Marks, Janae
Summary: Follows fourteen-year-old Zoe and her recently exonerated father as they build their new relationship and work to open a restaurant together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: "Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Twelve-year old Joy dreams of writing music for the movies, but first she has to survive her family's move into a small apartment when her father loses his job.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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Summary: "Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC MARJayne, Hannah
Summary: The morning after her eighteenth birthday, Andrea McNulty wakes up in a motel room, covered in blood and unable to remember what happened the previous night. According to the news, Andi's parents were brutally attacked in the middle of the night. Her father is dead, her mother is in a coma, her little brother Josh is missing-- and Andi is the prime suspect. On the run from the police, Andi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JAYCate, Annette
Summary: "Raise the drawbridge for a story-within-a-story melding classic fairy-tale trappings with contemporary, tongue-in-cheek wit, abundantly illustrated in black-and-white--a perfect family read. Noble children Thomas and Emily have always known their mother to be sensible, the lady of the castle--if anything, a bit boring. But then they discover Meg, a cranky scribe who lives in the castle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CATMaddox, Jake
Summary: Twelve-year-old Aisha finds comfort in sailing after a tragedy, but when she sets sail one night, pursued by her brother Sai, they must work through their feelings and trust each other to survive a storm. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about ocean sailing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADMaddox, Jake
Summary: Twelve-year-old Carly, determined to convince her family she is well after a serious illness, hides that she feels tired while mountain climbing with her father and brother but an injury puts her to the test. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about mountain climbing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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Summary: A little girl describes all the things she can do to help take care of her new baby brother and how much she loves being with the little one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHUHolloway, Andy
Summary: "From the host of the #1 fantasy football podcast, The Fantasy Footballers, Andy Holloway presents his heartwarming debut picture book - an ode to family, fandom, and football." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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Summary: JoJo and Daddy bake a cake for a surprise recipient.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN OCOSmiley, Jane.
Summary: On their farm in Denby, Iowa, Rosanna and Walter Langdon abide by time-honored values that they pass on to their five wildly different yet equally remarkable children: Frank, the brilliant, stubborn first-born; Joe, whose love of animals makes him the natural heir to his family's land; Lillian, an angelic child who enters a fairy-tale marriage with a man only she will fully know; Henry, the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2014
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Summary: When Daddy is unhappy about the mess after a pillow fight, Jojo thinks of the perfect gift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: When Nancy, the girl who loves to use fancy words, learns about Earth Day and "being green," her enthusiasm causes problems at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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Summary: A little boy describes all the things he can do to help take care of his new baby brother and how much he loves being with the little one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2015
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Summary: A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OCOZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother--the perfect matriarch to their Movement--disappears, Nigeria's world is upended. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOBBerenstain, Jan
Summary: Make your way to the ballot box --- Mama is running for mayor! There are lots of improvements to be made in Bear Country, and Mama has a plan. She's going to fix the roads, pick up the trash, and replace the broken streetlights. But will she promise too much?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BERBerenstain, Jan
Summary: A reading-skill bolstering story featuring the Berenstain Bears finds the family visiting an aquarium where the cubs look forward to learning about their favorite sea creatures, from penguins and seals to whales and dolphins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BERBrett, Jan
Summary: Rollo the troll is tired of chores, but after spending time on the tundra with various animal families, from owls to moose, he realizes that he wants to be home for Christmas even if that means behaving himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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Summary: Stories and pictures to help readers learn long and short vowel sounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Childrens Books 2013
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Summary: "Hope Smith can’t stand rich people—the dictionary magnate family the Wintertons most of all. Not since she and her twin brother, Gordon, learned that their dad was one. So when Gordon enters the family into the Winterton’s charity spelling bee, Hope wants nothing to do with it. But with their mom losing her job and the family facing eviction from the motel where they live, they desperately...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pixel+Ink 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMLanger, Dana
Summary: "Lolly Salt's three sisters are sirens--young women who lure ships to their doom--and as Lolly's 13th birthday approaches she's about to become one too. But when it becomes clear that someone in town knows the Salt girls secret, Lolly sets out to learn how this happened to her family and if she can prevent it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LANMacLachlan, Patricia.
Summary: When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011