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22) Ruckus
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"In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy learns to take care of his newly adopted dog while coping with his parents' separation."--
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Amber Brown volume 7
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English
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Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.
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Saints and misfits novels volume 1
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English
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Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month 2024: Teens
Muslim American Heritage Month (teens)
Arab American Heritage Month 2024: Teens
Muslim American Heritage Month (teens)
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Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
28) Summer of Brave
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Middle School Books (teens)
OBD Summer Chapter Books - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Middle Grades)
OBD Summer Chapter Books - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Middle Grades)
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Twelve-year-old Lilla wants to make everyone happy, so when her best friend Vivi dares her to start telling the truth as part of their Summer of Brave, Lilla hesitates because if she says out loud what she really wants, her whole life might crash down around her.
30) Bird Lake moon
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Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
31) Bad apple
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Tola Riley, a high school junior, struggles to tell the truth when she and her art teacher are accused of having an affair.
32) Survivor girl
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Twelve-year-old Ali is unsure about joining her brother and their reality-show celebrity father, Survivor Guy, on location and disappointed when she learns how much of the show is fake, but heroic when wildfire strikes.
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2024 AAPINH Heritage Month Children's Selections
5th Grade Recommended Reads
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
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5th Grade Recommended Reads
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
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Sonali cannot bring herself to share her feelings, but when she wakes up one day and begins to involuntarily burst into Bollywood song and dance routines that showcase her emotions, she realizes she has to find her voice and share her feelings.
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"Since their parents divorce when they were young, Nell and her sister Layla have been each other's stability and support. When Layla starts to pull away, Nell discovers a secret: Layla is involved with one of their teachers. Nell struggles with what to do"--
36) Water balloon
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With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father's new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley's life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.
37) The lifeguard
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Spending the summer at her aunt's beach house, teenaged Sirena struggles with her parents' divorce and falls in love with a mysterious lifeguard.
38) Strider
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In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school. Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run because...
39) Cookies & milk
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BBD Black History Month
Black History Month 2023
Cookie Books for Kids
Historical Fiction for Older Readers
Black History Month 2023
Cookie Books for Kids
Historical Fiction for Older Readers
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Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.
40) Eggs over Evie
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Evie feels unsettled and sad after her parents divorce, her father remarries and takes the family dog, and his new wife becomes pregnant, but a cooking class and helping the elderly lady next door with her cat give Evie a way to cope with the changes in her life. Includes recipes.
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