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by
Ann M Martin
Series:
Family Tree (Ann M. Martin) - #2
(481)
Summary: Dana loves living in New York City. Yes, her twin sister, Julia, can get on her nerves. And the heat in the summer can drive people a little crazy. But it feels like she's in the heart of the world,...
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BOOK
Call #: J F MARTIN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Coleen Paratore
Series:
Wedding Planner's Daughter Series
(5,655)
Summary: Willa, a romantic girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother, Cape Cod's most popular wedding planner. Twelve-year-old Willa Havisham is a classics reader, a cherry-cordial...
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BOOK
Call #: J F PARATORE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(128)
Summary: Discover all of Chilli's mum skills from playing Grannies, dancing, and taking care of Bluey and Bingo. She even makes brushing their teeth and fur fun in this adorable and hilarious book. And, most...
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BOOK
Call #: J P STORIES BLUEY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 0 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
Leslea Newman
(1,809)
Summary: Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather...
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BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING NEWMAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jewell Parker Rhodes
(2,628)
Summary: In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.
BOOK
Call #: J F RHODES
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Charlotte Zolotow
(97)
Summary: A child finds out about her mother's early life by looking at old pictures.
BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING ZOLOTOW
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Joanna Ho
(7,330)
Summary: A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little...
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BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING HO
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Barbara M. Joosse
(7,332)
Summary: A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.
BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING JOOSSE
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kevin Henkes
Series:
Penny (Kevin Henkes)
(2,113)
Summary: Penny feels guilty after taking a beautiful blue marble that she sees in Mrs. Goodwin's grass, but gets a pleasant surprise when she goes to return it the next day.
BOOK
Call #: J READER BLUE HENKES
Location: Junior Readers Blue
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mai K. Nguyen , artist
(6,284)
Summary: "Willow loves the woods near her house. They're calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away. When her emotions get the better of her one day, she decides...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN NGU
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Luke. creator Pearson
Series:
Hildafolk (Novels) - #2
(386)
Summary: Hilda and her mom have settled into their new home in the city of Trolberg. Pining for her magical friends and the wonder-filled wilderness, Hilda is finding it hard to fit in, especially at school....
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BOOK
Call #: J F PEARSON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Eva Ibbotson
(8,419)
Summary: After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J PLAYAWAY F IBBOTSON
Location: Junior Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Eva Ibbotson
Summary: After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
BOOK
Call #: J F IBBOTSON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Samantha Cotterill , illustrator
Series:
Little Senses
(215)
Summary: Laila's birthday party, perfectly planned with her autism in mind, goes awry due to a change in weather and an accident with her cake, but with the help of her mom and her service dog, Laila knows she can handle this.
BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING COTTERILL
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Nathan Fairbairn , colorist, letterer
Series:
PAWS
(237)
Summary: Best friends Mindy Kim, Gabby Jordan, and Priya Gupta are back in business! After a few ups and downs, their dog-walking business is booming and the girls are closer than ever. It's a dream come...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN FAI
Location: New Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Wendy S. Swore
(984)
Summary: Convinced that if she looks like a monster on the outside (a blood tumor covers half of her face), she must be a monster on the inside as well, Sophie tries to find a cure before her mother finds out the truth.
BOOK
Call #: J F SWORE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Alice Faye Duncan
(404)
Summary: Carol Olivia Clementine lives with Mama Rose. Mama Rose is tender and sweet. She is also as stern and demanding as any good parent should be. Though Carol Olivia misses her mother and father, Mama...
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BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING DUNCAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
(1,569)
Summary: A young Muslim girl puts on a head scarf and not only feels closer to her mother, she also imagines herself as a queen, the sun, a superhero, and more.
BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING THOMPKINS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lisa Stickley , illustrator
(7)
Summary: Measure, sift, pour, mix: it's baking time for Poppy and Mommy! Whether they're whisking meringues, whipping up brownies, or making cookies, buns, or a Swiss roll slathered with cream, Poppy loves...
