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Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.
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Series
Peach and Plum volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In Fruitdale, best friends Peach and Plum enjoy many fun summer activities, such as playing ball, going to the beach, and riding a bike--although Plum often seems to find the down-side of fun. Told in rhyming text"--
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
The class project is to use the scientific process to see which team can grow the tallest bean sprouts, but Rosie has a problem--the new kid at her table, Jack, will not acknowledge her at all, and that makes teamwork difficult.
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Series
Dragon girls volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Three new girls are joining the Dragon Girls! Mei, Aisha, and Quinn are Treasure Dragon Girls. They draw on the power of precious gems to transform into mighty dragons. Tasked with keeping the Magic Forest safe from harm, the Treasure Dragon Girls must come together as a team, embrace their amazing new abilities, and save the day! Mei must lead her friends in a quest to find the ancient and powerful Forest Book. Inside its pages is the entire history...
11) Walkin' the dog
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
A dog walking venture helps thirteen-year-old Louis, who would rather kick back than stand out, learn how to be a friend.
13) James: a novel
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"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
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Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship-until a deathbed revelation ripples through their...
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Series
Essex dogs volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024, 2023
Description
"1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at Crécy, six soldiers known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting— and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais. King Edward has vowed no Englishman will leave France 'til this city falls. To get home, they must survive a merciless winter in a lawless camp deadlier than any battlefield. Obsessed with tracking down...
16) The River King
Author
Series
Fishing chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of Abdo
Pub. Date
2024, 2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Bobby thought a trip down the Cass River with his three best friends sounded like a great idea. With a four-day fall break during the Halloween weekend, they were looking for an exciting adventure. Just weeks earlier, their science teacher, Mr. Hill, had shown their class pictures of a great northern pike with razor-sharp teeth and a head like a tank. These huge fish left their deep hiding spots in the fall to fast before the long, cold winter. The...
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2024.
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Kitty helps her best friend Unicorn accomplish his dream of being a mermaid, but despite an elaborate DIY mermaid tail, the friends' trip to the beach does not go as planned and Unicorn's insecurities ermerge.
18) Beautyland
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A tender, deeply wise novel of a young woman who doesn't feel at home on this earth, by the author of Parakeet"--
"At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The...
Author
Publisher
PA Press/Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
A lovely and heartwarming illustrated children's book about friendship, taking turns, and caring for one another by award-winning author Marianne Dubuc. Beloved children's book author and illustrator Marianne Dubuc chronicles the adventure and collaboration that ensues when four animal friends take turns caring for a precious little egg they find in the woods. Enter the beautifully illustrated world of Bear, Hare, Turtle, and Mouse. In Dubuc's signature...
Series
Diary of a Minecraft zombie volume 11
Publisher
Zack Zombie Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Zombie has to deal with one of the biggest challenges he has ever faced in his preteen life...His feelings! Zombie is going through some really weird changes. Weirder than a 13 year old Minecraft Zombie is used to. It's all because of these crazy things that are causing all kinds of havoc in his life...His feelings! Will Zombie be able to get a grip? Or will his pre-teen angst get the better of him? Jump Into this Zany Minecraft Adventure and Find...
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