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In this humorous story about blended families, just as the little bandits are getting used to traveling between the homes of their separated parents, they find that a princess and her royal children are now living at their father's house. When they find out the little royals are there to stay, they concoct a plan to get rid of the unwelcome additions to the household.
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Mila has two homes: some days she lives with Mommy and some days she lives with Daddy. Today she is going to her mommy's house. Everything is a little different at Mommy's than at Daddy's. But Mommy and Daddy both think Mila is the sweetest girl in the whole world. A warm and simple story about a girl whose parents are divorced. For toddlers ages 30 months and up, with a focus on the child's daily life.
64) Running overload
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Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting the pressure her to quit the team.
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Ainsley's divorced mother is the director on a summer fairy tale (definitely not Disney) cruise, and nearly-thirteen-year-old Ainsley is annoyed that she is expected to spend her summer vacation helping out in hundred different ways, without much in the way of free time to chat up the cute boy playing the "Pig King"--then once the ship actually sets sail things start to go wrong, and Ainsley begins to wonder whether this fairy tale is cursed.
67) Empezar otra vez
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Twins Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable, but since their parents divorced Raquel has become bossy and obsessive, while Lucinda has immersed herself in her ice skating lessons, and the pandemic and its enforced isolation has only made things worse; but then they are sent to their father's ranch in central California and while Raquel thinks that this is a chance to get their parents back together by driving his girlfriend away, Lucinda...
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Simon es un nino muy feliz, pero todo cambia cuando sus padres le anuncian que se van a separar y ahora cada uno tendra su casa. A pesar de que se siente profundamente triste, todos alrededor se esfuerzan por hacerlo sentir feliz, cuando todo lo que el necesita es permitir que su tristeza fluya. El pequeno esta convencido de que nadie lo entiende, hasta que un dia conoce a un sauce magico y sabio que se convertira en su gran amigo y lo ayudara a atravesar...
69) Pond scum
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Oliver is a 10-year-old boy who enjoys pulling the wings off flies just to hear the little snap. His life takes a turn, though, when his mom moves the family to a run-down old house in a small town. Their house seems to be guarded by the creatures from the nearby pond who don't want Oliver and his family living there. One day Oliver falls through the roof and into the attic, where he finds a strange gem that has the power to turn him into any creature...
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"A bind-up of two popular novels by author Natasha Preston--The Twin and The Lake"--
"After sixteen-year-old Ivy's twin sister, Iris, moves in with her and their father, Ivy learns that Iris is trying to push her out of her own life--and may be responsible for their mother's death." --
72) Hugging the rock
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Through a series of poems, Rachel expresses her feelings about her parents' divorce, living without her mother, and her changing attitude towards her father.
77) Khalil's way
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Eleven-year-old Khalil lives in a tough neighborhood following the marital breakup of his parents, who lost everything due to Hurricane Katrina, but he confronts the challenges in his life which include being the victim of a bully at school.
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Fifth-grader Kat Greene is struggling with her boy-crazy best friend, her lame role in the production of Harriet the Spy at her progressive New York City school, and her mother's preoccupation with cleanliness--a symptom of her worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder.
80) Tom's sunflower
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"When Hana's parents decide to split up, the children of the Copper Tree Class rally round to help cheer her up. Tom's Sunflower covers feelings of displacement and shows children that, while things may change in their lives, each child will continue to have their own unique place in the world"--Page 4 of cover.
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