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Rosie Swanson: fourth-grade geek for president (Geek chronicles #02)
By Barbara Park. 1991
"Vote for Rosie! Sure, she wears geeky-looking glasses and she tattles on her classmates. But, hey, snitching has its good…
side. Thanks to Rosie, Ronald Milligan has stopped blowing his nose in the water fountain. And now, Rosie is determined to do even more for her classmates--by becoming president of the fourth grade! With the help of her two best (and only) friends, Rosie devises a brilliant campaign to defeat the two most popular kids in her class: soccer star Alan Allen and model-wannabe Summer Lynne Jones. But when despicable Alan steals Rosie's unbeatable campaign slogans, it's time to watch out! Nosy Rosie is on the warpath!" -- Provided by publisherDear God, help!!! Love, Earl (Geek chronicles #03)
By Barbara Park. 1993
How to catch a star
By Oliver Jeffers. 2004
Once there was a boy who loved stars so much that he decided to catch one of his very own.…
But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree isn't tall enough. His rocket ship is made of paper and doesn't fly well at all. Just when the boy is ready to give up, he learns that sometimes things aren't where, or what, we expect them to be. For preschool to grade 2Knight Owl
By Christopher Denise. 2022
Sirens & muses: a novel
By Antonia Angress. 2022
It's 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College…
of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. With a canny, critical eye, Sirens & Muses overturns notions of class, money, art, youth, and a generation's fight to own their future. Adult. Descriptions of sex. Some strong languageHacia el fin del mundo (Trilogía del Malamor #01)
By José Ignacio Valenzuela. 2022
"A captivating story bound to leave you breathless from internationally acclaimed author Jose Ignacio Valenzuela. When Angela receives an eerie…
text message from her estranged, best-friend Patricia, her heart stops. Something is off and Angela knows it. She quickly embarks on a biting quest to Almahue, a small town in the Chilean Patagonia, which, according to the Malamor Legend, is cursed to live without love or face death. Deception and mystery unfold, as true love leaves Angela defying the legend she once brushed off and fighting alongside the entire town for their own lives." -- GoodreadsThe long way home
By Karen McQuestion. 2012
El amigo del héroe
By Alvaro Enrigue. 2012
"'It's not that I've chosen to be second place, I'm just a natural. Besides, I've believed in the goodness of…
second place for many years.' So begins The Hero's Friend, first published in 1998 and remastered for this edition. This story by Álvaro Enrigue dusts off the naivety and vanity of childhood: Ponchito, a child like any other, played at being the hero. A memorable literary exercise. A sobering experience. Enrigue puts himself at the feet of his protagonist and relives the dialogues of two middle school kids who in their relentless fight against crime are forced to face the ultimate and most unexpected consequences." -- Translation provided by NLSThe cowboy's best friend's sister (Sweet Water Ranch #04)
By Jessie Gussman. 2020
"She's his best friend's little sister. He's never noticed her. Not like that. He needs to marry to inherit his…
money, so he's hired a woman to be his fake bride. Only he's too sick to get married. Now he's confined in his small house with his fake fiancée-to-be and his best friend's little sister. The ladies don't seem to get along. And one of them isn't what he thought. Should he follow the plan, or follow his heart?" -- Provided by publisherAurora y el misterio de la cámara secreta (Fabulosas aventuras de Aurora #02)
By Douglas Kennedy. 2022
"Aurora is finally going to school and is eager to make friends, but not everyone likes that she is different.…
This is what makes her a great detective, and it comes in handy when her first case comes her way. The police already have a culprit, but Aurora thinks she's innocent--will she be able to prove it before it's too late?" -- Translation provided by NLSNorman didn't do it!: (yes, he did.) (Norman Ser.)
