Lowe, Mari
Summary: A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOWMoss, Marissa
Summary: Starting her own all-girls mathlete team, Talia, who loves math puzzles and code-breaking, is determined to lead her team to victory while trying to break the social code of preteen life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOSVelasquez, Crystal
Summary: Jasmine Arroyo loves volunteering with her veterinarian mom at the Kew Gardens Animal Shelter. When Jasmine learns that the shelter will have to turn away new animals unless it can raise funds to expand, she is determined to help in any way she can. The shelter is throwing a fundraiser and the girls decide to create a kids craft corner. They can draw pictures of all the shelter animals to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHCuevas, Mayra
Summary: Neither Malena nor Ruby expected to be leaders of their high school's dress code rebellion. Meanwhile, the girls have to face their own insecurities and biases, as well as the ups and downs of their newfound friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CUEVelasquez, Crystal
Summary: "Madison is excited about a school project reading to dogs at the shelter, but she's also worried her friends will discover she's not a strong reader. Then Madison is paired with Buddy, a nervous golden retriever puppy. Buddy has to get over his fear of people if he's ever going to be adopted. Will Madison let her friends in on her secret so she can truly help Buddy?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE VELWillis, Maggie Edkins
Summary: "Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confidence, and the everlasting bond of sisterhood. Lucy's always looked up to her big sister, Olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then, Lucy notices Olivia start to change. She doesn't want to play with Lucy anymore, she's unhappy with the way she looks, and she's refusing to eat her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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Summary: What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Lilico's life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team. She's happy! Then comes her parents' news: they're moving to America! Before she knows it, Lilico finds herself in Brooklyn, New York, forced to start all over. And that won't be easy with her closest friends thousands of miles away or a school bully who immediately dislikes her....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2021
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Summary: After Box delivers a refrigerator, Grace and Box become friends, camping together, going to space, and exploring the depths of the sea, among other adventures. After a few days of playing together, Grace notices that Box is getting some rips and crumples, which she's determined to fix, so they can continue their fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021
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Summary: Four new easy-to-read stories about the delightful and irrepressible Lolo and her daily life in a South African township, perfect for early readers. In Fly High, Lolo!, Lolo dreams of being an eagle in the school play, meets Miss Teen the Beauty Queen, goes on a beach clean-up with Mama and her new friend - and makes beautiful recycled Christmas decorations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catalyst Press 2022
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Summary: "Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler, the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves have unbelievable abilities ... As Dragon Girls, they are sworn protectors of the forest and must help keep it safe from the troublesome Shadow Sprites, who are determined to take the forest's magic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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Summary: When Ella and Penguin discover they do not both enjoy the same things, they are upset because they think friends have to match each other perfectly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2017
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Summary: "Rustle. Crunch. Rustle. Crunch. Something creeps by Jess' window in a Thai hill tribe village. Whatever it is sounds close enough to touch. The wind blows. Pebbles scatter. A shadow slithers th[r]ough the moonlight. What is this mysterious creature doing slipping into the jungle every night? Jess and Nong May are determined to find out."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Pack-n-go Travis 2019Diller, Janelle.
Summary: Nine-year-old Brooke Mason has lived all her life on a ranch in the Colorado Rockies. Now she's headed to Austria with her mom. They get to stay in Schloss Mueller, an ancient Austrian castle. Even better? There's a girl Brooke's age to play with! Eva, the girl who lives in Schloss Mueller, is thrilled to meet Brooke. Unfortunately, the castle's ghost isn't quite so happy!
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorldTrek Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Diller 2013Lord, Cynthia
Summary: "Ivy was Anne the librarian's doll when she was a young girl. But now she has moved to Anne's library to be its newest Book Buddy--a toy that can be checked out just like a book. Ivy isn't sure she wants to be borrowed, though. She'd rather go back to just being Anne's favorite toy. Fern, a child who visits the library with her stepfamily, also wishes things could go back to the way they were,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster-care family on a remote Exmoor farm in the midst of a very cold winter, she is full of hurt, anger and a deep mistrust of everyone around her. Until one day, when she rescues a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow and Addie discovers that perhaps she's not so alone after all. And as adventure and unexpected friendship blossom, Addie is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAIMarcero, Deborah
Summary: In their new adventures, Haylee and Comet celebrate what it means to grow and change, and to take another "trip around the sun." Perfectly capturing both the worry and excitement that change brings, this sweet story reminds us of the comfort in friends and the beauty in transformation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARLeong, Sloane
Summary: The Never Girls look to Leo, an art-talent fairy, to help Gabby with her drawings, leading them to discover new friendships along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISLarson, Kirby.
Summary: Wanting to share a tea party with a new next-door neighbor, a little girl and her doll, Bitty Baby, overcome their trepidation about making new friends with someone who is different by remembering the story about Bitty Baby and a hedgehog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LarRamée, Lisa Moore
Summary: "A friendless girl who has developed a knack for keeping her head down at school resists a red-headed newcomer who wants to make friends, before the two are paired for a class assignment that she hopes will secure her position on the debate team."--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RAMSimard, Rémy
Summary: "Meet Morris. He loves worms in his spaghetti and zombie bowling. Meet Simone. She loves flowers and puppies. Despite their differences, Simone and Morris are best friends. Even if Simone won't eat worms. Jokes abound as we join these two unlikely friends in their hilarious adventures in Morris's monster world!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2017
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Summary: Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried -- what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JS Babysitters ChengPennypacker, Sara
Summary: What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the towns librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever. From an...
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