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Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 1
Language
English
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Description
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
Author
Publisher
Harper, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
Author
Series
Anna Wang books volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.
6) Liars, Inc
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Max, his girlfriend Parvati, and best friend Pres form Liars, Inc., expecting that forging notes and lying for their peers will lead to easy cash, but when Pres asks Max to cover for him, it may be a fatal mistake.
Author
Language
English
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2023 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
Description
"After eleven-year-old David Bravo wishes for a do-over of a disastrous day of middle school, he and a shapeshifting spirit guide try to right a wrong in his past"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"It's Christmas time, 1919. Three years before, seventeen-year-old Margot Allan, a respectable vicar's daughter, fell passionately in love. But she lost her fiancé, Harry, to the Great War. In turn, she gained a desperate secret, one with the power to ruin her life and her family's reputation, a secret she guards at all costs. Now Margot's family is gathering at the vicarage for the first time since the War ended. And Harry, it turns out, isn't dead....
Author
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"How MUCH is the crazy-much love?y This simple question is answered as two parents recount the journey of adopting their daughter and the many milestone moments that follow. From the child's first bath and first time riding a tricycle, all the way to her boarding that big yellow bus, the crazy-much love grows SO MUCH that it spills out the windows and busts down the doors. A warm, lyrical celebration of the deep love parents hold for their children,...
12) Lost cat
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Slipper the cat is mistakenly left behind in the commotion when the lady she has always lived with moves in with her daughter's family, so Slipper sets out to find someone new to adopt.
14) Shoe dog
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
In order to stay in the warm and cozy home he has longed for, Shoe Dog must learn to stop chewing shoes.
15) Jake
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 47
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.
18) The grumpy pets
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Billy is a grumpy boy who's not like the other kids. His mother takes him and his sister, Sara, to the animal shelter one Saturday in hope of cheering him up. But the pets he sees are too happy for his taste. Then he finds the grumpy pets..."--
19) Lola gets a cat
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 5
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.
20) Wolfie the bunny
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.
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