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Summary: Who says opposites don't attract? It's been several years since Carly Vega's parents were deported. Carly lives with her older brother, studies hard, and works the graveyard shift at a convenience store to earn enough to bring her parents back from Mexico. Arden Moss used to be the star quarterback at school. He used to date popular blondes and have fun pranking with his older sister. But now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Banks 2015Ilustrajo, Mariajo
Summary: "Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. The flood comes gradually at first. A business lion reads about it in the paper over his breakfast and absent-mindedly says 'hmm!', but does nothing about it. All the animals ignore the obvious and go about their busy lives, disjointed from one another and preoccupied by their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Editions 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ILLNovales, Keka
Summary: Lola and her cousin Luis, who is visiting from Guatemala, each have a loose tooth and come up with ideas to help el Ratón, the Guatemalan tooth fairy, find Luis and his tooth in Texas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR PURPLE NOVSummary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLIO'Connor, Barbara.
Summary: Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC OCoMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISHPumphrey, Jarrett
Summary: Rat, Squirrel, Rabbit, and Mouse want to cross the bayou, but next to the log they are considering as a bridge is a sneaky tail, which may be attached to someone dangerous--each of the four approach the problem with a different strategy, with varying results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PUMJohn-Kehewin, Wanda
Summary: "A new girl at school. A mysterious crow. Weird visions he can't explain. Grade 12 just got a lot more complicated for Damon Quinn... "Your ancestors have called us to help you." "I think you have the wrong number." Damon Quinn just wants to get through his senior year unscathed. His mom struggles with alcohol and is barely coping with the day-to-day. Marcus and his cronies at school are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 JOHThomas, Jan
Summary: "Rabbit has a problem! Her room is a mess. Luckily, Pete the Problem-Solving Porcupine shows up just in time. He can save the day! Except...things don't go quite to plan, and Rabbit realizes that Pete may actually be a problem-causer! Can Rabbit find a way to solve this unexpected new dilemma before chaos ensues?" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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Summary: A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovate work that changed history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ATKSummary: Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by award-winning director Elia Kazan. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal, who vies for the affection of his hardened father and favored brother, Aron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: Blu-ray East 2013Choi, Mary H. K.
Summary: Jayne and June are nothing alike. Their family moved from Seoul to San Antonio and finally New York. The sisters don't want anything to do with each other... until June gets cancer. And Jayne becomes the only one who can help her. Now, flung together by sickness, bound by family secrets, they learn more about themselves and each other than they may be willing to confront. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Aspiring to build an amazing derby car out of junkyard parts, Peg and Cat enter the neighborhood Tallapegga Twenty and use their shape-recognition and counting skills to assemble their car and count laps in the hope of winning the Golden Cup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Entertainment, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2015
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Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WILGreene, Rhonda Gowler
Summary: "When one family is besieged by illness, missing pets, mounds of dirty laundry and dishes, Supergran rushes in to help manage the chaos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GRETabor, Corey R.
Summary: "Fox has a not-so-new problem, and every possible solution leads to more problems for the other animals, until they all come together with the ultimate fix."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN TABReed, Amy Lynn
Summary: Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don't have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When their high schools are consolidated, Lydia's cynicism is met with Billy's sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. As the two grow closer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC REEAlessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEBaldwin, Cindy
Summary: Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BALOh, Axie
Summary: Cello prodigy Jenny's goal is to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets Jaewoo in her uncle's Los Angeles karaoke bar, it's clear he is the kind of boy who would uproot her careful plans. In a moment of spontaneity she allows him to pull her out of her comfort zone for one unforgettable night of adventure-- before he disappears without a word. Three months later, when Jenny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Alex and his friends from Artimé are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone, while in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artimé.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MCMBird, James
Summary: "When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays. Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIREgan, Kate
Summary: Beloved character Flat Stanley is back with a whole new set of friends in a brand-new STEM-focused chapter book series. In this second installment, Flat Stanley and his friends learn all about the scientific method through a heated contest on the playground! Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, each day brings new adventures! According to Stanley's second grade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: One, Two, Kat, and Four want to form a club so together they figure out how to make a sign saying what their club should be called.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2022