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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
After seventeen-year-old Olivia and her friend Jamie accidentally kill Jamie's abusive father, two other friends, Max and Maggie, join them in running away from St. Francisville, Louisiana, to hide out in New Orleans while they try to figure out what to do next.
203) A name earned
Author
Series
No Name volume 3
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As the basketball playoffs draw near, Chocktaw teen Bobby Byington shares the legend of No Name with his teammates, who are dealing with family problems all too familiar to him.
204) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Sports [Middle School Readers]
TAB 2017 Picks
The Great American Read - 2018
TAB 2017 Picks
The Great American Read - 2018
Description
Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
206) Out of the blue
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In a world where only the color blue is allowed, a young boy and his father dare to defy the rules and create a place where every hue is welcome.
207) Doomraga's revenge
Author
Series
Merlin's Dragon trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The dragon Basil, now mighty in strength, size, and courage, seeks the cause of a new series of crises that threaten the stability of Avalon, while his friend Merlin is distracted by problems with his son, Krystallus.
208) What's next?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Curious Baby Badger loves exploring. He is eager to see, and know, more of the world beyond his den. So, one night, his daddy takes him on a moonlit adventure through the still, black-and-white forest up above their underground home. And that sets Baby Badger's imagination soaring. What's daytime like? he wonders. What's next? A tender father and son story of adventure, discovery and the comforting pull of home.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 2004, twelve-year-old Oscar Egg is sent to live with his father in a strange netherworld under Boston's Fenway Park, where he joins the fairies, pooka, banshee, and other beings that are trapped there, waiting for someone to break the eighty-six-year-old curse that has prevented the Boston Red Sox from winning a World Series.
212) Kid Coach
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After turning his couch-potato father into a wrestling champion, Kid Coach discovers that he left out the most important lesson--the importance of being a good sport.
Author
Series
Notebook of doom volume 13
Publisher
Branches, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the year since Alexander and his father moved to Stermont, he and his friends in the Super Secret Monster Patrol of Stermont Elementary have defeated all kinds of monsters, but now they face their greatest challenge, the boss-monster who has kidnapped fellow monster fighter Ms. Vanderpants and stolen the Notebook of Doom--and they have to do it before Alexander turns eight and stops being able to see monsters.
214) My two border towns
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--
215) Sleepy stories
Author
Publisher
Elsewhere Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nicolás asks his very sleepy father to tell story after story and hears of a man who sleeps in his umbrella, another in the sea, and a third in a monkey's cage.
216) Garvey in the dark
Author
Series
Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 2
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Capturing the shock and reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, as Garvey's life goes into lockdown and his father becomes sick, Garvey must find a way to use his newfound musical skills to bring hope to both his father and himself"--
217) Pastel para enemigos
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Hoping that the enemy pie which his father makes will help him get rid of his enemy, a little boy finds that instead it helps make a new friend.
218) Pennies in a jar
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.
220) Polo cowboy
Author
Series
Ghetto cowboy volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"When Cole moves in with his dad, Harp, he thinks life will be sweet--just him and his horse, Boo, hanging out with Philadelphia's urban cowboys. But when Harp says he has to get a job, Cole winds up as a stable hand for the polo team at George Washington Military Academy, where the players are rich, white, and stuck-up--all except Ruthie, the team's first and only girl, who's determined to show the others she can beat them at their own game. As Cole...
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