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1) Winterling
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Series
Winterling volume 1
Language
English
Description
Spirited young Fer travels through the Way to a magical world in which beings part human and part animal serve an evil ruler known as the Lady, and where she hopes to learn about her long-lost parents and her own identitiy.
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Series
Books of beginning volume 1
Language
English
Description
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In the second book in the Books of Beginning Trilogy, Michael and Emma must track down the Chronicle of Life, while Kate must find a way back to present day from the year 1899"--
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English
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait, what? Shay's sister,...
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English
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Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person in the whole world, his grandfather, Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you're really good at and become the BEST at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul's brain. While he's not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
9) Joshua Dread
Author
Series
Joshua Dread volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Besides being bullied, Joshua faces one more obstacle in middle school, trying to hide his identity as the son of supervillains, the Dread Duo.
10) Like
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In a series of amusing comparisons, a boy shows how humans are much more like each other than we are like any other thing on Earth.
11) What I am
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A young narrator describes herself as many things at the same time - a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, American, both selfish and generous, mean and kind - and these seeming contradictions are precisely what makes her a unique individual.
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Not quite narwhal and friends volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why.
13) Big secret
Author
Series
Tales of Sasha volume 1
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In the Tales of Sasha series debut, Sasha discovers that she really isn't like the other horses in her valley when wings sprout from her back and she soars through the air!"--
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"In the final book of the Books of beginning trilogy, Kate and Michael must help the magical world prepare for the final war against the Dire Magnus, while Emma must travel to find the final book--the Book of the Dead"--
16) This is Ruby
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about a girl named Ruby, her curious nature and how her creativity allows her to connect with the world around her. "--
17) Tell me my name
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Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Eighteen-year-old Fern's life spirals out of control after troubled former child star Ivy Avila arrives on Commodore Island, ultimately forcing Fern to take agency over her own existence.
19) Pathfinder
Author
Series
Pathfinder (Orson Scott Card) volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
20) The ear
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A fable about Van Gogh's headless ear and her search for identity, purpose and acceptance.
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