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41) Still a family
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse, due to a common shelter policy, her dad must live in a men's shelter, separated from her and her mom. Despite these circumstances, the family still finds time to be together. They meet at the park to play hide-and-seek, slide on slides, and pet puppies. While the young girl wishes for better days when her family is together again under a roof of their...
42) Matilda
Author
Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey.
44) Sunny side up
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sunny Lewin is sent to live with her grandfather for the summer in Florida, where she befriends Buzz, a boy completely obsessed with comic books, and faces the secret behind why she is in Florida in the first place.
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Language
English
Description
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
47) Café con lychee
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses--an Asian American café and a Puerto Rican bakery--and Gabi's lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count. Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his parents' shop as his future. Stuck under the weight of his parents' expectations, Theo's best shot at leaving Vermont means first ensuring his parents' livelihood...
48) Ramona the brave
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 3
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius ("H.O.") Bastable are desperate to help their widowed father to restore the family's fortunes after his business fails. Their moneymaking schemes, from digging for treasure in their south-London garden to becoming highwaymen on Blackheath, mainly lead to a good deal of trouble, until one adventure promises to change everything ..."--Page 4 of cover
50) Game changer
Author
Series
Field party novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small Alabama town, high school seniors Asa and Ezmita, both with troubled families and dreams of leaving home to attend college, find comfort in their blossoming friendship.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The Boxcar Children are helping at a pizzeria, but it seems that someone is trying to shut it down. Can they find out who is causing trouble? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic."--Amazon.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 38
Language
English
Description
While staying at a hotel in New York City, the Aldens investigate a series of annoying pranks plaguing the management and guests.
54) Excellent Ed
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Different types of families make the world a brighter place. From the creators of Two Dads in London, Richard and Lewis Edwards-Middleton, comes their debut picture book that will delight. My Family and Other Families is a funny and heartwarming tale about friends, family and Ferris wheels, and shows a world where there are all kinds of families that are all equal. Liam has just one thing on his mind- making it to the ferris wheel to use his ticket....
56) Blackout
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Little sisters and little brothers all long for the same few things when it comes to their older siblings: a turn to play, a place on the team, a chance to shine. Little Brothers & Little Sisters starts with four pairs of siblings in and around an apartment complex, each expressing through play and daily life the many gripes and pitfalls of younger siblings. Subtly, the narrative shifts to reflect the good things that come with having an older sibling:...
58) Moving Day
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
60) Throwback
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Priscilla is first-generation Korean American, a former high school cheerleader who expects Sam to want the same all- American nightmare. Meanwhile, Sam is a girl of the times who has no energy for clicȟd high school aspirations. After a huge blowup, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead, finds herself thrown back. Way back. To her shock, Sam lands in the '90s . . . alongside a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now, Sam has to deal with...
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