Maddox, Jake
Summary: Mia and Deshawn are not excited by a surprise stop at Maximum Caverns during a family vacation, but when their guide, Raven, is injured, the siblings must navigate an advanced route and summon help. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about spelunking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADGreenawalt, Kelly
Summary: In rhyming text super girl Princess Truly goes on a camping trip with little brother Ty and her dog, Sir Noodles; with her super powers she is not afraid of dark caves, bugs, or things that go bump in the night, which is a problem when she develops hiccups, and needs something to scare them away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GREHeidicker, Christian McKay
Summary: Cozy and her littermates are driven from their suburban den because something is killing the foxes in their area, and so they travel to a strange new world, the City, to confront a new set of dangers, where they meet 0-370, an injured fox who has escapedfrom a fur farm and who gives them a new mission--return to the farm, defeat the humans, and free the caged foxes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HEISalazar, Alicia
Summary: Camila wants to buy a camera, camera stand, and a microphone to record for her WeTube channel, and her brother suggests that an uncoming video game tournament might be the way to get the money she needs; but Camila does not play video games, and though her family supplies what she will need to practice she only has a month to perfect her gaming skills--and that may not be enough to win....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALSchneider, Erin L.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Sloane McIntyre spends a summer in Hawaii as she deals with being betrayed by both her boyfriend and her best friend, and she and her twin brother, Penn, begin new, complicated, romances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SCHSummary: Angelina in the wings: Angelina can't believe that Henry has the part she had set her heart on and, to make matters worse, she's his understudy. Treasure tandems: Angelina and Alice, beset by detours and accidents, are desperate to beat the Pinkpaw twins in the village rac . Two mice in a boat: Angelina and Sammy disagree on the decorations for the boat-decorating contest and, as a result,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HIT Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANGParker-Chan, Shelley
Summary: "Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything "I refuse to be nothing..." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PARKorman, Gordon
Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KORKorman, Gordon
Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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Summary: For twins Carlos and Carmen, Uncle Alex's big green surprise turns into the best backyard camping experience ever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCDReyes, Sonora
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2022
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Summary: A brother and sister argue about her speed and size while running a race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1995
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN SCHScott, Victoria
Summary: Tella's brother Cody is sick and getting worse, so when she finds instructions on how to become a contender in the dangerous Brimstone Bleed race where she can win a cure for him, she jumps at the chance--but there is no guarantee that she will win, or even survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCOHoberman, Mary Ann.
Summary: Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1997
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Summary: Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 CAM SPANISHMcDonald, Megan
Summary: Judy and Stink prepare for this year's "Turkey Trot," with the main prize being a juicy turkey, but they worry that if they don't win, the family won't have a Thanksgiving meal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MCDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MCDDessen, Sarah.
Summary: Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DESCameron, Claire
Summary: "A powerfully suspenseful story narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack. While camping with her family on a remote island, five-year-old Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear, 300 pounds of fury, is attacking the family's campsite, pouncing on her parents as prey. At her dying mother's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMMayer, Mercer
Summary: A brother and sister spend the night in a tent in the backyard--well, some of the night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Book 1989
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Summary: As brother-and-sister dogs Digger and Daisy head out to the woods to camp, Digger worries about bears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "Diana, Princess of the Amazons, journeys to the World of Man in this coming-of-age young adult story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BARGephart, Donna
Summary: When Abby Braverman's best friend, Cat, moves to Israel, she's sure it's the worst thing that could happen. But then her older brother, Paul, is diagnosed with cancer, and life upends again. Now it's up to Abby to find a way to navigate seventh grade without her best friend, help keep her brother's spirits up during difficult treatments, and figure out her surprising new feelings for the boy...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GEPLake, Nick
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Emily and her little brother Aidan are onboard a plane bound for Anchorage. When the plane crashes, both kids and the pilot barely escape with their lives and are left to fight for survival in the Alaskan wilderness. But there is worse to come -- Emily and Aidan are being chased, and their shady, unknown pursuers are closing in. As the kids go on the run, Emily finds herself in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LAKO'Neill, Heather.
Summary: "An enchanting story of twins, fame, and heartache by the much-praised author of Lullabies for Little Criminals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014