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"Eleven-year-old Anthoni Gillis is not the kind of kid who believes in fairies, unicorns, or even the word 'maybe.' She's more of a comic-books girl. So when her mom brings her to Thunder Lake for a summer at the Showboat Resort, she doesn't believe the local rumors about the Boulay Mermaid. Anthoni has bigger fish to fry. She's always wanted a True Blue Friend. But it's been hard to find one, since for the past five years she's been bouncing from...
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
4) Me & Mama
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For a little girl on a rainy day, the best place to be is with Mama.
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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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Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James has a new perspective on life after she gets a heart transplant. Now that she's healthier, she sets out to do things she could never do before, which includes making a new best friend and kissing a boy. But as her plans progress and she seems to be moving in the right direction, Sunny's mother comes back into her life, leaving Sunny's new heart heavy with feelings she's tucked away for years. And as she enjoys her new...
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Eleven-year-old Pearl Moran cannot imagine life without the historic but under-utilized branch of the New York Public Library where she was born (in the Memorial Room) and where her single mother works as the circulation librarian; the other librarians, the neighborhood people, the raccoons, and most of the 41,000 plus books all form the structure and essence of her life--but when someone cuts off the head of the library's statue of Edna St. Vincent...
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When Trina and her father move into Goldenrod, an abandoned Victorian mansion, Trina's convinced the place is haunted. And when she finds Augustine, a tiny porcelain doll that belonged to a former Goldenrod resident, Trina realizes the house may be trying to send her a message that could change her life.
10) The glass witch
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Twelve-year-old Adelaide Goode, the weakest witch born to the Goode family in centuries, accidentally unleashes a curse that threatens to erase her and magic if she fails to break the spell before midnight on Halloween.
11) Mommy's khimar
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"A young Muslim girl puts on a head scarf and not only feels closer to her mother, she also imagines herself as a queen, the sun, a superhero, and more." --
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Felicity Pickle is not like other people--where other people collect baseball cards or whatever, Felicity collects words. Words people say, think, and want. The word she wants, in all of her family's moving around, is "home." Finally, her mother's van called the "Pickled Jalapeno" rolls into Midnight Gulch, where she hopes maybe she has found the word "home," and maybe even "friend."
15) Saturday
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When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
17) My two moms
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Lenny, the class reporter for his second-grade class, follows classmate Elsie for a school project and learns about her life with her two moms.
18) Two for joy
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When their beloved and very independent great aunt comes to live with them after an accident, eight-year-old Jenna and her mother struggle to keep the peace and adjust to changing family dynamics.
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A mother and daughter embark on gender-defying quests when the girl tries out and makes the all-boy baseball team and the bricklaying single parent lands a job constructing a patio. Rhythmic, single-word phrases pepper the accompanying illustrations to depict the hard work that goes into going after dreams and the following celebration of success.