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In a small fishing village in British Columbia, twelve-year-old Primrose tries to be a matchmaker for her Uncle Jack, befriends Ked, a new foster child, tries to decide if she is willing to go to jail for her convictions, and together with Ked, publishes a cook book to raise money for the Fisherman's Aid. Includes recipes.
3) Middletown
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna is more traditionally feminine; she loves boys and staying out late. They are sisters ... Their dad has long been out of the picture, and their mom lives at the mercy of her next drink. When their mom lands herself in enforced rehab, Anna and Eli are left to fend for themselves. Eli and Anna have each gotten used to telling lies...
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"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audiobook
TAB 2022: Dorothy Hamm
TAB 2022: Kenmore
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audiobook
TAB 2022: Dorothy Hamm
TAB 2022: Kenmore
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"Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team--even Brian, who usually keeps to...
7) Little Cub
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A young bear cub, who is alone in the world, and Old Bear, who is grumpy and tired of living alone, meet and discover what they have been missing.
8) Gossamer
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Language
English
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While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
10) Don't look now
Author
Series
Persefone trilogy (Michelle Gagnon) volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"Teen hackers Noa and Peter struggle to take down the AMRF corporation while rescuing foster kids from AMRF's gruesome experiments"--
11) A family apart
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
When their widowed mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent on the orphan train by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860.
12) Fast break
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
13) Remember me
Author
Series
Wick Tate series volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Teen hacker Wick Tate has to decide between right and wrong as she tries to solve another murder and discover the truth about her mother's suicide"--
Author
Series
Persefone trilogy (Michelle Gagnon) volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After waking up on an operating table with no memory of how she got there, Noa must team up with computer hacker Peter to stop a corrupt corporation with a deadly secret.
16) Find me
Author
Series
Wick Tate series volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate finds a dead classmate's diary on her front step, with a note reading "Find me," she sets off on a perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the killer.
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Deeply unhappy about the separation of her family because of poverty, twelve-year-old Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.
18) Oblivion
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Callie Knowles fights her compulsion to write constantly, even on herself, as she struggles to cope with foster care, her mother's life in a mental institution, and her belief that she killed her father, a minister, who has been missing for a year.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Stranded for a year on the ground, after a crash landing from her broom, a little witch is taken in by the Doon family, a situation which causes compromises on both sides, many happy times, and ultimately a big change for the little witch.
20) Overdrive
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jules Parish turned to stealing cars to try to get her sister out of foster care, but after she is caught, a wealthy eccentic offers a promising--but perilous--solution.
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