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BOOK
Call #: J P GROWING STICKLEY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Growing Up
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Sarah Weeks (read by Kate Rudd)
(11,627)
Summary: After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J CD BOOK F WEEKS
Location: Junior CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Varian Johnson
(7,796)
Summary: "When Candice finds a letter in an old attic in Lambert, South Carolina, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, who left the town in shame. But the letter describes a...
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BOOK
Call #: J F JOHNSON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Amy Makechnie
(883)
Summary: As ten-year-old Gwyn searches for a missing neighbor in her new town in Iowa, she learns much about her mother, who grew up there but has suffered from memory loss since Gwyn was four.
BOOK
Call #: J F MAKECHNIE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Juana Medina
Series:
Juana And Lucas - #2
(289)
Summary: 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...
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BOOK
Call #: J F MEDINA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cristina Oxtra
Series:
Girls Survive
(65)
Summary: When her mother announces a holiday vacation to Thailand, Tara isn't thrilled. She'd rather stay home with her friends, but Mom is determined they use the girls' trip to explore their Thai heritage....
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BOOK
Call #: J F GIRLS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
(102)
Summary: On the Nebraska prairie in 1880, eleven-year-old Emma finds a way to celebrate the spirit of Christmas while her mother, a midwife, delivers a baby on Christmas Eve.
BOOK
Call #: J P HOLIDAYS VAN STEENWYK
Location: Junior Picture Books - Holidays
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Wilhelmina Harper
(219)
Summary: A little girl cautioned never to go into the jungle, wanders in deeper and deeper while searching for flowers -- and is suddenly confronted by the gunniwolf.
BOOK
Call #: J P STORIES HARPER
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cecilia Galante
(983)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Fred (never Winifred) is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any...
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BOOK
Call #: J F GALANTE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Heather Dean Brewer
(370)
Summary: Mari is getting ready to make a sign with crayon as the streets below her fill up with people. "What are we making, Mama?" she asks. "A message for the world," Mama says. "How will the whole world...
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BOOK
Call #: J P HISTORY BREWER
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ashley Herring Blake
(3,000)
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James must navigate heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, the betrayal of a former best friend, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl. When Sunny...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BLAKE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Weeks
(11,627)
Summary: After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going...
more »
BOOK
Call #: J F WEEKS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Luke. creator Pearson
Series:
Hildafolk (Novels) - #1
(1,108)
Summary: Hilda encounters her very first troll, negotiates with some very persnickety elves, and seeks to discover the mystery behind the giant who only appears at midnight as she faces the prospect of...
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BOOK
Call #: J F PEARSON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Suzanne Selfors
Series:
Ever After High (Suzanne Selfors) - #2
(1,397)
Summary: Ever After High is a boarding school for the sons and daughters of fairy tale characters, and student Ginger Breadhouse, daughter of the Candy Witch, studies all the usual magic subjects--but what...
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BOOK
Call #: J F SELFORS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Natasha Bouchard
(8)
Summary: Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't...
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BOOK
Call #: J READER BLUE TURNING
Location: Junior Readers Blue
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mary Downing Hahn
Summary: Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who?s the third person, the one...
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BOOK
Call #: J F HAHN
Locations: Junior Fiction, New Junior Fiction
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Ashley Herring Blake
(918)
Summary: Hazel Bly used to live in the perfect house with the perfect family in sunny California. But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with crippling...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BLAKE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jacqueline Woodson
(3,368)
Summary: The making of "show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
BOOK
Call #: J P BIO WOODSON
Location: Junior Picture Books - Biography
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Joy Jones
(59)
Summary: When eleven-year-old Jayla finds out that her mother used to be a Double Dutch champion, she's stunned. Her mom, who's on doctor's orders to lower her blood pressure, could move like that?!? Jayla...
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BOOK
Call #: J F JONES
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Josephine Cameron
(574)
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Anthoni Gillis is not the kind of kid who believes in fairies, unicorns, or even the word "maybe." She's more of a comic-books girl. So when her mom brings her to Thunder Lake for a...
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BOOK
Call #: J F CAMERON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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