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1) Little women
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English
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Anne of Green Gables: Further Reading
Books That Take Place in Another Time
Coming-of-Age Stories with a Female Protagonist
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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Ramona Quimby volume 5
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English
Description
Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.
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Hazel Wood series volume 1
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English
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When the scary, magical world in her grandmother's book of dark feminist fairy tales becomes real, seventeen-year-old Alice, partnered with Ellery, an obsessed fan of the fairy tales, must enter the world to rescue Alice's kidnapped mother.
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"My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I'm allergic to the world. I don't leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black -- black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking...
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
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Hagenheim volume 6
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English
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In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, seventeen-year-old Rapunzel asks God for guidance as she tries to dutifully serve and obey her unpredictable mother, yet fulfill her dream of learning to read and marrying.
10) I, Coriander
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English
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In seventeenth-century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.
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English
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Harassed at her middle school, not taken seriously at home, and with a "perfect" older brother, Matthew, to live up to, thirteen-year-old Claire has always felt like her life was cursed--then one morning, when she and her beloved father are talking at breakfast, her father suddenly falls over with a stroke, and suddenly everything changes.
12) Pie
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English
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After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.
13) Two Summers
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English
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Two possible futures face Summer: either she will spend the summer in Provence with her father, uncovering family secrets, and exploring the old world, or she will stay in upstate New York, coping with her mother, and dreaming of her long time crush--and which future unfolds will depend on whether or not she answers a phone call.
14) The wolf wilder
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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English
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In the days before the Russian Revolution, twelve-year-old Feodora sets out to rescue her mother when the Tsar's Imperial Army imprisons her for teaching tamed wolves to fend for themselves.
15) Mosquitoland
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane"--
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English
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"Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone--has never beat at all, in fact, but she'd always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first...
17) Raybearer
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Series
Raybearer volume 1
Language
English
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2020 Nebula Award--Winners & Finalists
2021 Hugo Winners and Finalists
School Library Journal - Best Teen Books of 2020
2021 Hugo Winners and Finalists
School Library Journal - Best Teen Books of 2020
Description
Raised in isolation, Tarisai yearns for the closeness she could have as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11, but her mother, The Lady, has magically compelled Tarisai to kill the Crown Prince.
18) Show way
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English
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The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
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Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 6
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English
Description
A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
Description
An all-new Step 1 Step into Reading leveled reader starring Nickelodeon's Nella the Princess Knight--and her mom! Nickelodeon's Nella the Princess Knight and her mother, Queen Mom, spend a magical day together! Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 1 Step into Reading leveled reader, which includes more than 30 shiny stickers. It's perfect for Mother's Day--or any day!Step 1 readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text...
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