Fox, Helena
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOXPolacco, Patricia
Summary: Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2018Copies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPennypacker, Sara
Summary: A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PENForman, Gayle
Summary: "Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORMeddour, Wendy
Summary: Henry loves talking with Grandpa, but Grandpa has stopped listening. Mom says to just give him time. But Henry wants to talk to Grandpa now. So Henry tries his favorite game--Top Threes. And something amazing happens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEDMembrino, Anna
Summary: While Big Shark loses another tooth, Little Shark is dolefully waiting to lose his first.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MEMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR Orange MembrinoErnshaw, Shea
Summary: An illness cursing the land forces seventeen-year-old Vega, the Last Astronomer, to venture across the wilderness to discover the stars message that will save her people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ERNMurphy, Julie
Summary: "Magnolia "Maggie" Hagen is determined to be in the spotlight ... if she can just get over her stage fright. This summer, though, she has big plans to finally attend Camp Rising Star, the famous performing arts camp she's been dying to go to for three whole summers. But on the last day of school, her parents break the news: Maggie isn't going to Camp Rising Star. She's being shipped off to fat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MURDavies, Katharine.
Summary: "By turns comic and moving, The Madness of Love is a deftly woven tale of mistaken identity, bold moves, and unrequited desires. Valentina, a clerk in a London bookstore, is still reeling after her twin brother broke a childhood promise and ran off without her to exotic lands. When she cuts her hair, masquerades as a gardener to the melancholic Leo, and moves to the remote seaside town of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVKalmar, Daphne
Summary: "In 1927 Vermont, eleven-year-old Donut, recently orphaned after the death of her beloved pops, stands to lose everything when she learns her Aunt Agnes plans to move her to Boston, but little does her aunt know that Donut has no intentions of leaving her friends or her home." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KALWoodfolk, Ashley
Summary: "Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Micah Dupree had always liked being the "good girl." She was happy painting, going to church, and acing her school projects. After all, she had a perfect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOEicher, Jerry S.
Summary: "Ella Yoder has moved into her dream house. In the stillness of the great house, Ella ponders her options. How is she to survive on her own? How will she ever forget Aden? What is to become of her? Two would-be suitors soon make their intentions known, but Ella is unsure of her own feelings. As she agrees to take care of Preacher Stutzman's three motherless girls, Ella's heart is touched by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC EICCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EICThomas, Leah
Summary: When the Vasquez siblings' father left, there was an absence in their lives-- until a shimmering figure named Luz appeared in the canyon behind their house. He shot hoops with Hank's hands. He showed Ana cinematic beauty behind her eyelids. He spoke kindly to Milo. But when Luz left, he took something from each of them. As a new school year begins, Hank, Ana, and Milo question how can they ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC THOYumoto, Kazumi
Summary: When the Bear's friend, the little bird, dies, Bear is inconsolable. Full of grief, he locks himself in his house and ventures out again only when the smell of spring grass blows in through his window. He meets a wildcat and finally feels understood. As the cat plays his violin, Bear remembers all the fun he had with the little bird. Now he can say goodbye to his friend, because he knows he'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YUMMahdavi, Azam
Summary: "After a young girl's mother dies, Empty appears and silently takes up the big blank space left behind. For some time, the girl can't connect with her dad or any friends, and Empty is her closest companion. But then, a happy reminder of her mom pops up one day, and this bit of joy helps the little girl open up to the world around her. Empty stays around, but the little girl starts to connect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAHTorres, Jennifer
Summary: After her father's landscaping business fails and the family loses their house, sixth-grader Griselda Zaragoza follows her sister's example and begins selling Alma cosmetics while hiding her changed circumstances from friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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Summary: For two years, twelve-year-old Hazel has coped with her Mum's accidental death by overprotecting her sister and Mama, but when Mama reconnects with her first love, roles begin to shift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLAGriffin, Molly Beth
Summary: Lily is moving into her grandmother's farm in Iowa, and she is sad about all the changes necessary in her life--but on the long drive her grandmother challenges her to find ten beautiful things that they can share together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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Summary: "On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses--until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OGACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OGAWilson, Nathan D.
Summary: Now a Netflix series! Join imaginative ninjas Wes and Georgie as they chase down Wes's stolen lost tooth in this Level One I Can Read book with text by N. D. Wilson and charming art by Forrest Dickison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: JE WILHerring, Peg
Summary: From the author of mysteries such as KILLING SILENCE and HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER comes a compelling women's fiction story of friendship, love, loss, and the life-changing power of helping others. This powerful novel, which spans the decades from the 1960s to the present, plays out in two primary locations, Thailand and Michigan's Mackinac Island. On a cruise ship in the Gulf of Thailand,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gwendolyn Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERDavis, Amanda
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVLies, Brian
Summary: Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together, especially in the garden -- but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Summary: "Llama Llama's tooth is wiggling! Is it time for his first tooth to come out? He's excited, but anxious. Who is this tooth fairy everyone talks about? Mama Llama reassures him; the tooth will come out when it's good and ready. But no one is ready for whathappens next...Suddenly, the tooth is GONE! Where did it go? And will the tooth fairy come at all, now?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020