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3) Bump
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"MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new...
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How did a raw chicken get inside Yasmany's locker? When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first time, it isn't under the best of circumstances. Sal is in the principal's office for the third time in three days, and it's still the first week of school. Gabi, student council president and editor of the school paper, is there to support her friend Yasmany, who just picked a fight with Sal. She is determined to prove that somehow, Sal planted a raw chicken...
6) Sun & spoon
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After the death of his grandmother, ten-year-old Spoon observes the changes in his grandfather and tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her.
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After losing her mom. Willa is grieving and having a hard time living with her dad and his new family on an island off the coast of Washington State. Her dad tries to cheer her up by taking her whale watching, something Willa's mom used to do. While all the passengers are on one side of the boat, Will encounters a humpback whale on the opposite side. Willa feels so lonely that she starts to talk to the whale--and the whale talks back! The whale, named...
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Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade and can barely read or write. Fifteen months ago, Mason's best friend, Benny, was found dead in the Buttle family orchard and as the investigation drags on, Mason can't understand why the police won't believe his story about what happened. When Mason and his new friend Calvin make an underground club space in order to escape the neighborhood bullies, Mason finds himself in even more trouble and...
11) Chasing Redbird
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Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.
12) Two
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TWO's best friend is ONE...until THREE jumps in between them. A powerful story of friendship, loss, letting go, and self-discovery.--Publisher.
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A young girl loves autumn because her grandmother loves autumn. They drink tea, bundle up with scarves, sing with the breeze, and dance like a leaf. But as the months go by, her grandmother's health declines, and she can no longer join in in these activities. By December, her grandmother passes away. When autumn returns the next year, the girl must try to find joy in the things she did with her grandmother in order to keep her memory alive.
14) Baby
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Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son.
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A young boy hears the voice of his deceased sister and asks his mother about death. His mother explains how it is like everything going quiet and is like a dream. Later, the boy dreams he is with his sister and the pair goes on a bike ride where she shows him various places and they share some marzipan.
16) The promise
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When his Labrador retriever survives a bear-mauling on Christmas Eve, Matt is convinced that her recovery is a miracle sent by his mother from heaven.
17) Aftershock
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When Makis and his mother escape to London after a devastating earthquake in Greece, he finds it difficult to fit in at school, but his talent on the soccer field helps him to make friends.