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Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 5
Language
English
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Description
As the newest member of the BSC, Dawn is eager to prove herself. So when a big job comes along, she jumps at the chance to show everyone what she's made of. The Barretts are even more challenging than Dawn expected. The house is a mess. Mrs. Barrett is unreliable, and the kids are out of control.
3) Paperboy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
Author
Series
Iris Anderson mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In 1942 New York City, fifteen-year-old Iris grieves for her mother who committed suicide and for the loss of her life of privilege, and secretly helps her father with his detective business since he, having lost a leg at Pearl Harbor, struggles to make ends meet.
Author
Language
English
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In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace's love for all things outer...
6) Hades
Author
Series
Halo trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Even the love of her boyfriend, Xavier Woods, and her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can't keep the angel Bethany Church from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, Jake Thorn bargains for Beth's release back to Earth. But what he asks of her will destroy her, and quite possibly her loved ones as well.
7) Copyboy
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Editions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Newspaper copyboy Victor Vollmer sets out from Memphis to spread the ashes of Mr. Spiro, his friend and mentor, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and with the help of new friend Philomene he may meet the challenge.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Thankful Curtis must leave Bright Island, Maine, for the first time in 1937, she has trouble adjusting to life on the mainland, new people, and "proper schooling," and yearns for her days of farming with her father and sailing.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Ella has everything she needs to take seventh grade by storm, including the perfect new best friend. She's still not 100% sure why Morgan has chosen Ella to be her newest sidekick, but Ella knows better than to turn down the attention...even if it means leaving her former best friend, Sophie, behind. But life as Morgan's best friend is trickier than Ella imagined. Everything has to be perfect, from their on-brand selfies to the videos they record...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals. Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family's financial situation is in turmoil....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As Sawako and her friends strive toward bright futures, can their high school relationships last? Sawako forges an unlikely friendship with Kurumi while studying for college entrance exams, but she and Kazehaya spend less time together than ever. Meanwhile, Chizu is so broken up about Ryu leaving that she finally confesses her true feelings. And Yano wants to confess something to Kento he won't want to hear...
12) Twerp
Author
Series
Julian Twerski books volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they're effected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
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