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English
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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
3) Bone Gap
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Ever since Calvin was born, he's been Dad's "Little Man." At first Calvin liked the special nickname the two of them shared. But now that he's getting older, Calvin doesn't feel big and strong like Dad. One afternoon playing in the yard, Calvin discovers that maybe that's okay. He's Calvin, and that's exactly who he should be."--
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Ten-year-old Silo Zyco doesn't know much about his relatives -- his father was a mysterious stranger, and the rest of the Zycos were killed in a disaster involving a terrible wave and lots of mud. All he has inherited is a family reputation for thieving, and webbed feet. But Silo, last of the Zycos, does have one thing that others envy. He can see things. Things that will happen in the future. And the people in the Capitol are looking to recruit children...
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps Bip so they can play some ball, but things do not go according to plan when Bip grows so big that he flies away like a giant balloon. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
10) Olive's ocean
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Language
English
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On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Series
Clementine volume 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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When it comes to tackling third grade, Clementine is at the top of her game-okay, so maybe not all the time. After her teacher announces that the third and fourth graders will be putting on a talent show, Clementine panics. She doesn't sing or dance or play an instrument. She can't even hop with finesse. And as if she didn't feel bad enough, her perfect best friend, Margaret, has so many talents, she has to alphabetize them to keep them straight ...
13) Deadline
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English
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Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
15) Now we are cool
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Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
An older brother informs his younger brother that they need to be cool, although he is not quite sure of what cool is. Together they come up with some ideas, but after thinking through possible consequences of such actions, they decide to put cool off until another day.
16) Just Teenie
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Justine is so small, everyone calls her "Just Teenie," but one day she receives a plant that grows so tall, it gives her a different perspective.
17) One minute
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Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
In simple text and illustrations, the author explains all the things that can happen in a minute--both good and bad.
18) Restart
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
19) Before I fall
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Language
English
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After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
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Chaos walking volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him - something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in...
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