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Just ask!: be different, be brave, be you
By Rafael López, Sonia Sotomayor. 2019
I have a sister--my sister is deaf
By Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, Deborah Kogan Ray. 1977
Better with Butter
By Victoria Piontek. 2021
"Afraid of absolutely everything, 12-year-old Marvel momentarily forgets her anxiety when she rescues a fainting goat named Butter and must…
fight for her new friend when she is told she might have to give Butter up forever." -- Provided by publisherBecause of the rabbit
By Cynthia Lord. 2019
After rescuing a bunny on the last night of summer, Emma starts fifth grade. She is paired up with Jack,…
who does not seem to fit in anywhere. But the two share a love of animals and find common ground--because of the rabbit. For grades 3-6. 2019Liberty (Dogs Of World War Ii Ser.)
By Kirby Larson. 2016
New Orleans, 1940s. Polio-survivor Fish Elliot and his neighbor Olympia team up in order to save a starving stray dog…
they call Liberty, and they find other unlikely allies willing to help. For grades 3-6. 2016Chester and Gus
By Cammie McGovern. 2017
Chester has always wanted to become a service dog, but when he fails his certification test, it seems that dream…
will never come true. But then a family adopts him to be a companion for their son, Gus, who has autism. For grades 4-7. 2017A Dog Called Homeless
By Sarah Lean. 2012
Praised by Newbery Medal–winning author Katherine Applegate as "graceful" and "miraculous," this Schneider Family Book Award–winning novel tells how one…
girl's friendship with a homeless dog mends a family's heart.Cally Fisher knows she can see her dead mother, but the only other living soul who does is a mysterious wolfhound who always seems to be there when her mom appears. How can Cally convince anyone that her mom is still with the family, or persuade her dad that the huge silver-gray dog belongs with them?With beautiful, spare writing and adorable animals, A Dog Called Homeless is perfect for readers of favorite middle-grade novels starring dogs, such as Because of Winn-Dixie and Shiloh.Waiting for normal
By Leslie Connor. 2008
Upstate New York. Addie's plucky spirit makes the best of awkward situations such as moving into a tiny trailer with…
her difficult mother, separating from her stepdad and two half sisters, and coping with her learning difficulties in her new school's band. For grades 5-8. Schneider Family Book Award. 2008Rules
By Cynthia Lord. 2006
Sometimes twelve-year-old Catherine resents her autistic brother, David, who breaks rules and gets all her parents' attention. She meets Jason,…
a teenage nonverbal paraplegic, at David's therapy center. As the two become friends, Catherine realizes that accepting differences matters more than any rules. For grades 5-8. Schneider Family Book Award. 2006A Bucket of Stars
By Suri Rosen. 2023
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have.It’s the summer…
of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision.Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county — and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that’s not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father — an ex-astronomer who’s almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth.Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images — and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.The Search for Grandma Sparkle
By Darlene Miller. 2016
When granddaughter Sarah learns that her grandmother Opal and niece Jessica are missing, she decides to search for her. When…
the car is found with two flat tires, Sarah and her boy friend from college, travel up and down the rural roads and creeks of southern Iowa to look for her missing relatives. Because of the storm that Saturday night, would they seek shelter in an abandoned barn, house or maybe even a coal mine whose opening has been uncovered? Were they abducted? Who would have a grudge against the gentle woman who only tried to help people through her church's SPARKLE Club?Death Comes to Cornwall: A gripping and escapist cosy mystery
By Kate Johnson. 2019
Shortlisted for the Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award category of the Romantic Novel Awards 2021The perfect holiday destination. The perfect…
place for murder... Molly Higgins never expected to be caught up in a murder investigation. All she'd hoped for this year was to work hard, save enough money to open her very own café on the Cornish coast and avoid her ex, Conor Blackstone, who has just arrived back in the village. But when she and Conor discover a body on the cliffside in Port Trevan they are thrown once more together. Molly is keen to leave the mystery to the police, but when she finds herself their top suspect, Molly has no choice but to catch the killer herself - before it is too late.Readers and reviewers on NetGalley love Death Comes to Cornwall'Doc Martin meets Agatha Raisin in Death Comes to Cornwall' Bookish Jottings'If you're a mystery lover then don't miss this one' NetGalley reviewer'Cosy crime with a hint of snark, reminded me a bit of M C Beaton''A deeee-lightful book''I really enjoyed this one. Atmospheric and exciting.'