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861) The wrong way home
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edtion.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.
863) Hurricane child
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA novel follows a teen with a mysterious condition that transports her to the past when she smells certain scents linked to specific memories. Seventeen-year-old Aimee Roh has Sensory Time Warp Syndrome, a rare condition that causes her to time travel to a moment in her life when she smells something linked to that memory. Her dad is convinced she'll simply...
866) Night's edge
Author
Publisher
Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"I'm always careful not to disturb mom. A rude awakening can definitely set her off, especially if she wakes up hungry. I can't forget what she is. What she could do to me." Having a mom like Izzy meant Mia had to grow up fast. No extracurricular activities, no inviting friends over, and definitely no dating. The most important rule: tell no one of Izzy's hunger - the one only blood can satisfy. But Mia is tired of being her mother's keeper. She's...
867) As bright as heaven
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the darkest hours rises life in all its glory ... From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone...
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jessica and her mom, Camila, must live in their cousins' crowded apartment until Camila finds work making holiday decorations and they can afford their own place. Isolated on the playground and baffled in class, unable to understand her teacher's instructions, Jessica is intensely homesick. But little by little, things get better. She begins to learn English, and she loves the cats she and her mom care for to earn extra money. Left behind by traveling...
869) Julia and the shark
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
My name is Julia. This is the story of the summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees. Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
54 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Annie Lumsden has hair that drifts like seaweed, eyes that shine like rock pools, and thoughts that dart and dance like minnows. She lives with her artist mother by the sea, where she feels utterly at home, and has long felt apart from the other girls at school. Words and numbers on the page don't make sense to her, and strange maladies have been springing up that the doctors can't explain. Annie's mother says that all things can be turned into tales,...
Author
Series
Shopaholic series volume 6
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
414 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
873) Brave
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Book
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on the new feature film, opening in theaters on June 22nd. After unleashing a beastly curse upon her Scottish village, Princess Merida embarks on a perilous quest and discovers the meaning of true bravery. Full color.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
875) A garden called home
Author
Publisher
Tundra Book Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A little girl goes to her mother's homeland and develops an appreciation for nature. Returning to Canada she plants a garden that represents both sides of her heritage as Taiwanese plants grow side-by-side with Canadian wildflowers."--
876) The ocean gardener
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ayla lives on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by a coral reef. Her mom is a marine biologist, and every day, the two go exploring together. One day, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once-vibrant corals have turned pale. She and her mom set out to save the corals--but is it too late?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
562 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie's mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II.
878) Kyra, just for today
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the start of seventh grade, Kyra believes her alcoholic mother, who has been sober for five years, has relapsed and with no one to count on, not even her best friend, she starts to question whether being just enough is not enough at all"--
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approx. 7 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From writers Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) and Michelle Dean comes The Act, based on Dean's 2016 Buzzfeed article "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered" and explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard and her overprotective mother Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette, in her Primetime Emmy winning performance). As Gypsy strives to break free from her mom's controlling influence, she begins to uncover a...
880) Fae and the moon
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fae, in mourning for her missing mother, sits night after night below the Moon that her mother so loved. Then one night she discovers she can pluck the Moon out of the star-filled sky! Back safe in her house, she holds it close, feeling comfort at last. But Fae loses the Moon, and finds that taking it has awakened ancient monsters--rats, dragons, and more, who hunt it for themselves. Will Fae be able to reclaim the Moon, find her own inner strength,...
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