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Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
Longing for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.
23) Saving the team
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After moving to California, seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, a team is so bad that she is compelled to take the lead and turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cleo Edison Oliver is full of money-making ideas, and her fifth-grade Passion Project is no different--but things get more complicated when she has to keep her business running, be a good listener when her best friend needs her, and deal with the bully teasing her about being adopted at the same time.
26) Aftershocks
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a major earthquake hits California, trapping seventeen-year-old Ruby with Charlie, a near-stranger, in a laundromat, they struggle to stay alive and hopeful with only memories and each other's voices to sustain them.
27) A good horse
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt tries to rely on her Christian faith as she faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack.
Author
Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 3
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Steve Brixton finds himself pulled back into sleuthing when, during a train trip down the California coast, he uncovers a mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, an assassin, and a private rail car.
29) Lucky for good
Author
Series
Hard Pan trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The residents of Hard Pan, California, come together to help Brigitte and Lucky when the County Health Department threatens to close down the café, and meantime Miles's life is complicated by his mother's return.
Author
Series
Flower power book volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The Flower Power girls plot to bring two of their teachers together in a matchmaking scheme at their school's "Kids Night In.""--
35) Win or lose
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Devin's team thinks she is taking too much credit for their winning streak and she must keep the team together"--
36) Sabotage season
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Devin and the rest of the team must figure out who is trying to sabotage them before the playoffs start"--
37) True blue
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner.
38) Pie in the Sky
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California"--
40) Holes in the sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
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