Katherine Applegate
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Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 1
Language
English
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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
2) Wishtree
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Language
English
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"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
3) Willodeen
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
Author
Series
Endling volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
To learn if she truly is the last dairne in the world-the endling-Byx and her friends must travel into the snow-covered mountains of the country of Dreyland, where they hope to uncover the truth behind the legend of a hidden dairne colony. But the threat of war across the lands continues to grow with each passing day. As the group confronts untold dangers at every turn, they will ultimately uncover a treacherous plot that involves the other powerful...
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
When first-grader Roscoe discovers that his stuffed pig is missing from his backpack, he accuses the class bully of "pig-napping" and gets even by taking the bully's teddy bear.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When first-grader Roscoe Riley goes on a school field trip to an apple orchard carrying his sister's fortune-telling ball, the outlook is cloudy.
7) The invasion
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©1996.
Language
English
Description
Jake, an average suburban kid, is confronted one night by a creature from space who teaches him how to morph into the forms of other creatures. This fantastic, unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat series can best be described as an "X-Files" for kids--plus a whole lot more! Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco are the Animorphs--five kids who can change into any animal they touch. The bottom of each page is animated with "flip-book" images, so as kids...
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 7
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.
Author
Series
Doggo and Pupper volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Cat announces that the Humans have given her a surprise present, Doggo and Pupper are all ears. But when they find out that Cat has a new bed and misses her old one, they set out to help her search for cozy"--
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 5
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Roscoe loves to make noise and tap shoes make the best noise ever! But tap dancing? The big boys at his school say that’s just for girls. Roscoe promised his friend Emma that he would tap in the school talent show with her. When the teasing starts, will he keep his word? --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Jake, Rachel, Macro, Cassie and Tobias were just kids until they were given the power to morph. Now they're the only ones who can save the human race from the evil Yeerks. But can Tobias still help now he's a hawk? Or should he just forget that he was ever a boy, and fly away for ever"--FantasticFiction.com.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this collection of essays and speeches written over the course of four decades, the beloved author of Tuck Everlasting explores what it was like to be a 'little dog' in the literary world, continually being asked to explain her choice to create books for young readers instead of doing something more serious for adults. Assembled by the author before her death, these pieces range far and wide in subject matter, from issues of responsibility when...
14) The visitor
Author
Series
Animorphs (Graphic novels) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Rachel is still reeling from the news that Earth is secretly under attack by parasitic aliens, the Yeerks. Now she and her friends are the planet's only defense -- five kids who, purely by chance, stumbled onto a downed spacecraft and were given the power to morph into any animals they touch. The team's best lead is their assistant principal, Mr. Chapman, who is the human host to a high-ranking Yeerk official. It's not much, but Rachel's always been...
15) The islanders
Author
Series
Islanders (Mary Alice Monroe) volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
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