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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
4) Snow day
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"A blizzard is coming to Hazelwood Elementary! It's snowing, and there's excitement in the air because the school day might end early. Students and teachers alike are looking forward to seeing what happens! Meanwhile, Abdi is distracted and worried because his brother is having surgery. He's supposed to go home with Henry, but they miss the bus and end up having an unexpected adventure with Mr. Wolf!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis to find an antidote for the poison that is killing their mother.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"When their mom remarries, Molly and her brother, Michael, try to make friends with their new stepsister, Heather. But Heather only wants to make trouble for them. She lies and tattles and misbehaves, and somehow they always get the blame. They know she's trying to drive a wedge between her father and their mother so she can have her father all to herself--and it seems to be working. Then, Heather starts playing in the graveyard behind their new house....
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Series
Boxcar children volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Grandpa Alden tells Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny of the curious circumstances in which the yellow house became vacant over forty years ago. Determined to solve the mystery, the children uncover a trail of clues that leads them to memories of their boxcar days.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 9
Language
English
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Description
The Aldens start out on a one-day mountain climbing excursion that becomes an adventure when they are marooned on a mountain-top, glimpse a ghostly light in the forest and become involved in a treasure hunt.
11) Flight or fright
Author
Series
Waffles and Pancake volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Waffles, Pancake, and Mom-Cat go to visit Gramps and Grammers, but this is the kittens' first time flying on an airplane, and Waffles is a little nervous.
12) Swing it, Sunny
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
13) Illegal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. But Ebo refuses to be left behind in Ghana. He sets out after Kwame and joins him on the quest to reach Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every...
14) Sunny side up
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, graphic-novel memoir. Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, 'Sunny Side Up' is at once a compelling 'problem' story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world"--
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 10
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
℗♭2006.
Language
English
Description
During summer vacation, Babymouse heads to the beach for a fun-filled week of sun, sand, and surfing where she encounters a shark, which puts quite a damper on her dreams of being a surfing star.
16) Cosmic commandos
Author
Series
Cosmic Commandos volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A pair of different-as-can-be twin brothers accidentally bring their favorite video game to life, and must now find a way to work together to defeat it.
17) Alérgica
Author
Language
Español
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Description
Maggie es la rara de la familia. Sus padres están ocupados preparándose para la llegada de un nuevo bebé, y sus hermanitos son gemelos y viven en su propio mundo. A Maggie le encantan los animales y cree que lo que necesita es tener su propio cachorrito, pero cuando va a elegir uno el día de su cumpleaños, le comienza a salir un sarpullido. ¡Tiene alergia severa a todo lo que tenga pelaje!¿Podrá Maggie superar sus alergias y encontrar la mascota...
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war and plagued by mysterious creatures, where they search for a beacon essential to their fight against the Elf King. Meanwhile, Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's loyal followers, where she learns his darkest secrets. The stakes, for both Emily and Navin, are higher than ever."--
19) Be prepared
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in - but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range - Russian summer camp. Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare...
Author
Series
Cucumber quest volume 1
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. Instead, they'll have to settle for Cucumber, a nerdy magician who just wants to go to school. As destiny would have it, he and his way more heroic sister, Almond, must now seek the Dream Sword, the only weapon powerful enough to defeat Queen Cordelia's Nightmare Knight. Can these bunny siblings save the world in its darkest hour...? Sure, why not?"-- Vol. 1: The Doughnut Kingdom--Vol. 2: ...
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