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Americanized: rebel without a green card
By Sara Saedi. 2018
Television show writer and novelist recounts her teenage years in the 1990s, and reveals how she discovered that her family…
had entered the United States as undocumented immigrants. Provides a humorous account of balancing teen angst with trying to become an American citizen. For senior high and older readers. 2018Don't cosplay with my heart
By Cecil Castellucci. 2018
Upset with her unraveling life, Edan escapes into the world of comics and cosplays as Gargantua from Team Tomorrow. Things…
start to get better after she meets Kirk, a boy from school, who gets her into the sold-out Angeles Comic Con. For senior high and older readers. 2018Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso
By Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz. 1989
Alexander se despierta para encontrar chicle en su pelo y que no hay un premio en su caja de cereal.…
A medida que su día va empeorando, Alejandro piensa en salir corriendo a Australia hasta que su madre le asegura que todo el mundo tiene días como éste, incluso en Australia. Para los grados K-3Bedhead
By Margie Palatini, Jack E. Davis. 2003
It was BIG. It was BAD. It was ... BEDHEAD! No doubt about it, Oliver's having a very bad hair…
day. His parents and sister try to help. They push, they pull, they spritz and they spray; they goop, they glop, and they mousse. But Oliver's hair is still way out of control. And today's class picture day! What's a boy to do? For grades K-3Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent
By Lauren Child. 2005
Award-winning author Child creates an irreverent story about a young accounting genius who must save his wealthy family's fabulous estate,…
and learns the true value of money and the dividends of happiness. For grades K-3The adventures of Beanboy
By Lisa Harkrader. 2012
When aspiring comic book artist Tucker MacBean enters a contest to create a new sidekick for his favorite superhero, Beanboy,…
he's got a lot riding on whether or not he wins. Tucker hopes that stardom might make him more popular, and he wants to give the prize, a college scholarship, to his hardworking but exhausted single mom. For grades 4-7Good hair: a novel
By Benilde Little. 1996
African American Manhattan reporter Alice Andrews meets Jack, a handsome doctor, at the airport and begins to fall in love.…
Their relationship is tested, however, by differing values, Alice's increasing disillusionment, and a family tragedy that reveals Alice's painful secret. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996What do you do, dear?
By Maurice Sendak, Sesyle Joslin. 1989
A second handbook of good manners for young ladies and gentlemen. Offers advice on proper conduct and polite behavior in…
a variety of common and uncommon social situations. Sequel to What Do You Say, Dear? (DB 55946). For preschool-grade 2. 1961. P2. 1961What do you say, dear?
By Maurice Sendak, Sesyle Joslin. 1986
A guide to good manners for all occasions for young ladies and gentlemen. Offers advice on how to cope correctly…
with a variety of common and uncommon social situations. For preschool-grade 2. 1958. For preschool-grade 2. 1958Marvin Redpost: kidnapped at birth? (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #Bk. 1)
By Louis Sachar, Neal Hughes. 1992
When Marvin Redpost learns that a king is looking for his missing son who was kidnapped at birth, Marvin begins…
to wonder if he is Prince Robert. He too is nine years old and has red hair and blue eyes. His mother agrees to help him find out the truth. For grades 2-4Marigold and Grandma on the town (I Can Read Bks.)
By Stephanie Calmenson, Mary Chalmers. 1994
Marigold spends the day in town with her grandmother. They buy Marigold a hat, learn to make friends with the…
wind, go out to lunch, and get their pictures taken. For grades K-3Evening class
By Maeve Binchy, Dennis Rodman, Michael Silver. 1996
For many people in Dublin, life is the same day after day, but that changes dramatically for forty-eight-year old Aidan…
Dunne, when he is passed over for a school principal position. He and Nora O'Donoghue, just returned from twenty-six years in Italy, begin a series of evening classes teaching Italian. Together, they help many other Dubliners make transitions, too. Some strong languageHop on Pop (Beginner Books(R))
By Seuss, Dr Seuss. 1963
Little town in the Ozarks (Little House Sequel)
By David Gilleece, Roger Lea MacBride. 1996
After the disasters they experienced in On the Other Side of the Hill (RC 63178), eleven-year-old Rose Wilder and her…
family move from Rocky Ridge Farm into a house near the railroad tracks in Mansfield, Missouri. They have a hard time adjusting to town life. For grades 4-7. 1996Little town at the crossroads (Little House Prequel)
By Maria D. Wilkes, Dan Andreasen. 1997
Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family have new adventures as…
the frontier outpost of Brookfield, Wisconsin, grows into a bustling townGreat-Grandpa's in the litter box (The zack Files Ser. #1)
By Dan Greenburg. 1996
Ten-year-old Zack goes to the animal shelter to find a pet. He returns with a scruffy tomcat, who not only…
talks but claims to be the reincarnation of Zack's great-grandpa Julius. For grades 2-4. 1996Daisy Dooley does divorce
By Anna Pasternak. 2007
Daisy Dooley, a thirty-nine-year-old divorced Londoner living with her dachshund-breeder mum, rejoins the dating world. For support, Daisy relies on…
her friends--bachelorette Jess, seemingly happily married Lucy, and commitment-phobic Miles--as she navigates the singles scene searching for true love. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2007Lenny and Mel (Beginning chapter book)
By Erik P. Kraft. 2002
Twin brothers Lenny and Mel celebrate holidays in some unusual ways. After eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week, the boys…
put the remains under Mel's pillow for the Leftover Fairy to exchange for money. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2002The great brain is back (The Great Brain #8.)
By John Fitzgerald, Diane DeGroat. 1995
In this final book about the Great Brain (the manuscript was found after the author's death), J.D. narrates eight more…
tales about how his big brother, Tom, now thirteen, continues to swindle people out of their money. Tom convinces J.D. to sell bars of soap, he almost outwits Polly Reagan in the spelling bee, and he helps rescue a gang of outlaws. For grades 4-7Hard times on the prairie: adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
By Melissa Peterson. 1998