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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Ren?e Watson. Black is?three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is?Nic Stone?s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is?two girls kissing in Justina Ireland?s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy...
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English
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"Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious."—USA Today
Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir.
The youngest of four daughters in an old, celebrated St. Louis family— of prominent journalists and politicians on one side, debutantes and equestrians on the other— Jeanne Darst grew up hearing stories of past grandeur. And the message she internalized as...
Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir.
The youngest of four daughters in an old, celebrated St. Louis family— of prominent journalists and politicians on one side, debutantes and equestrians on the other— Jeanne Darst grew up hearing stories of past grandeur. And the message she internalized as...
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Series
Cece loves science volume 2
Language
English
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When Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp.
Publisher
Excel Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows a young Mormon teenager named Tom and his friends on their handcart journey. Along the way they try to smuggle in unsanctioned food, battle sibling rivalry, and match wits with a twinkie-loving skunk. But when they encounter unexpected trouble, their faith is tested much like their pioneer ancestors.
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Publisher
TwoDot
Language
English
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"This story from the Depression-era Pacific Northwest delivers rich sensory detail, well-drawn characters, an evocative sense of place, thoroughly researched history, and a fresh, strong voice. It's like Little House on the Prairie, except with lots more fish and a pet seal."--Provided by publisher.
8) Free lunch
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Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day...
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his luck baseball player follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game. But even when striking out, the mighty Casey remains a hero for his legendary sportsmanship and good-natured play. This expansion of the famous poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer provides possible humorous origins of many baseball traditions.
13) Grayson
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Language
English
Description
An early-morning workout becomes an enchanting adventure when a record-holding swimmer reunites a baby whale and its mother. An inspiring, irresistible story for all ages, from the beloved author of Swimming to Antarctica.It's five o'clock in the morning and still dark. Swimming outside the wave break off the Catalina coast, training for her next long-distance swim (she has already crossed the English Channel twice), 17-year-old Lynne Cox senses that...
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Lumberjanes (Graphic novels) volume 6
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A crazy storm is coming and the Lumberjanes have to help their counselor Seafarin’ Karen get her boat back from some renegade selkies. Knot On Your Life! Camp is about more than just crafts and acquiring badges when you’re a Lumberjane. When April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley all decide to learn more about the mysterious Seafarin’ Karen, things take a turn for the strange. Shapeshifters, strange portals, and friendship to the max make for one...
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