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Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Tells the story of a small angel who simply can't get with the program no matter how hard he tries until an understanding elder realizes that he is homesick and is able to retrieve a box of his most treasured possessions. When it comes time for Jesus to be born on Earth, the Littlest Angel gives his previous box to the Baby, but he is worried that God will think his gift too humble. However, God is pleased indeed, and transforms the box into the Star...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Buster the dog's owner goes away for a few days, he sends Buster to Sagebrush Kennels for Cowboy Camp, where Buster is homesick at first, but then has fun herding balls into the corral, gathering sticks for a campfire, and making wanted posters with his pawprints.
Author
Series
Magic animal cafe volume 2
Publisher
Sweet Cherry
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Worried about the future of the cat café, Ellie and Blake investigate a rumor at the local park. It's the perfect place to test their new ability to understand animals, and there's a bird who's happy to talk. Shazza the cockatoo is loud, bossy and obsessed with 'numnums'. All she wants is to return to Australia. But for now she'll settle for inviting herself home with Ellie and Blake, who soon learn that getting along with animals can be just as...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Writer Grace Cleave has writer's block, and her anxiety is only augmented by her chronic aversion to leaving her home, to be "among people, even for five or ten minutes." And so it is with trepidation that she accepts an invitation to spend a weekend away from London in the north of England. Once there, she feels more and more like a migratory bird, as the pull of her native New Zealand makes life away from it seem transitory. Grace longs to find...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Amy, who has never spent a night away from home, declares that she wants to spend not one night but three nights at her grandma's house. So she packs a bag, and off she goes. She and Grandma have a lovely time until Amy is alone in her bed and starts to worry. Luckily she has brought three things from home to help her get through the night in remarkable ways. The talented storytelling pair of Philippa Pearce and Helen Craig have created a wonderfully...
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 4
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Iris's first sleepover at her friend Walter's house ends early when Iris gets homesick and wants to go home.
17) Wild girl
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
18) The quiet place
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish. But she also experiences some wonderful new things -- her first snow storm and a teacher who does not speak Spanish but has a big smile. Even better, Papa and her brother Chavo help her turn a big box into her own quiet place, where she keeps her books and toys and writes letters...
19) Sugar in milk
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins. A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them,...
20) Tacos
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When Baby Bear goes on a business trip with Poppa Bear, he worries about being far away from home--from Mama, from his comfy bed, from his yummy food. When Poppa suggests trying tacos for the first time, Baby Bear isn't sure he'll like them. Will he be brave enough to try something new?"--
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