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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When you look like us--brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades--everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend--a drug dealer--and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung...
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.
64) The Wanderer
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
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Language
English
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"Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven, but when Biz's almost-normal life turns upside-down and her father disappears again, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--
Biz can float. Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad,...
67) Charlie & Mouse
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 17
Pub. Date
[1991?, c1973]
Language
English
Description
A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.
70) Words with wings
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Language
English
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Description
Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents divorce and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her...until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about...
73) My two dads
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Children with two dads do fun things with their fathers.
74) My two moms
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Children with two moms do fun things with their mothers.
76) My single parent
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Some children have only one parent, but they still have fun with their family.
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.
78) Moving day
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When Katie Woo's family moves, she is sad about leaving her room to a stranger, and even more concerned that the new house will never feel like home.
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mindy Kim loves food...When a local pizza place advertises a trivia competition, Mindy can't believe that the big prize is unlimited pizza for a whole year! Mindy is confident she and her dad can take the top spot. But Dad is worried he might not understand all the cultural references. And he wants Mindy to know that the most important thing is to always try your best, even if you don't win"--
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