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1) Shark teeth
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
2) Fate breaker
Author
Series
Realm breaker volume 3
Language
English
Description
Change your fate--or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other. After Corayne barely escapes with her life, she must forge on alone, leaving her blade broken and her allies behind her. Her only consolation--Corayne now has Taristan's sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence. Without it, he can't rip open any more Spindles. Without it, he can't end the world. But Taristan and Queen Erida will not be defeated...
4) The teacher
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Language
English
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Something isn't right at Caseham High School. Last year, the school was rocked by scandal: a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Now, Addie is a pariah and will do anything to get through the year. More than that, she's desperate to keep the truth from coming to light. Evie, a colleague of the disgraced teacher, is horrified to find Addie in her class. She knows the girl can't be trusted and soon realizes she's...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can't afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood and the loss of Shane's father and her grandparents. They don't think they'll ever get their home back. Then Shane's mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends,...
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English
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Discovering an orphaned wolf pup she believes is related to the five sacred beasts of Devia, which a Hunter has been killing one by one, Sona embarks on an epic adventure during which she realizes that the fate of the sacred beasts, and the future of Devia, is in her hands.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the family's social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (who's rarely home). When Sophie is offered the chance to move to France for work, she seizes the opportunity, and promises to send for her niece in one year's time. All Pumkin has to...
Author
Publisher
Albert, Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
It's early morning--a perfect time to fish. A young girl sits with her fishing pole, the good luck charm her grandfather carved sitting on a rock beside her. But is catching fish for everyone's breakfast really what she wants to do?
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English
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An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family's unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country. Through a series of face-offs that are raw, ecstatic,...
Author
Publisher
Planet!oh
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Little Susie is frightened. But she does not want to tell anybody. When her mother wants to bake a cake for her family she sends Susie to the village to buy some ingredients. The girl has to pass dark forests, scary fields, and wide grasslands. Will she be able to handle her fears?
13) Skin like mine
Author
Series
Kids like mine volume 2
Publisher
Kids Like Mine
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Skin Like Mine is a fun, easy-to-read for beginners as well as advanced readers. An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Guaranteed to make you smile and a bit hungry.
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English
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The switcheroo fun of The Parent Trap meets the showbiz spirit of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this timeless coming-of-age story about family, friendship, and following your dreams. When Shira and Esther first meet, they can hardly believe their eyes. It's like looking in a mirror! But even though they may look identical, the two girls couldn't be more different. Shira dreams of singing and dancing onstage, but her father, a stern and pious rabbi,...
16) Starboard
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Kirsten Bramble is too famous to have friends. That's what she tells herself, anyway--but with the end of her hit reality TV show barreling toward her, Kirsten's not sure she's ready to say goodbye to her lonely life of fame. Luckily--or unluckily--Kirsten can't help being plunged headfirst into a new adventure when she's dragged on a class trip to visit the SS Great Britain. Because somehow, the ancient ship can speak to her--and she wants Kirsten...
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories about the trials and triumphs of girls in sports.
Every athlete knows what it takes to win. But for teen female players, the stakes are so much higher. In this anthology, the voices of these athletes come alive, highlighting the ferocity of those who are often shunted to the side. From navigating rampant misogyny to forging a sisterhood through sweat or just reveling in the love of the game, the stories in Out of Our...
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
A Din le encanta coleccionar estrellas. Ella siempre está encantada de compartir su magia con sus amigos. Din pronto descubre que el simple arte de hacer preguntas cuya respuesta no se sabe es el comienzo de una amistad de confianza.
Din loves to collect stars. She has an abundance of them and is always delighted to share their magic with her community friends. Din's stars are known for creating smiles out of frowns and turning blue days into joyful...
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Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania feels like drowning. Leah goes to church every Sunday, works when she isn't at school, and takes care of her baby brother, Owen. Like every girl in Winston, she tries to be right and good and holy. If she isn't the Lord of the Wood will take her, and she'll disappear like so many other girls before her. But living up to the rigorous standards of the town takes its toll. One night, when Owen won't...
20) The limits
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From Mo'orea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obsessed with saving Polynesia's imperiled coral reefs sends her teenage daughter to live with her ex-husband in New York. By the time fifteen-year-old Pia arrives at her father Stephen's luxury apartment in Manhattan and meets his new, younger wife, Kate, she has been shuttled between her parents' disparate lives--her father's consuming work as a surgeon at an overwhelmed...
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