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Sara and the search for normal
By Wesley King. 2020
Seventh-grader Sara wants to be normal but her panic attacks and other episodes cause her to isolate herself until, in…
group therapy, she meets talkative and outgoing Erin, her first friend. For grades 4-7. 2020The Ravens (The Ravens)
By Kass Morgan, Danielle Paige. 2020
Loner Vivi Devereaux is thrilled to join Westerly College's Kappas, who are secretly witches, until she meets perfect, polished Scarlett…
Winter, who will stop at nothing to be the sorority's next president. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2020A high five for Glenn Burke
By Phil Bildner. 2020
After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes…
out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences. For grades 5-8. 2020A dog-friendly town
By Josephine Cameron. 2020
As his family's dog-friendly bed-and-breakfast establishment in Carmelito, California, welcomes celebrity dog Sir Bentley, twelve-year-old Epic McDade and his younger…
siblings investigate the disappearance of a $500,000 dog collar. For grades 3-6. 2020Have yourself a fudgy little Christmas
By Nancy Coco. 2020
All Allie McMurphy wants for Christmas is for renovations to be finished on the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop…
so she can move back home for the holidays instead of staying in her friend Frances's apartment. Then Allie discovers a woman face down in a snowdrift, who gasps Frances's name with her dying breath. 2020The Willoughbys return (The Willoughbys)
By Lois Lowry. 2020
Thirty years after their disappearance, the previously frozen Willoughby parents have thawed out and returned from the Alps, to the…
consternation of their children and grandchildren. Sequel to The Willoughbys (DB 66649). For grades 4-7. 2020The women in black: a novel
By Madeleine St. John, Madeleine St John. 2020
Sydney, Australia. As the holiday rush starts at Goode's Department Store, the women in the Ladies' Frocks Department are facing…
their issues. Mrs. Patty Williams dreams of having a baby. Miss Fay Baines longs to get married. They are soon joined by a temporary worker, teenager Lisa Miles. Some strong language. 1993My life in the fish tank
By Barbara Dee. 2020
Kentukis: una novela
By Samanta Schweblin. 2019
Little mechanical stuffed animals known as "kentukis" have cameras for eyes, wheels for feet, and are connected to an anonymous…
global server. Owners of kentukis allow the eyes of a stranger in their home, never knowing or communicating with the controllers operating the mechanical pets. Some descriptions of sex. Mandarache Prize. Spanish language. 2018Paris on repeat: a Wish and wander book (Wish and Wander Ser.)
By Amy Bearce. 2020
Casper Tock and the Everdark wings: the Unmapped chronicles, Book 1 (The Unmapped Chronicles #1)
By Abi Elphinstone. 2020
When Casper is transported to the strange world of Rumblestar, he must work with his first real friend, Utterly Thankless,…
to stop the monstrous creatures terrorizing the land. For grades 4-7. 2019The mutant mushroom takeover (A Maggie and Nate Mystery)
By Summer Rachel Short. 2020
Hoping to restore her father's good name and job, Maggie teams up with friend Nate to win a junior naturalist…
contest, but the rare bioluminescent fungus they find is big trouble. Includes facts about fungi. For grades 4-7. 2020La isla de las mujeres del mar
By Lisa See. 2020
Mi-ja and Young-sook are best friends, even though their backgrounds are markedly different. When they come of age, they join…
their village's all-female diving collective, which is run by Young-sook's mother. However, Mi-ja's parentage marks her for scorn and drives the friends apart as war looms. Some violence. Spanish language. 2019Moominvalley in November (Moomins Ser. #8)
By Tove Jansson, Kingsley Hart. 1971
The friendly four
By Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist. 2006
Drummond, called Drum, worries that he'll have a bummer summer, but then a new girl, Dorene, moves in down the…
street. The two meet Louis and the three meet Rae. Now the four friends share vacation fun. A story in free-verse poetry. For grades K-3. 2006Riding sound waves: the Magnificent makers, book 3 (The Magnificent Makers)
By Theanne Griffith. 2020
Elizabeth Webster and the court of uncommon pleas (Elizabeth Webster #1)
By William Lashner. 2019
When star swimmer Henry Harrison asks twelve-year-old Elizabeth Webster to help dispel a ghost that speaks her name, she calls…
on her estranged father and learns he is an attorney for the damned. For grades 5-8. 2019Samantha on stage
By Susan Clement Farrar. 1979
Samantha has always been the best student in her ballet class, but when a talented Russian girl joins the class,…
Samantha wonders who will get the coveted lead in the school's production of the Nutcracker ballet. For grades 4-7World without end: a novel
By Francine du Plessix Gray. 1981
Three middle-aged friends, and sometimes, lovers, take a trip to the Soviet Union to figure out how to live the…
last third of their lives. Edmund is a gifted artist who lacks faith in his vocation; Sophie is a leading television news reporter; and Claire is an activist member of the privileged class. Their journey provides the framework for an examination of their lives and is the turning point of their existence. Explicit descriptions of sexMidnight and Moon
By Daniel Miyares, Kelly Cooper. 2022
A girl who doesn't fit in befriends a blind horse who also struggles to find his place in the herd.…
A beautiful picture book that helps readers celebrate the qualities that challenge us and make us different.Moon cannot see but he hears sounds that other horses ignore: the eggshell crack of a meadow lark hatching. The glide of a salamander into the pond. Clara does not speak but she hears sounds that other children ignore: the hum of the oven when her mother bakes muffins. The sound of the cat's paws on the kitchen floor.Both the foal and the little girl live with challenges. Both also have special qualities, which are recognized by friends who are open to seeing them. Midnight and Moon is about the rare and wonderful friendship that can form between opposites, a friendship that enriches both. This story shows us that our differences are positives, that the world needs both Claras and Jacks, Midnights and Moons.