Button, Lana
Summary: "Young Leah waxes dramatic when several classmates reject her invitation to play fairies with her. "Lonely Leah" is so busy declaiming her sorrows that she almost misses the quiet overtures of friendship being made by Lunda. The two finally connect and a joyful fairy frolic begins--but they are not too caught up in each other to notice a third lonely classmate, whom they welcome right in."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2024
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Summary: Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that -- every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRAThomas, LaLa
Summary: Erykah was looking forward to junior year at East Prep High-- until she gets pregnant. Having a baby at sixteen was definitely not part of the plan. Kelly's plan was to dominate junior year grade-wise and on the basketball court, so she can get an athletic scholarship. She intends to be a good auntie, and help Erykah through the pregnancy. Along the way they'll learn some harsh realities about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOEdelman, Lana
Summary: When the toy clown invites the Little Engine to solve riddles as part of an Easter egg hunt, the Little Engine is worried until her friends pitch in and she finds her self-confidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JBR GREEN EDEChern, Lina
Summary: "A cynical tarot card reader seeks to uncover the truth about her friend's mysterious death in this delightfully clever whodunit. For Katie True, a keen gut and quick wit are just tools of the trade. After a failed attempt at adulting in Chicago, she's back in the suburbs living a bit too close to her overbearing parents, jumping from one dead-end job to the next, and flipping through her tarot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M CHETooke, Hana
Summary: Following the one clue her friend Sylvie left behind before she went missing, Ema seeks to infiltrate the mysterious Midnight Guild to rescue Sylvie, despite a peculiar fear of shadows and the ability to predict events before they happen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TOOLanda, Norbert.
Summary: Big Bear, always alone, likes that he can slurp his soup, burp, and make other noises, not realizing that the rabbits across the river think the loud noises and odors are coming from a monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LANCasale, Jana
Summary: "Joy and Annie are friends and roommates with decent jobs, crushing student loans, and an extra bedroom in need of an occupant-ideally someone they don't hate. Theo instantly fits the bill, and soon, Joy and Theo are platonically nesting over movie nights and midnight hijinks. When Annie moves out, Joy happily gets to work creating a cozy home for Theo and herself. Then he brings home Celine, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASTropper, Jana
Summary: "When Maddie and Bell miss school club sign-ups, they decide to start an official ARF group. Whether it's a bearded dragon who's under the weather, a hamster on the loose at school, or a person in need of a fur-ever friend, there's no problem this animal-loving crew can't solve together!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022
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Summary: When a rare genetic disorder steals away her memories and then her health, teenaged Sammie records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC AVEAdams, Alane
Summary: As Abigail enters her second year at Tarkana Witch Academy, she and her friend Hugo are swept into a puzzling mystery involving an Orkadian warship and a powerful missing item.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Adams 2019Bergen, Lara
Summary: Quiet Amanda Mays had the time of her life at summer camp. She made a ton of new friends, including spunky Allie. She even (accidentally) let everyone think she had a boyfriend back home. What harm could it do? Alot--- because now Allie is moving to Amanda's town! But Amanda isn't the same girl she was at camp. She doesn't have a boyfriend, she's not very outgoing, and she knows that Allie will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BERSandu, Anca
Summary: After losing his tail, Churchill the pig's friends help him search for a new one but he becomes so caught up in how each new tail makes him feel, he forgets his friends completely.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SANClarke, Lane
Summary: As high school junior Michie plans for her future and explores a new relationship, she tries to reconcile with some uncomfortable truths about her life which becomes more complicated when she is contacted by her estranged mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CLALang, Suzanne
Summary: Jim Panzee wakes up in a bad mood one beautiful day, but he keeps denying he is grumpy even as his friends give advice for feeling better.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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Summary: In this call-and-response board book Jim Panzee decides that all he really needs is a friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD LANArnold, Elana K
Summary: "Gender-creative Riley knows just what to wear for every occasion during a busy week with family and friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNArnold, Elana K.
Summary: "There are some things you should know about Harriet Wermer. She used to lie a lot, but not anymore. Seriously, she only tells the truth now. Even though she hadn't wanted to come to Marble Island in the first place, now she doesn't want to leave. It's the truth. With her mom and new baby brother home from the hospital, it's almost time for Harriet to pack up and head home from Marble Island...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Starla decides she must have the chicken wandering around, and when her dad tells her if she catches it, she can indeed keep it, she puts all of her self-confidence and cunning to work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Book Press 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNSimpson, Dana
Summary: "Phoebe and her unicorn best friend, Marigold, share one of the most magical friendships in comics history. This new collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics is sure to dazzle and delight readers of all ages with tales of mischief, magic, and adventure. Life is never boring when your best friend is a unicorn."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Simpson 202011VanderLugt, Dana
Summary: Based on a true story and told in alternating voices, follows the growing friendship between thirteen-year-old American Claire and Karl, a young German POW hired to work on her family's Michigan apple farm in October 1944.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2023
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Summary: "Phoebe and Marigold visit the science museum, test out a virtual reality program, and perform in the school talent show."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Simpson 202012Gomez, Blanca
Summary: Sick at home, a young girl misses the costume party at school, so she decides to wear her rabbit costume the next day; but when the other children laugh at her, she is sad--until a boy turns up in his carrot costume, and soon the other children join in their play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOMSimpson, Dana
Summary: Being best friends with a unicorn is truly incredible, as 10-year-old Phoebe Howell knows from experience. But what would it be like to actually trade places with a magical unicorn for a day? As it turns out, it's much harder than it looks! Phoebe's botched muffin spell turns the sky plaid. And things aren't any easier for Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, who has no idea how to hold a pencil. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2023