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by
James Bird
(1,326)
Summary: Collin can't help himself -- he has a unique condition that leads him to count every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies and a continual frustration to the...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BIRD
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #5
(1,971)
Summary: It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his best friend and the Vanderbeeker children...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser
Summary: It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his best friend and the Vanderbeeker children...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J PLAYAWAY F GLASER
Location: Junior Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kate Messner
(672)
Summary: Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.
BOOK
Call #: J F MESSNER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #7
Summary: The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GLASER
Location: New Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Sharon M. Draper
(14,679)
Summary: Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #4
(2,744)
Summary: When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for the New York City Marathon -- and making sure the mysterious person sleeping in the community...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
Summary: When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for the New York City Marathon -- and making sure the mysterious person sleeping in the community...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J PLAYAWAY F GLASER
Location: Junior Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Angela Cervantes
(624)
Summary: Born into a family of over-achievers, fifth-grader Allie Velasco has never finished first in anything, and lately things have been going badly: her science project is ruined by a well-meaning...
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BOOK
Call #: J F CERVANTES
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Kate Allen
(4,486)
Summary: "Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier." -- Provided by publisher
BOOK
Call #: J F ALLEN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #1
(19,831)
Summary: The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease,...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser
Summary: For the Vanderbeekers, a large bi-racial family living on Harlem's 141st Street, spring break couldn't be off to a better start. Isa has a whole week to prepare for a violin audition, Oliver is...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J PLAYAWAY F GLASER
Location: Junior Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
(1,175)
Summary: Re-creating a road trip Papa never got the chance to take with his own father, the whole crew is packed and ready for a cross-country adventure. Things get off to a rocky start when the car breaks...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Janae Marks
(11,070)
Summary: Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a...
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BOOK
Call #: J F MARKS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Janae Marks
Series:
Zoe Washington Stories
Summary: Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J PLAYAWAY F MARKS
Location: Junior Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kate DiCamillo
(5,697)
Summary: Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly...
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BOOK
Call #: J F DICAMILLO
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jeanne Birdsall
Series:
The Penderwicks - #2
(22,222)
Summary: The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
BOOK
Call #: J F BIRDSALL
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jeanne Birdsall
Series:
The Penderwicks - #4
Summary: Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and with it comes all the joyful chaos of the Penderwicks. The brood has grown to six with the addition of Lydia, the new youngest sibling, and there...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BIRDSALL
Location: New Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Jason Reynolds
(2,350)
Summary: Portico Reeves' super-power is making sure all the other superheroes -- like his parents and two best friends -- stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his...
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BOOK
Call #: J F REYNOLDS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Jason Reynolds
Summary: Portico Reeves' super-power is making sure all the other superheroes -- like his parents and two best friends -- stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J PLAYAWAY F REYNOLDS
Location: Junior Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Eliza Wheeler , illustrator
(1,676)
Summary: During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tar-paper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.
BOOK
Call #: J P HISTORY WHEELER
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Randi G Barrow (read by Roger Mueller )
Series:
Zasha Series
(2,645)
Summary: World War II has just ended when Mikhail finds a dying man and his German shepherd, Zasha, in the woods. It's dangerous, some say traitorous, to own a German dog after Germany attacked Russia, so...
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by
Jane Yolen
(645)
Summary: Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.
BOOK
Call #: J P HISTORY YOLEN
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Vera B. Williams , illustrator
(2,606)
Summary: Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.
BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING WILLIAMS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Howe
Series:
Bunnicula Series
(1,504)
Summary: An overly alarmed Chester the cat predicts a gruesome fate for the pets in the Monroe household when a writer of juvenile horror fiction and his bird companion stay overnight.
BOOK
Call #: J F HOWE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Howe
Series:
Bunnicula Series - #2
Summary: Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest of white vegetables on the morning after the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering through the neighborhood.
BOOK
Call #: J F HOWE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Liz Rivera
(61)
Summary: Miguel loves music, but his family says it is not allowed. Will he ever change their minds?
BOOK
Call #: J READER BLUE COCO
Location: Junior Readers Blue
copies in: 1 of 1
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Summary: This collection features five American Girl leveled readers, including Freedom for Addy, Kaya Rides to the Rescue, Melody Lifts her Voice, Molly's Christmas Surprise, and Samantha Helps a Friend....
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BOOK
Call #: J READER BLUE AMERICAN
Location: Junior Readers Blue
copies in: 1 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Kelly Yang
(1,293)
Summary: The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming...
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BOOK
Call #: J F YANG
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Allen Say , illustrator
(16,471)
Summary: A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
BOOK
Call #: J P BIO SAY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Biography
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Veeda Bybee
Series:
Girls Survive
(68)
Summary: Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits; her family has survived the quake, but as the city...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GIRLS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Matt Wallace
(249)
Summary: MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at...
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BOOK
Call #: J F WALLACE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Patricia Polacco , illustrator
(397)
Summary: 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.
BOOK
Call #: J P BIO POLACCO
Location: Junior Picture Books - Biography
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
E. L. Shen
(526)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen is just trying to nail that perfect landing: on the ice, in middle school, and at home, where her parents worry that competitive skating is too much pressure for a budding...
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BOOK
Call #: J F SHEN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 2
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by
Kelly Yang
Series:
Front Desk - #3
(3,241)
Summary: After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her...
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BOOK
Call #: J F YANG
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Brendan Jones
(37)
Summary: Following their mother's death in the Covid-19 pandemic, twelve-year-old twins Nicky and Josie move with their father to an isolated island in Alaska to be near extended family. They find the...
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BOOK
Call #: J F JONES
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cat Patrick
(1,582)
Summary: Seventh-grader Frankie, who has various sensory disorders, is determined to find her missing best friend, Colette, before it is too late.
BOOK
Call #: J F PATRICK
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Kelly J. Baptist
(1,091)
Summary: Isaiah is now the big man of the house. But it's a lot harder than his dad made it look. His little sister, Charlie, asks too many questions, and Mama's gone totally silent. Good thing Isaiah can...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BAPTIST
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Deborah Howe
Series:
Bunnicula - #1
(66,956)
Summary: "It all begins when the Monroes go to see the movie Dracula. At the theater, Toby finds something in his seat- a baby rabbit, which the family takes home and names Bunnicula. It proves to be an apt...
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BOOK
Call #: J F HOWE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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