By Ryan T Higgins. 2021
Norman, a porcupine whose best friend is a tree named Mildred, begins to feel jealous when another tree grows close…
to Mildred and acts out against the new tree. For preschool to grade 2Finding twigs
By Charles Tabb. 2021
"Jack Turner has returned to his hometown of Denton, Florida, to live there for the first time in eighteen years.…
Despite a career as a criminal defense attorney and the companionship of his new dog, Brinkley, Jack is haunted by what is missing in his life. Whether it's the unanswered questions about his brother, Rick, who never returned from Vietnam, or a budding romance with Jenny Walton, Jack is wary of getting close to anyone beyond a few trusted friends and his beloved dogs. But when he's assigned to represent an old childhood tormentor for armed robbery, Jack is forced to re-evaluate his past and consider his own failings in dealing with others. This endearing sequel to Floating Twigs takes an honest look at love and redemption as Jack discovers that finding twigs is more difficult than floating them." -- Provided by publisherBlack panther: Uprising (Black Panther the young prince #03)
By Ronald L Smith. 2022
"When T'Challa gets special permission to have his friends from America, Sheila and Zeke, come to Wakanda, he can't wait…
to show them his home for a change. But their tour is brought to a halt when one of T'Challa's peers, Tafari, summons dark forces in order to return Wakanda to the 'old ways' before vibranium was discovered. Tafari manages to banish the king and queen along with all the tribal elders to an alternate dimension in exchange for the Originator's release, leaving Wakanda vulnerable and unprotected." -- Provided by publisherYossel's journey
By Kathryn Lasky. 2022
"Yossel, along with his family, flees anti-Jewish Russian pogroms in the late nineteenth century and settles in the American Southwest…
where he forges a friendship with Thomas, a Native American Navajo boy." -- Provided by publisherWeird fishes
By Rae Mariz. 2022
"When Ceph, a squid-like scientist, discovers proof of the ocean's slowing currents, she makes the dangerous ascent from her deep-sea…
civilization to the uncharted surface above. Out of her depths and helpless in her symbiotic mech suit, Ceph relies on Iliokai, a seal-folk storyteller, who sings the state of the sea and has seen evidence of clogged currents as she surfs the time gyres throughout the lonely blue. Navigating the perils of their damaged ocean environment, and seemingly insurmountable cultural differences, Ceph and Iliokai realize that the activities of terrestrial beings are slowing the spiralling currents of time. On a journey that connects future and past, the surface and the deep, the unlikely friends struggle to solve a problem so big it needs a leviathan solution." -- Provided by publisherThe mostly true story of Jack
By Kelly Regan Barnhill. 2011
Jack is practically invisible at home, but when his parents send him to Hazelwood, Iowa, to spend a summer with…
his odd aunt and uncle, he suddenly makes friends, is beaten up by the town bully, and is plotted against by the richest man in town. For grades 5-8Four for the road
By K. J Reilly. 2022
"When seventeen-year-old Asher embarks on a road trip from New Jersey to Graceland to get revenge on a drunk driver…
who killed his mom, he brings along three new friends from his bereavement groups." -- Provided by publisherDrita, my homegirl
By Jenny Lombard. 2008
In alternating chapters, two fourth graders tell about the developments of their unlikely friendship. Drita, A refugee from Kosova, and…
Maxie, a precocious African-American girl find common ground and their families forge a bond as well, overcoming two very different cultures. For grades 2-4. UnratedA perfect mistake
By Melanie Conklin. 2022
"Eleven-year-old Max struggles with his ADHD and making mistakes, so when a mistake leaves one friend in a coma and…
another shutting him out, Max resolves to find out what really happened that night." -- Provided by publisherGirl gone mad
By Avery Bishop. 2020
"They say everything is fun and games until someone gets hurt. Well, someone did?and now the game has changed... Emily…
Bennett works as a therapist in Pennsylvania, helping children overcome their troubled pasts?even as she struggles to forget her own. Once upon a time, Emily was part of a middle school clique called the Harpies?six popular girls who bullied the new girl to her breaking point. The Harpies took a blood oath: never tell a soul what they did to Grace Farmer. Now, fourteen years later, it seems karma has caught up to them when one member of that vicious circle commits suicide. But when a second Harpy is discovered dead shortly after, also from apparent suicide, the deaths start to look suspicious. And when Emily starts seeing a woman who looks a lot like Grace Farmer lurking in the shadows, she's forced to wonder: Is Grace back for revenge? Or is Emily's guilt driving her mad? Sticks and stones may break your bones, but the Harpies are about to find out just how much words can hurt you." -- Provided by publisher