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1) Pinkalicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 1
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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Description
A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
2) Moving day
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 1
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
3) Summerlost
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Following the sudden deaths of her father and autistic younger brother, Cedar Lee spends the summer working at a Shakespearean theater festival, making a new friend, and coming to terms with her grief"--
4) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Young Lemony Snicket investigates a rash of fires that have plagued the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, revealing secrets that involve the Department of Education and the notorious villain Hangfire.
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
While visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death, Ben and his family are swept away-and pulled apart-by a terrible tsunami.
12) Beswitched
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
On her way, reluctantly, to a boarding school in present-day England, Flora suddenly finds herself in 1935, the new girl at St. Winifred's, having been summoned via a magic spell by her new dormitory mates.
13) The best man
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Archer has four important role models in his life--his dad, his grandfather, his uncle Paul, and his favorite teacher, Mr. McLeod. When Uncle Paul and Mr. McLeod get married, Archer's sixth-grade year becomes one he'll never forget"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
16) Lost in the sun
Author
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Trent never meant to kill Jared Roberts when he hit him with that hockey puck. Guilt ridden despite having been unaware of Jared's heart defect, Trent now pushes people away on principle, turning to his Book of Thoughts to make sense of the anger inside. Only when Fallon Little arrives does Trent realize that, while one small action can end a life, one big choice can reclaim one.
17) House arrest
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Young Timothy is sentenced to house arrest after impulsively stealing a wallet, and he is forced to keep a journal into which he pours all his thoughts, fears, and frustrations.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Obaydas family is in need of some good fortune, and her aunt has an idea to bring the family luckdress Obayda, the youngest of four sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh . Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh , everything changes. Their transformation wont last forever, thoughunless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure.
19) Threads of blue
Author
Series
Beautiful blue world volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Mathilde escapes war-torn Sofarende and reunites with Megs and the other children who are working for the army to retake Sofarende from the enemy, but Mathilde must come to terms with her past treasonous actions and determine what she must do in order to prove her friendship to Megs.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
While her grandmother was alive, Emma's world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma's skin. Soon, she's diagnosed with vitiligo-a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color-and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments. But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone...
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