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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
One of the most beloved writers of our time presents seven short stories exploring the vital ties between fathers and sons. Luke sees the ghost of his father but can't figure out what Dad wants him to do. Paul takes a camping trip with the grandfather he's just met and discovers what lies behind the man's erratic behavior. Ryan has some surprising questions when he interviews his prospective stepfather for the job. In a compellingly honest collection...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player to social pariah. Even worse, his father's failed suicide attempt leaves Rob and his mother responsible for his care. Everyone thinks of Maegan as a typical overachiever, but she has a secret of her own after the pressure got to her last year. And when her sister comes home from college pregnant, keeping it from her parents might be more than she can...
Author
Series
Middle school misadventures volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Newell's perfectly comfortable life is turned upside down when Mrs. Hendricks announces the upcoming school dance and he discovers his dad is dating his math teacher"--
324) The Legends begin
Author
Series
Darkmouth volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For generations, Finn's family has protected Darkmouth from the fierce magical creatures known as Legends. Now the Legends are plotting a major attack, and it's Finn's turn to defend his hometown. So it's too bad he's the worst Legend Hunter in history. Finn wants to be a veterinarian, not a Legend Hunter like his father. But in the small village in Ireland called Darkmouth, where his family has disposed of monsters for centuries, he doesn't really...
325) Final season
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd...
326) The lost legacy
Author
Series
Supernormal Sleuthing Service volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Three kids. A hotel full of monsters. And a stolen magical artifact that could disrupt the balance between the humans and the supernatural. Welcome to life at Hotel Monster! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library meets Hotel Transylvania in the first book of this hilarious and spooky new series that blends mystery with monsters. Stephen's dad decided to move the two of them across the country to New York City, where he is taking over as head chef in...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
When Parents Get Sick
2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
When Parents Get Sick
Description
"Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley,...
328) The baker by the sea
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In this village by the sea, a young boy notes the roles that each person in town plays. Everyone is busy: the blacksmith, the boatbuilder, the baker. But most important of all, the boy thinks, are the fishermen who bring in the catch, braving the waves and windy weather to return with the finest, freshest fish. His father is a baker, but the boy wants to be a daring fisherman when he grows up, undaunted by the stormy seas. "Have you ever been to...
Author
Publisher
Montena/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Se aproxima un futuro difícil: lucha contra monstruos, aventuras por todo el mundo y enfrentamientos con dioses griegos y romanos. ¿A qué peligros se enfrentan los semidioses fugitivos Luke y Thalia cuando se dirigen al Campamento Mestizo? ¿Percy y Annabeth podrán recuperar los objetos que ha robado un gigante que respira fuego? ¿Cómo se supone exactamente que Leo, Piper y Jason tienen que encontrar una mesa andante, esquivar un grupo de Maeands...
330) The lying woods
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Owen Foster has never wanted for anything. Then his mother shows up at his elite New Orleans boarding school cradling a bombshell: his privileged life has been funded by stolen money. After using the family business, the single largest employer in his small Louisiana town, to embezzle millions and drain the employees' retirement accounts, Owen's father vanished without a trace, leaving Owen and his mother to deal with the fallout. Owen returns to...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Books You Might Have Missed 2023: All Ages
Columbia Pike Teen Book Club - Nov 2023 - Native American History Month
For Fans of Reservation Dogs
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Columbia Pike Teen Book Club - Nov 2023 - Native American History Month
For Fans of Reservation Dogs
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Description
"Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This...
332) The rambling
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Buddy Pennington is headed to river country. No one in his village will miss him anyway -- not even his mom, after what he and his bad luck did. He'll be better off with his daddy, Davey Boy Pennington, a wandering soul who has the best luck of anyone Buddy knows. Pop might even teach Buddy his legendary skills at Parsnit, a mysterious card game of magic, chance, and above all, storytelling. No one tells a better story than Pop. But no sooner are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
334) El crossover
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"El fen�omeno del b�asquetbol, Josh Bell, y su hermano gemelo, Jordan, son los reyes de la cancha, con esos crossovers inesperados que hacen llorar a los jugadores m�as duros. Pero cuando Jordan conoce a la nueva chica del colegio, lazos entre los gemelos se empiezan a desanudar. El baloncesto y la hermandad se entrelazan para mostrarles a Josh y Jordan que la vida no viene con un manual de jugadas y que, a veces, el asunto no es ganar."--Amazon.
Fourteen-year-old...
Author
Publisher
Better Link Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
中文(繁體)
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Description
The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions. This Chinese children's story tells a delightful trip with lots of cultural details along the way! Jia Jun's Dad worked out of town all year around. Now it's time for him to come home. He took a train, bus, three-wheeled motorcycle, ferry-boat and even walked for many miles. He finally made it home and had a reunion dinner with his family on New Year's Eve. On his trip, as Jia Jun's Dad was rushing...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Will is generally miserable but finds solace at dance school, and then Will's seventeen-year-old hockey-star cousin, Alex, moves in, and Will and Alex learn a lot about each other and their relationships with their fathers"--Provided by publisher.
"Will is a Canadian eighth grader who hates hockey-and he stinks at it, too. Will is bullied at school, doesn't have any friends, and is generally miserable. When Will's seventeen-year-old...
337) Lion's legacy
Author
Series
Tennessee Russo books volume 1
Publisher
Union Square and Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices: 1. Stay, mope, regret it forever. 2. Go,...
338) Mexican whiteboy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Danny is tall and skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. Ninety-five mile an hour fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound, he loses it. But at his private school, they don’t expect much else from him. Danny is brown. Half-Mexican brown. And growing up in San Diego that close to the border means everyone...
339) The (un)popular vote
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: High School
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Teens
TAB 2022: High School
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Teens
Description
Optics can make or break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics, he learned from his father, the Congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son. Mark has promised to keep his past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is. But when he sees a manipulatively charming candidate for student body president inflame dangerous rhetoric, Mark risks his low profile to become a political challenger. The problem?...
340) A different pond
Author
Language
English
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Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
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