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Kelly, Jacqueline.

Summary: In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2011

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Kelly 2009

Fipps, Lisa

Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

Green, Tim

Summary: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Feldman, Jacquetta Nammar

Summary: Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FEL

Klare, Shannon

Summary: A sheriff's daughter with a less than pristine reputation, Alex is caught drinking at a party and is in deep trouble. Her parents ship her off to her aunt's summer camp to work as a counselor. What could be worse than spending your summer deep in the mosquito-infested woods of Texas? Being paired with an obnoxious co-counselor who wants nothing to do with you. Alex is determined to put up with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

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

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: After watching a soccer game, Kylie Jean is eager to try out for a local team, but she is disappointed that her cousin Lucy does not want to join her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015

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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PES

Mickelson, Marcia Argueta

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Summary: "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2021

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Mickelson 2021

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: The Summer Olympics inspires Kylie Jean Carter to take gymnastics lessons, but even better than that is making a new friend, Abby, who is deaf, and starting to learn sign language.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JBR RED PES

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Inspired by the beautiful dresses at the Academy Awards show, Kylie Jean decides to try her hand at fashion--and Lilly recruits her to model the dress she is making for a school fund raising auction.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PES

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: December comes to Texas and there is a catfish fishing contest at Arrowhead Lake with a special prize awaiting the winning adult/child team; Kylie's brother and father are entered as one team, and Kylie Jean convinces her grandfather to enter with her as another team--and Kylie dreams of catching Granddaddy Whiskers, a legendary blue catfish that has eluded fishermen for years.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PES

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Kylie Jean Carter is making her special pecan pie for Thanksgiving when Aunt Susie suggests she enter the cooking contest for kids on the Good Morning Texas television show--Kylie makes it to the final which she really wants to win so she can donate the winnings to a local food pantry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PES

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: "Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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

Holt, Kimberly Willis

Summary: In 2001, seventh-grader Rylee Wilson and new student Joe, whose father was a New York City first responder on 9/11, decide to find Zachary Beaver and reunite him with Rylee's father, Toby.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2021

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

Gibbs, Stuart

Summary: Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014

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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JT Series Gibbs

Kelly, Jacqueline

Summary: "In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC KEL

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Kelly 2015

Tamani, Liara

Summary: "Carli and Rex have an immediate connection, an understanding that must mean first love, but family secrets, disappointments--and basketball, which holds center stage in both their lives--all create complications"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Tamani 2020

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

Smith, Andrew (Andrew Anselmo)

Summary: Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019

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

Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe

Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAR

Johnson, Angela

Summary: In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOH

Bustard, Anne

Summary: France sends the Merci Train to the United States to thank America for helping France during and after WWII, and one of the train stops will be the small town of Gladiola, Texas, where ten-year-old Glory Bea hopes for the greatest miracle--that her missing-in-action father will be on the train.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020

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

Kelly, Jacqueline

Summary: "When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring it home and take care of it. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KEL

Shotz, Jennifer Li

Summary: When twelve-year-old Dylan rescues Brave, he knows it will take hard work, patience, and training to convince his parents that he can keep the skittish stray dog.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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

Myers, Anna.

Summary: Long ago in Nowhere, Texas, Mama and Papa Upagainstit agree to take in the wild baby their five children find in a passing tumbleweed, despite the objections of the one who used to be "the littlest-of-all girl."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MYE

Rajan, Rekha S.

Summary: The Jackson family travels to Texas, where a hurricane is heading down the coast, and there are animals, wildlife, and people in danger--but first they have to ride out the storm at a local shelter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RAJ

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