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9) Owen
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Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
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Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
11) Half Moon summer
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Two seventh graders, Drew and Mia, spend their summer in Half Moon Bay, California, training for a half-marathon, and supporting each other as their families struggle with medical and financial problems.
12) For you
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Story follows the journey of one family through the ups and downs of life over many years.
14) Home boy
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As team captain, Kai is always in control and works hard to keep the soccer team together. However, that's something he can't do for his parents and their fighting causes Kai to lose control at school and on the soccer field. Now Kai must find a way to support his team even though he's missing support from his family.
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A young bear named Max is excited to give his mother a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's Day. However, when Max decides to try just one of the chocolates, he ends up eating the whole box. Sadly Max shows his father the empty box and his father explains that the box is really full of love that can't be seen, heard, or tasted. Together they make some special cookies to fill the empty box, and Max notices that his father has a box of love...
16) Three squeezes
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"Follow a father and his son from babyhood to baseball games to graduation and beyond in this [book] about the unbreakable bond between generations. A . . . rhyming picture book that is an ode to the love between parent and child, no matter how old the child (or) parent is"--Publisher.
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"A new novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore--from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich--shows lives which intersect across divides of class, generation and religion"--
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Lily Davis's big sister and star soccer player, Jana, has left home for basic training, and now Lily's parents and coach want her to change positions, from goalie to striker, wear Jana's jersey, and fill her sister's shoes. She goes along with the switch, until a letter from Jana gives her the courage to tell them all that she is her own person, and that person is a goalie.
20) Ahoy!
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Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches! It's time to set sail...on the couch! There's a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. "Make haste and climb aboard," they call out to their parent, "before you're swept out to sea!" Sea? What sea? The parent is only trying to vacuum the rug. But the child is adamant. It's not a rug--it's the ocean. And that broom? It's the ship's mast. Soon enough, child and parent are both off on an imaginary...