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81) Windmill windup
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kelly, softball star, has to face new challenges in her life, including assignment to a different softball team and her mother's new boyfriend.
82) Homesick
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Benny's mom leaves home after a fight about a mysterious splinter that is rumored to be part of an important relic. Benny's dad has always liked clutter, but now, he begins hoarding. As his house grows more cluttered and his father grows more distant, Benny tries to discover whether he can change anything at all.
83) Eggs over Evie
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Evie feels unsettled and sad after her parents divorce, her father remarries and takes the family dog, and his new wife becomes pregnant, but a cooking class and helping the elderly lady next door with her cat give Evie a way to cope with the changes in her life. Includes recipes.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Through a series of lists, a narrator reveals how fifteen-year old Darren's world was rocked by his parents' divorce just as his brother, Nate, was leaving for college, and a year later when his father comes out as gay, then how he begins to deal with it all after a stolen weekend with Nate and his crush, Zoey.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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In 1986 Malaysia, as she worries about her parents' constant fighting, ardent soccer fan Maya, age eleven, trains herself and pulls together a team at her girls' school, despite soccer being a "boys' game."
87) The walk on
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling, Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it's clear that that position is very much filled by the coach's son, Matt. Alex has the better arm, but Matt has more experience-and the coach's loyalty. Alex finally gets a chance to show what he can do when Matt is injured, and he helps win a key game to keep the Lions' bid for the state championship alive. But just when his star is rising, Alex gets blindsided-the state...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Ivy's world is in flux. Her dad has moved out, her mother is withdrawn, her brother is off at college, and her best friend, Anna, has grown distant. Worst of all, Ivy's body won't stop expanding. She's getting taller and curvier, with no end in sight. Even her beloved math class offers no clear solution to the imbalanced equation that has become Ivy's life. Everything feels off-kilter until a skipped meal leads to a boost in confidence...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes through the mail, and plays dominoes with her family in their two-room cabin. She doesn’t mind not having electricity or running water—instead, she’s got tall trees, fresh streams, and endless sky. But then her parents divorce, and Rigel and her sisters have to move with their mom to the Connecticut suburbs to live with a grandmother...
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