Linda Urban
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story about small acts of courage from the author of A Crooked Kind of Perfect.
Do not let a mop sit overnight in water. Fix things before they get too big for fixing. Custodial wisdom: Mattie Breen writes it all down. She has just one week to convince Uncle Potluck to take her on as his custodial apprentice at Mitchell P. Anderson Elementary School. One week until school starts and she has to be the new girl again. But if
...Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Mabel and her younger brother Sam approach their new home and the trauma of moving by turning it into an adventure, imagining they are sailors approaching a new land, tour guides exploring a museum, and finally astronauts in space.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Francie was born in a stable. Really. Granted, it was the deluxe model with the light-up star on the roof, one of the many Christmas items for sale at her family’s Hollydale Holiday Shop. Their holiday gift empire also includes the Santa School, which was founded by Francie’s beloved grandpa, who recently passed away. Francie’s always loved working in the shop, but lately Aunt Carole has been changing everything with her ideas for too-slick,...
Author
Series
Max Leroy trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Max and his mom embark on a road trip as they adjust to their new understanding of family"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When her father goes away, eleven-year-old California "Callie" Poppy winds up with her eccentric Great-Aunt Monica and their ancestor - the once-famous etiquette expert Eleanor Fontaine, now a hypersensitive ghost.
Author
Series
Max Leroy trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Max pursues neighborhood adventures with his dad as they both adjust to recent changes in their family.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Milo Speck enters Ogregon, a land populated with hungry ogres, enormous turkeys, children needing rescue, and his own, ordinary, salesman-father, his top priority is to escape--but only after thwarting a plot to turn children everywhere into ogre snack food.
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