all over again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ABEHussain, Anika
Summary: Best friends Zara and Adnan navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics, and cultural stereotypes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUSFeuti, Norman
Summary: After receiving a new toy car in the mail, Harry and Hedgehog have fun taking turns racing the car around the racetrack Harry built.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FEUBrueggemann, Wibke
Summary: Unlike her friend Teddy, sixteen-year-old Tilly is not looking for a girlfriend, but when Teddy forms a crush on Katherine Cooper-Bunting, his co-star in their community theater production, Tilly finds herself also swooning over her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRUFang, Vicky
Summary: Across three humorous short stories, best friends Sniff and Scratch discover rain can be fun, share a funny encounter with a balloon, and learn to be brave together when lightning strikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Summary: Determined to be the World's First Flying Hedgehog, Taylor sets out to realize his dream, while Sydney tries to keep him in one piece, in this humorous story that highlights the importance of friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Sophia endeavors to prevent her increasingly forgetful eighty-eight-year-old neighbor and best friend Sophie from entering assisted living, and in the process, uncovers unexpected stories of war, loss, and hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: "For the 100th day of school, Stanley plans to bring 100 flat pancakes to the party, but when his best friend Marco starts ignoring him and the number of attendees keeps changing, he must add, subtract and multiply his way to deliciousness"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE EGALucas, Chad
Summary: Brian knows that anxiety and depression aren't things that are magically fixed overnight, but he still doesn't understand why it's all hitting him so hard right now. Ezra is trying his best to look out for Brian, but he's not sure that he's actually helping. Sure, they're still best friends, but as Ezra starts preparing for the talent show, he also starts talking with Victor--the kid who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC LUCSwanson, Matthew
Summary: After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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Summary: Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie's new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can't-face-Maggie kind of cat, and Maggie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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Summary: Marisol and her best friend Jada love to ride their bikes, except when they have to ride past a dangerous beast they call Daggers, but when Daggers gets loose, Marisol unexpectedly rescues him, conquering one of her biggest fears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023