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Board books Humorous stories JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues) JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / General (see also headings under Family) Mothers and daughters Fiction Schools FictionBirdsall, Jeanne.
Summary: As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BIRMafi, Tahereh
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Alice Queensmeadow, with the help of her friend Oliver, travels through the dangerous, magical land of Furthermore in order to rescue her missing father and prove her own magical abilities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Mafi 2016Parish, Herman.
Summary: Amelia Bedelia suggests that her Mom, who is feeling blue, go on a play date while Amelia Bedelia is doing the same, and then enlists her friends to help make chalk drawings on the house, sidewalk, and more to brighten Mom's day with her favorite things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PARLake, Nick
Summary: Told through letter-writing flashbacks, Cassie is a New Jersey shore teen who over the course of one summer experiences the exhilarating highs of new love, the frightening free-falls of personal demons and family tragedy, and the bumps along the way to forgiveness, acceptance, and self-discovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LAKSchmidt, Gary D.
Summary: Sixth-grader Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman, and also to deal with burdens from the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCHArroyo, Raymond
Summary: When twelve-year-old Will Wilder uses the Amulet of Power to get on the Perilous Falls football team, he attracts dark forces that shadow townspeople, disturb graves, and lull many into a stupor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ARRGaiman, Neil.
Summary: "Chu the panda goes to the beach!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD GAICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAIMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCAGreen, Tim
Summary: After a near-fatal car accident, twelve-year-old Ryder's mother needs an operation they cannot afford and while a new friend tries to raise funds, Ryder travels with a grouchy, disabled neighbor, from Yankee Stadium to Turner Field seeking the major league baseball player who might be Ryder's father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREJackson, Richard
Summary: "An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JACFrederick, Heather Vogel.
Summary: As the Mother-Daughter Book Club reads Jane Eyre, the girls and some of their mothers are involved in some serious competitions, Becca finds romance when the Wyoming pen pals come for a visit, and a wedding brings the British Berkeley brothers and even Stinkerbelle to Concord.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRELake, Nick.
Summary: Shelby Cooper, nearly eighteen, has been overprotected by her single mother all her life but after a car accident, Shelby's mother steals her away from the hospital, revealing that Shelby's father is not dead, but rather a violent man who promised to hunt them down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA Childrens 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LAKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LAKFitzpatrick, Huntley.
Summary: "17-year-old Gwen Castle is a working-class girl determined to escape her small island town, but when rich-kid Cass Somers, with whom she has a complicated romantic history, shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her loving, complex family, her lifelong best friends, her wealthy employer, the place she lives, and the boy she can't admit she loves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FITYancey, Richard.
Summary: When Dr. Warthrop begins to doubt fourteen-year-old Will Henry's loyalty, he sets him against one of the most horrific creatures in the Monstrumarium unaware that Will's life and his own fate will lie in the balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA FIC YANGreen, Tim
Summary: When New York Yankee James "JY" Yager tries to show that he can still hit in the majors without the help of twelve-year-old Jalen's baseball genius, Jalen focuses on his own baseball career as he tries to carve out a spot with the Rockton Rockets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRERylant, Cynthia.
Summary: A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps an otter, whose sister is trapped in an old fishing net.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Series Lighthouse Rylant 2016Ashburn, Boni
Summary: "Twenty young students, some eager, some nervous, some grumpy, prepare for their very first day of kindergarten"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ASHMcKay, Hilary.
Summary: When a mysterious bag is left on Lulu's doorstep, the last thing her grandmother expects to be in it is a cat--a huge, neon orange cat. But Lulu knows this cat doesn't mean any harm and in fact it needs a lovely new home.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Co 2013
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Summary: "Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SNIFreedman, Claire
Summary: "A visit to Gran and Grandpa's house is always a special and fun time for a child"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FREWelch, Jenna Evans
Summary: "After her mother dies, Lina travels to Italy where she discovers her mothers's journal and sets off on an adventure to unearth her mother's secrets"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction WelchSage, Angie
Summary: "13-year-old Alice TodHunter Moon goes in search of her friend Ferdie, who has been kidnapped by the malevolent Lady, encountering Septimus Heap, ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and awakening her own Magykal potential"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAGStead, Philip Christian.
Summary: "A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEPatricelli, Leslie.
Summary: "It's almost Christmas, and baby simply cannot contain the exuberance. There are things to decorate-a tree, a gingerbread house, a doggy! There are very creative presents to make, Santa to see (must be brave), carols to sing, not to mention the big event itself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2012