Johnson, Anna Rose
Summary: "Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse- keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOHLucas, Chad
Summary: Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUCLucas, Chad
Summary: Ezra has always been popular and friends to everyone, even Brian, who usually keeps to himself. But now, some of his friends have been acting differently, and Brian seems to be pulling away. Ezra wants to help, but he worries if he's too nice to Brian, his friends will realize that he has a crush on him. Ezra has no choice but to take the leap and reach out. Both boys have to decide if they're...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUCWeir, Ivy Noelle
Summary: In this modern retelling, Anne is fostered into the West Philly home of siblings Marilla and Matthew, and while she initially has a hard time at school, she ends up joining the robotics team and competes for a spot in an elite STEM program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: Eleven-year-old December waits to sprout wings and fly away, until a new foster mother changes her perspective on home and family.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STACarter, Caela
Summary: Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past -- for only then can they really begin to build their future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION CARLucas, Chad
Summary: "Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC LUCOrenstein, Denise Gosliner
Summary: Eleven-year-old Yonder stopped talking when her mother died, and she stopped going to school because of the bullies, knowing that her father would never even notice (although the social worker did); indeed the only creature that seems to care about her isthe one-eyed Shetland pony called Dirt who lives on the neighboring farm--so when she discovers that Dirt is about to be sold for horsemeat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OREArango, Andrea Beatriz
Summary: Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space. So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ARACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ARAPaterson, Katherine
Summary: An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1978
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATHenson, Heather.
Summary: Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HENCoville, Katherine
Summary: Presents the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as told by young Teddy's governess, who came to work at the Vaughn family "cottage" shortly before a golden-haired girl, ragged and dirty, entered the home and soon became a beloved foster child, until evil characters tried to take her away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COVLupica, Mike
Summary: Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUPWoodson, Jacqueline.
Summary: Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War. A companion to the Woodson's other book entitled: Locomotion
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC WOOSkurzynski, Gloria.
Summary: Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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Summary: Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Lupica 2015Bermudez, Cyn
Summary: Christmas is coming. Victor and Isaac want to spend the holidays together. But they're stuck in their new foster homes and their mom is stuck in jail. Victor and Isaac struggle to adjust to the unfamiliar customs of their foster families. They worry that their own traditions will be lost. Does accepting their present lives mean they've rejected their past?
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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MERLaCour, Nina
Summary: A newly graduated Mila emerges from foster care to accept a job on an isolated Northern California Coast farm where she confronts haunting memories and the traumas of her fellow residents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LACSkurzynski, Gloria.
Summary: While lost in a tunnel at Carlsbad Cavern, thirteen-year-old Jack, eleven-year-old Ashley, and their eight-year-old foster brother, Sam, think bats and darkness are their worst problems, until they stumble across thieves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SKULowry, Lois.
Summary: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LOWSkurzynski, Gloria.
Summary: While she studies condors in the Grand Canyon, a scientist's life is threatened, and the strange, hostile, teenage computer whiz in her family's foster care might be involved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002
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Summary: Placed in a group foster home, eleven-year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Full Cast Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WOLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1999
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E POLHorvath, Polly.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2001