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Dating (Social customs) Fiction Familles monoparentales Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Fathers and daughters Fiction Fathers and daughters Juvenile fiction High schools Fiction Schools Fiction Schools Juvenile fiction Single-parent families Single-parent families Fiction Single-parent families Juvenile fictionHarmel, Kristin
Summary: In this heartwarming story of love, family and baked goods, bakery owner Hope McKenna-Smith, the divorced mother of a surly preteen girl, is summoned by her aging grandmother who, ready to reveal the secret she has kept for 70 years, sends her on a journey across the world that will forever change her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARPhilippe, Ben
Summary: When Norris, a black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clich©♭s from "a bad 90s teen movie."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PHIVerdi, Jessica
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Ryden's life was changed forever when his girlfriend discovered she was pregnant and stopped chemotherapy, and now, raising Hope with his mother's help and longing for the father he never knew, he meets smart and sexy Jodi and gains a new perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC VERMcDonald, Briana
Summary: Amateur detective Pepper Blouse, a rising seventh-grader, cannot resist investigating when her Great Aunt Florence passes away under mysterious circumstances, but strictly following her mother's Detective Rulebook may not be the best plan.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCDMangle, Bethany
Summary: When Cara accidentally posts a rant about her father and his new wife online, it goes viral-- and catches the attention of the TV producers behind a new reality dating show for single parent families. Now Cara and her mother have been whisked away to sunny Key West where they're asked to narrow a field of suitors and their kids down to one winning pair. It's outside Cara's comfort zone, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MANLee, Lyla
Summary: Mindy and her dad can't wait to compete in her school's annual family trivia night. The big prize? A year of free pizza. And she gets to be on a team with her best friend, Sally, and her family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC LEEBirdsall, Jeanne.
Summary: While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2006
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Summary: Split between two worlds, his real one, in which he's a lonely, bullied kid, and a magical realm called the Sanctuary, eleven-year-old Charles finds reality and imagination colliding when evil moves into his apartment building, and he must harness the power of his creativity to save both worlds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Labyrinth Road 2024
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Summary: Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESGemeinhart, Dan
Summary: Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in their old school bus save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GEMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION GEMLee, Lyla
Summary: It's Mindy Kim's birthday, and she's having the best day ever. Not only is she having a fun party with her friends, but she's also getting the most perfect present from her dad: a puppy. But Mindy quickly finds out that cute, cuddly little Theodore is a lot more work than she thought. With some extra love (and some tasty treats), Mindy is on a mission to help the newest member of the Kim family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Alice's first year in high school gets off to a difficult start when she and her boyfriend Patrick break up, but with the help of her father, older brother, and best friends, she gains a better sense of her own self-worth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION NaylorGilbert, Melissa
Summary: Six-year-old Daisy loves traveling the world with her father, a famous entertainer, and her teacher, Mrs. Minniear, but is lonely until her father brings home Josephine, a French bulldog that speaks and has great fashion sense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a big secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KATLee, Lyla
Summary: All Mindy Kim has ever wanted is a puppy of her very own. After all, having all the toy dog plushies in the world isn't quite the same thing as a real one! She wants a dog to take on walks, teach tricks, and cuddle with. She knows she has what it takes to be the perfect pet owner, and she thinks a dog would be a perfect gift for her upcoming birthday. But her dad isn't so sure she's ready for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LEEPhilippe, Ben
Summary: When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PHIAcampora, Paul
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Ellie Magari's mother left shortly after Ellie was born, and her father has raised her, but Ellie always figured that one day she would meet her mother and ask her some pertinent questions--but now her mother has died, and Ellie does not know exactly how to feel about that, but she is determined, with the help of her friends in the St. Francis of Assisi's Howling Wolves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ACALai, Remy
Summary: "Sometimes life isn't a piece of cake... When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LAICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LAIMiller, Jessica
Summary: When timid Elizabeth's father takes her and her fearless friend, Zenobia, to his family home, Zenobia becomes obsessed with finding a ghost there, and then Elizabeth learns she had an aunt who disappeared from the house years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MILSantiago, Elizabeth
Summary: Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANTan, Amy Rebecca
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Jamie must spend her summer volunteering at Foxfield Public Library, but quickly grows to love the people there and enthusiastically joins the fight to save the library.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TANMagoon, Kekla
Summary: Eleven-year-old Chester and his classmate Skye, tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission, discover the key to their spy assignment is to stop a heist, but cracking the code could mean finding out things are not always what they seem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAGMonninger, Joseph
Summary: In rural New Hampshire, sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor and her neighbor, eighteen-year-old Danny Stewart, fall into an unlikely relationship as they work together to save Wally, a loveable but mistreated dog kept chained in a junk-filled yard by Danny's cruel father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION MONLeyh, Kat
Summary: When Snap rescues a family of baby opossums, she asks the town witch, Jacks, for help caring for them, but as Snap starts to get to know Jacks, she realizes that Jacks may have a connection with Snap's family past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020