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Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A group of nine high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam. Includes author's note about foster home care.
To hone his writing skills and learn more about the power of words, Darrian enrolls in Mr. Ward's class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and boys vs. girls poetry slam. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing...
42) Lolo's light
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Once in your life, sometime after your first memory but before you can drive a car, something is going to happen to you that doesn't happen to anyone else you know. It might be something good. It might be something bad, or special, or funny, or shocking. For Millie, it's something really sad. Lolo, her neighbors' infant daughter, dies--unexpectedly, suddenly, inexplicably--on the night Millie babysits. There's nothing she could have done. There's...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pack your bags and join Tabitha and Fritz as they journey across the world to switch lives.Tabitha the cat is tired of her easy, coddled life. An adventure across the world might spice things up! Fritz the elephant dreams of celebrating his birthday with an exciting voyage to a faraway place. So after the two connect online via Lair-bnb, they pack their bags and head across the globe to trade places. Will Fritz love the city life? Will the rain forest...
44) I'm not missing
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's senior year, and Miranda Black's best friend, Syd, has run away--suddenly and inexplicably, leaving behind nothing but a pink leopard print cell phone with a text message from the mysterious HIM. Everyone wants to know why Syd left, but the truth is, Miranda has no idea. When Miranda's mother abandoned her as a child, Miranda had found shelter in her friendship with Syd, who wore her own motherlessness like a badge of honor. Now Miranda's been...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After years of overachieving at her elite school, Mara James has a complete meltdown during her calculus exam and, embarrassed by the incident and the viral video evidence, goes to live with her ski bum father in Squaw Valley, where she hopes to find a place to figure out where her life is headed, and maybe even finally understand her father.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It's Christmas Eve at JFK in NYC. Charlotte is a British student, waiting for a flight home after the worst semester of her life. Anthony is a native New Yorker, surprising his girlfriend at the airport after three months apart. Charlotte has just been dumped, and Anthony is about to be dumped, right in the middle of the holiday crowd. Charlotte's flight is canceled when a blizzard blows in, and Anthony can't bear to go home. So, they set out into...
48) War of the wind
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On a remote Scottish island, Max loses his hearing in a boating accident. Struggling to make sense of his new life, and resenting being put into the 'special' class at school, he notices changes taking place after a new wind farm is constructed off the island's coast. People have become irritable and unpredictable, and acts of violence threaten to tear the community apart. For the turbines are being used to test out a new soundwave weapon. Unaffected...
49) Corinne
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2022: Corinne volume 1
Girl of the year. 2022 Corinne volume 1
Girl of the year. Corinne volume 1
Girl of the year. 2022 Corinne volume 1
Girl of the year. Corinne volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When the powder's fresh, Corinne snaps on her skis and takes a deep breath of crisp mountain air. She and her sister, Gwynn, have always called Aspen home, but moving in with their new stepdad, Arne, changes everything. Sure, there are perks--like a fancy bedroom and a new puppy named Flurry whom Corinne trains to do search and rescue. Still, Corinne feels uncomfortable in her new family and hides the truth from her best friend, Cassidy. The facts...
50) Just friends
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
August and Ethan have been best friends since the day they met at Ethan's seventh birthday party. And now, twelve years on, their friendship continues to grow. But after magic, fame, money and an unexplainable miracle in a car accident, August realises maybe she wants to be more than just friends.
Author
Series
Diary of a Minecraft zombie volume 19
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Zombie is back on dry land after his underwater adventure, and is now developing the coolest video game EVER! But some monstrous ALIENS have invaded the Overworld and Zombie's video game may be the only one that can stop them from taking over all of Minecraft! Will Zombie, Steve and their new (friendly Alien) friends be able to stop the galactic onslaught? Or is it GAME OVER for Minecraft?" -- Amazon
52) Big problemas
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogota with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the...
53) Nightmare king
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Things haven't been the same since Shane's accident. One minute he was a normal kid playing a game of tag with his friends, and the next he's the boy who came back from the dead. Now, every time Shane falls asleep, he's pulled into a dark world where the evil Nightmare King reigns. The King is collecting children and keeping them as treasure. Despite the threat of capture by the Nightmare King, he can't stay awake forever. Shane will have to take...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"What if a school club changed your life forever? In the second week of seventh grade, Jason Sloan signs up for the brand-new HAIR Club. He and his friends have no idea what it’s about, but since they’re the first to sign up they figure they’ll be in charge in no time. The club turns out to be super weird: using fancy new equipment donated by a mysterious benefactor, the members are supposed to monitor school security footage. Their first assignment:...
Author
Series
Minecraft diary of a Minecraft zombie volume 15
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Just when Zombie's life seems to be getting back to normal, it gets turned upside-down again. Adorable little gnomes are appearing on everyone's lawns, but nobody knows where they came from or why they're there. But they seem pretty cute, so Zombie doesn't mind. At the same time, people are mysteriously vanishing into thin air and no-one knows where they've gone. Can Zombie and his friends uncover where the gnomes are from? Will they find out where...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Anna, a 17-year-old teenager discovers that she is pregnant. With the help of her boyfriend Nick and without telling her parents, she decides to go to a clandestine clinic to have an abortion. Unable to go through with it, she decides to tell her parents the whole truth, who don't support her and throw her out. Scared and not knowing where to go, Anna and her boyfriend embark on the difficult path of living on the streets. As time goes by and due...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? Being a teenage Zombie is no easy feat, especially when you're going through some major changes. No-one told Zombie that mutating is a normal part of growing up. Now Zombie is doing everything crazy thing he can think of to get back to normal. But that isn't the only major change in Zombie's life - all of a sudden, a giant volcano has appeared and is threatening to blow Zombie's town...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows seventeen-year-old Grace Foley is a bit mad. She's a prankster and a risk-taker, and she's not afraid of anything except losing. As part of the long-running feud between two local schools in Swanston, Grace accepts a challenge to walk the pipe. That night she experiences something she can't explain. The funny girl isn't laughing anymore. She's haunted by voices and visions - but nobody believes a girl who cries wolf. As she's drawn...
59) Juego de niños
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
A Damián le gusta la música; a Mercedes, la pintura, y a Marcos, la escritura. Les encanta jugar juntos. Pero hay algo que les preocupa: pronto se irán a una nueva casa. Juego de niños es un canto de amor a la creatividad, al cambio y, en definitiva, a los niños que han tenido que dejar su país en busca de un futuro mejor. Back cover.
Danny loves music; Molly loves painting; and Marcus loves writing. And they all love playing together....
60) Haven's secret
Author
Series
Powers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Ellie McFadden has intuitive gifts. She can sense what other living things are feeling and talk to animals. Too bad she can't connect with her twin sister, Parker. Parker McFadden has kinetic gifts. She can cause shocks to the earth and produce heat energy that explodes from her body like fire, especially when she is angry. The sisters aren't aware of the legacy they inherited from their mother until, on their thirteenth birthday, two mysterious relatives...
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