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1) Sisters
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years. But when a baby brother enters the picture, and later, when something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all....
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Meet Beth and Chanda, two stylish best friends on their way to building their fashion empire! An unexpected business opportunity presents itself when the girls are asked to dogsit at Ms. Langford's luxurious house while she's away, but it quickly turns into a disaster after an accident leaves one of Ms. Langford's prized possessions in pieces! Now Beth and Chanda have to take on as many odd jobs as they can in order to afford a replacement. Car washing,...
3) Operatic
Author
Language
English
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Description
About to graduate from middle school, Charlie is preoccupied with a crush, Emile, and the absence of Luka, a boy in her class, who has not come to school in days. In Mr. P's music class, she hears the songs of opera singer Maria Callas and falls in love with opera. Maria's story helps Charlie navigate her own world.
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Series
Amelia rules! book volume 7
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.
6) Mercury
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Josey's decision to hunt for treasure in the woods of Nova Scotia in the 1850s has haunting ramifications for her twenty-first century descendant, Tara, who is trying to adjust to high school after being home schooled.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.
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Series
Mal and Chad volume 1
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grade genius Mal and his talking dog Chad shrink themselves to microscopic size and travel through time, but girls and the school bully present bigger challenges.
9) Belly flop!
Author
Series
Mal and Chad volume 3
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
After destroying the cake and presents at a birthday party, Mal hopes to impress Megan, his secret crush, with his performance at the school talent show.
10) Habibi
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Follows the relationship between two refugee child slaves, Dodola and Zam, who are thrown together by circumstance and who struggle to make a place for themselves in a world fueled by fear and vice.
11) Drama
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Language
English
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Description
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
12) The Nao of Brown
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Nao Brown suffers from OCD, but not the hand-washing, overly tidy type that people often refer to jokingly. Nao suffers from violent, morbid obsessions, while her compulsions take the form of unseen mental rituals. Working part-time in a 'designer' vinyl toy shop, while struggling to get her own illustration career off the ground, she's still searching for that elusive love--the perfect love. And in meeting the man of her dreams, she realises... dreams...
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Series
Emmie and friends volume 7
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told from alternating points of view, this story about friends, crushes, and drama follows best friends Sarah and Leo as their friendship is put to the test when Sarah wants to ask Leo's friend Ben to the school dance.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In a land of two kingdoms -- the Outside, where twisted beasts roam, cursing with a touch, and the Inside, where humans live in safety and peace -- a girl and a demonic guardian known only as Teacher share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Amid the excitement of In No Hurry's nationwide tour, Yuzu has finally declared war on Momo, while Momo, sensing the threat from Yuzu, has hardened his own resolve, but as the tour heats up, a big surprise is in store for them both.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Yuna's insecurities about herself resurface on her first Valentine's Day with Rio, and Akari's plan to give Kazuomi chocolates is thwarted. Will the girls be able to salvage this special day?
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The pressure is on now that Aya and Towa have both professed their love to Mitsuki! Fortunately, she has a reliable mentor in Nanase, who is happy to offer what advice she can. But in the course of the conversation, Mitsuki hears some news so troubling that she forgets her own romantic woes...Are Ryuji's hopes doomed to come crashing down around him?!
Author
Series
Ariol volume 5
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
All of Ariol's friends know that he has a big crush on Petula, but no one seems to notice that Bizbilla has her sights on Ariol, including Ariol! While she's waited in the ... er, wings hoping Ariol will notice her, this sweet little fly has been cooking up a plan. Mister Cantharide, Bizbilla's dad, is an ophthalmologist. An ophthalmologist is the eye doctor. Ariol wears glasses. And it seems he has an appointment coming up! Bizbilla is all abuzz...
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