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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted nineteen-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted nineteen-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.
Author
Publisher
Callaway Arts & Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Pepi wonders what career path he should choose, an important matter still contemplated today by millions of teenagers forty centuries later. His father Khety takes him on a long journey up the Nile to enroll him in a school far away from home, where Pepi will learn to read and write. Along the way, Khety explains 18 other terrible jobs Pepi could end up having to work at if he is not hired as a scribe. This tale of a teenage boy in ancient Egypt shows...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel. In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance....
Author
Series
Monarch volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Description
"It's Earth vs. Aliens...and one teenager standing between them, in this new tale of terror and high-stakes science fiction! Growing up in the city of Compton is tough enough as it is, but as Travon has learned all too well, growing up as an orphan in the city of Compton with gang members hunting you down every day is even tougher. But all of that is about to change, because today is the day that aliens make first contact with Earth--and it only spells...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Trapped in a trunk, five puppets--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In I Can Do That, photos and illustrations combine to produce a value-packed resource for families preparing for their child's big life stages. Young readers can learn how to lace up their shoes, put on a sweater, go to the toilet, peel fruit, count to 100, and brush their teeth. Step by step instructions sit alongside more than 700 fun and helpful photos and illustrations to help children practice and learn. The short and practical text will help...
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to him about the divorce, because of the hairball thing,...
Author
Series
The summer Hikaru died volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023, 2022
Description
Yoshiki tried to pretend nothing was wrong, but the truth cannot be ignored. Hikaru is gone. This new "Hikaru" might be dangerous. But "Hikaru" seems to want nothing more than to befriend and protect Yoshiki. Despite Rie's warnings, Yoshiki decides to extend the hand of friendship, hoping it will help "Hikaru" become more human. But in doing so, what might Yoshiki become?
10) Sometimes I cry
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Publisher Annotation: From Jess Townes with illustrations by Daniel Miyares, this poignant picture book deftly tackles the wide array of emotions experienced in childhood, and especially reminding readers that there's nothing wrong with crying.
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Through science, help prepare children for the big feelings that come with developing bodies. From inspiring a sense of awe in the science of our bodies to understanding that bodies can be tricky, this book will help children learn how to be themselves and feel like they belong. Some children might feel like their body is different. But being different is completely natural . . . it's just science! By teaching the principles of DNA, anatomy, nature...
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