Enderle, Dotti
Summary: When Malcolm spots an advertisement for Mystic Mack's Grow A Ghost, he jumps at the chance to have a butler ghost to do his chores and homework, and spy on his sister--but soon things start to go wrong, and this ghost proves difficult to get rid of.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ENDMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: Tired of being the middle sister, eleven-year-old Addie Asante uses a magical bracelet to switch places with her thirteen-year-old sister and discovers that being older is not necessarily easier--and worse, her baby sister is now living as Addie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: "Identical twins Ling and Ting like to be silly, tell jokes, and laugh together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LINCarlson, Caroline
Summary: Princess Marigold-who hadn't yet been born when the remarkable Princess Rosalind was kidnapped-is eleven when the unthinkable happens: her older sister escapes her captivity and comes home. Marigold has always known she's not as good, sweet, or kind as the sister everyone adores, but amid the celebration of Rosalind's return, Marigold realizes something new: if Princess Rosalind is good, then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: "Philomena needs new glasses. Her sister Audrey wants some, too. Pretty soon, Nora Jane is feeling the pressure to get a pair of specs, as well. The one-upmanship escalates from there with the three sisters learning that not everyone needs the same things"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MALPark, Barbara.
Summary: Junie B. Jones and the stupid smelly bus: In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Listening Library 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PARGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Third-grader Zeke's soccer experience is proving to be a disaster--all of his friends are on a different team, while his team is dominated by a bully who hogs the ball and knocks down anyone who gets in his way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREMcDonald, Megan
Summary: "Stink can't wait to lay eyes on the Sherman-Holm comet. Until he hears the news that a meteorite hit Russia, that is. Who's to say that Frog Neck Lake, Virginia, isn't next? Enter Asteroid Boy (aka Stink), who, with Judy Moody as his copilot, bravely explores deep space."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Summary: "Have you ever walked a chicken on a leash? Well, chicken expert Starla Jean will let you know first hand, it's not easy. But that doesn't stop Starla from taking her pet chicken, Opal Egg, and her baby sister, Willa, out on a stroll through the neighborhood. On their walk, they stumble upon a mysterious bead. And then another! Before they know it, there's a conundrum on their hands, and it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNSpratt, R. A.
Summary: When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2010
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Summary: Musa and his sister travel to a Zanzibar beach in a shared minibus which, despite Musa's protests, gets loaded with everything from a man and his bicycle to ten swimmers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAFahmy, Huda
Summary: This summer's exercise in Fahmy family sisterly bonding involves a trip to Disney World--which seems like it is headed for disaster when Huda gets into a fight with a boy making fun of her hijab.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 FAHGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Third-grader Zeke Meeks already has two sisters, so he is bitterly disappointed when his new neighbor proves to be a girl--can Charlie change his mind and prove to him that boys and girls can play together?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GREGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Zeke Meeks will be nine soon, but he is not looking forward to a party that his sisters want to take over and nobody but his closest friends want to attend--but the alternative is going to Grace Chang's party on the same day, and she is really scary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Picture Window Books 2013
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Summary: On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SNIMiller, Pat Zietlow
Summary: Stella Wells, fledgling scientist, has a new baby brother, Drake, and she is seriously considering the possibility that he is a duck--but further research is required to test that hypothesis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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Summary: Zeke's school is having a fund-raiser and the student who sell the most cake mix will get four tickets to Thrillsville Amusement Park, but Zeke is not having much luck until his great-grandmother gives him a lesson in salesmanship--and he takes his little sister with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRERodkey, Geoff
Summary: A humorous oral history that chronicles twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper's heated competition to become sixth grade class president of their New York City private school, through text messages, photographs, screenshots, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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Summary: The magic mirror has a crack and it sends Abby, Jonah, and Prince into the mixed up tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and they soon find that Goldy is in need of a lot of gold to get her father out of jail, and so they find themselves negotiating between the Bears, who want honey, and Rumpelstiltskin, who just wants a friend or two--but King Ned is just plain greedy and somehow the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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Summary: Usually Zeke loves Halloween, but this year things just seem to be going wrong--he is having trouble finding a good costume, the costume parade at school is a disaster, and he has to take his little sister trick-or-treating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRESnicket, Lemony.
Summary: Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SNIGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Zeke's class is having a talent show, and Brassy Glass, from America's Next Superstar, will be coming to the show as the judge--but Zeke cannot figure out what talent he actually has and, as usual, his sisters are no help at all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRELowry, Lois.
Summary: In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2008
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Summary: When brother and sister duo, Dino Detective and Awesome Possum, discover Grandma Thunderclaps's pizza is missing all its pepperoni, they jump into action to find out who is to blame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021