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Coy, John

Summary: Middle-schooler Jackson's baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother's boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Diego's father is deployed to Afghanistan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COY

Bunting, Eve

Summary: A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE BUN

Bunting, Eve

Summary: A little boy is certain that his expectant mother will give birth to a baby brother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2010

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Young Bunting

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Olivia for a school project and learns about her life with her stepfamily.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

Mills, Claudia

Summary: Twelve-year-old Sonnet grapples with the loss of her grandfather's apple orchard, disrupted by a housing development, and forms an uneasy relationship with her neighbor Zeke after they discover a family secret that has the potential to disrupt Sonnet's family or bring about healing and growth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024

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Callen, Rocky

Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Leti Rivera's love of street racing is put to the test when tragedy strikes her family and threatens to tear her apart from the boy she is falling for"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAL

Barshaw, Ruth McNally.

Summary: Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAR

Kinney, Jeff.

Summary: "Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KIN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KIN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KIN

Firestone, Carrie

Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Maddie O'Neill Levine and her zany family accompany their terminally ill matriarch on her 'death with dignity' cruise, where Maddie falls in love, makes new friends, and struggles to find the strength to let go of her beloved Gram"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC FIR

Anand, Shelly

Summary: A young girl learns about her diverse heritage and discovers the strength and love it brings to her multicultural family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANA

Greanias, Margaret Chiu

Summary: Max lacks the lack to be a villain like the rest of his family, but when he brings home a bunny, his mother challenges them to become a devious duo or Max will lose his new sidekick forever.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRE

Wells, Rosemary.

Summary: On her second birthday, Sophie gets up on the wrong side of the crib and behaves terribly until her grandmother has an inspiration.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Wells 2014

Wyss, Johann David

Summary: Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1994

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WYS

Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe

Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAR

Eady, Antwan

Summary: A little boy is excited to work alongside his Papa as they collect eggs, plums, peppers and pumpkins to sell at their stand in the farmer's market, but when Papa cannot make it to the stand, his community gathers around him, with dishes made of his own produce.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG EAD

Walsh, Jenni L.

Summary: After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1940, young Jody copes with the upheaval of war and the challenges of keeping her family together by completing a bucket list with her dog Happy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2024

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WAL

Alsdurf, Phyllis

Summary: A young girl visits her aunt and uncle's farm and helps prepare for her family's annual Easter celebration.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE ALS

Gutman, Dan.

Summary: On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GUT

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC GUT

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GUT

Manning, Maurie.

Summary: Two sleepy children sneak out of their beds to watch as their parents, who love each other very much, break into a dance while washing the dishes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE Man

Patterson, Jodie

Summary: Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PAT

Polacco, Patricia.

Summary: After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J FIC POL

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Adam for a school project and learns about his family life as an adopted child.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

Adams, Diane

Summary: Illustrations and simple rhyming text show how the guiding hands of a family are always there to love and nurture a child, from birth to the first day of school.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ADA

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Roxy for a school project and learns about her family life as someone with special needs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

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