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When classmate Vanessa insists that all single children are spoiled, Ivy wonders whether she can become "unspoiled" by giving away all her clothes at school (which does not go over well with her teacher or parents)--but ultimately decides that all she needs to accomplish her goal is a little sister.
22) Saucy
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When eleven-year-old Becca, a quadruplet, finds a sick piglet on the side of the road, her life is changed forever.
23) Farmhouse
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A farmhouse provides the setting for a dozen children to live and grow, and when they leave, another family arrives to fill the house with love again.
24) The last stand
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A little boy is excited to work alongside his Papa as they collect eggs, plums, peppers and pumpkins to sell at their stand in the farmer's market, but when Papa cannot make it to the stand, his community gathers around him, with dishes made of his own produce.
25) The bell rang
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A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.
26) Finally seen
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When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
30) The doldrums
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An eccentric like all Helmsleys, eleven-year-old Archer escapes his over-protective mother and recruits two friends, Oliver and Adelaide, to help him plan a rescue of his long-lost grandparents, world-famous explorers who disappeared atop an iceberg in the Antarctic.
31) Christmas is joy
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Christmas is joy that's overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. One little reindeer calf discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
33) Meet the Latkes
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"Lucy Latke's family is a family of potato pancakes. After lighting the menorah and gobbling the gelt, Grandpa Latke tells everyone the Hanukkah story, but it's up to the Latke family dog to set the record straight"--
34) Fancy Nancy
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A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
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Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.
37) Life on Mars
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Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.
39) An ordinary day
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"An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be extraordinary in this story about new life, death, and family"--