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2) Miss Quinces
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English
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Baby-Sitters Club Read-Alikes (Graphic Novels)
DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
DEN - Summer Books for Kids + Teens! 🌞
Hispanic Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
DEN - Summer Books for Kids + Teens! 🌞
Hispanic Heritage Month
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"Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceañera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine...
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Peapod Farm volume 1
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English
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"Jen moves out to the country and has to put up with her mom and her mom's new boyfriend, as well as his kids. Suddenly part of a larger family in a new place, Jen isn't sure there is a place for her in this different world"--
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Sunny side up volume 2
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English
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In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
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Amelia rules! volume 6
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Amelia Louise McBride's eleventh birthday party is fabulous, but soon her friends are fighting all the time, she gets a terrible report card, and when she summons the courage to tell a boy how she feels about him, she learns why it is called a "crush."
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March the Hare is starting in his very first professional race at Harewood Speedway, and his whole family is there to cheer him on, and help with the pit stops--but last year's champion, Lyca the Fox, is not above driving dirty in order to defend her record.
7) Allergic
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Hoping to adopt a pet to find a sense of belonging in her busy family, Maggie is disappointed to discover she is severely allergic to anything with fur and tries to find a pet to love anyway.
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Sunny side up volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, graphic-novel memoir. Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, "Sunny Side Up" is at once a compelling "problem" story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world. " --
9) RoboBaby
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
Excited by the arrival of a new baby, a family of robots is nearly undone by technical difficulties until big sister steps in and repairs the situation.
10) The meeting
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Series
Monsieur Blaireau et Madame Renarde volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Having lost their home, a fox and her daughter move in with a badger and his three children, but when the youngsters throw a big party hoping to prove that they are incompatible, their plan backfires.
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English
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"Life can be stressful for Nate Wright. At school, Mrs. Godfrey makes every day a nightmare. At home, he's stuck between Ellen, his incredibly annoying older sister, and Dad, perhaps the most clueless parent of all time. And don't get him started on Gina, the ultimate teacher's pet, or Artur, the unassuming exchange student who bests him at every turn. It's enough to make even a can-do kid like Nate scream: 'I CAN'T TAKE IT!'" -- publisher's web site....
12) Karen's witch
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Karen Brewer's imagination gets the best of her when she decides that her neighbor, Mrs. Porter--who has wild gray hair, wears black robes, and has a garden full of mysterious herbs--must be a witch.
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
It's going to be a great weekend! Karen has new roller skates and is a very good skater. She's looking forward to trying some new tricks. But, oh no! Karen falls down and has to go to the hospital. Her wrist is broken! Karen is determined to get everyone she knows -- plus someone famous -- to sign her cast. It isn't going to be easy, but she won't give up until the job is done.
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Cul de Sac chronicles the absurdly wonderful adventures of the Otterloop family. Alice, Petey, Mom, and Dad live in the cookie-cutter suburbs not far from the interstate. Here, and at school, their day-to-day life unfolds with simple joys, tiny infractions, and wonderful moments of gentle bliss. In this specially curated collection for kids, the quirky world of Cul de Sac comes to life for a new audience"--Publisher's web site.
15) Squished
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own room -- her own space to be alone and make art. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own...
16) The okay witch
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Okay witch volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Aladdin edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she's about to discover that witches aren't just the stuff of movies, books, and spooky stories. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something really strange happens. It turns out that Founder's Bluff, Massachusetts, has a centuries-old history of witch drama. And, surprise: Moth's family is at the center of it all! When Moth's new powers show up, things get totally out-of-control....
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Clueless McGee volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader PJ "Clueless" McGee writes a series of letters to his father, a private investigator, telling of his attempt to learn who stole the science fair trophy, thus clearing his own name.
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Edison Beaker creature seeker volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Edison Beaker gets introduced to the true nature of his family's pest-control company, Creature Seekers, when his Uncle Earl takes him and his sister Tesla on an emergency call to the Night Door.
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