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"For Indigo Phillips, life has always been about basking in the shadow of her identical twin, Violet--the perfectly dressed, gentle, popular sister. The only problem the girls had in their lives was the occasional chaos that came with being part of the Phillips family brood. But when Violet becomes terminally ill and plans to die on her own terms via medically assisted death, Indigo spirals into desperation in her efforts to cope. That's when she...
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"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
5) I am a baby
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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Photographs depict babies from different families engaged in a variety of activities.
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English
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When a popular high school boy is found murdered, everyone is surprised he carried pictures of himself with Nicole Morgan, a shy "music geek" no one knew was close to him.
After heartthrob Chace Porter is found dead in the woods near the school, the police search for the girl snuggled up next to him in a picture discovered among his personal effects. A girl no one knew was even close to him-- and whose best friend, Lana Rivera, was his girlfriend....
13) Rabbit & Possum
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Best friends Rabbit and Possum are always looking for fun--even if it often lands one (or both) of them in a jam!"--
14) Earth to Charlie
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Convinced his mother has been abducted by aliens, Charlie Dickens spends his nights watching for UFOs, hoping to join her. He doesn't have many reasons to stick around; he doesn't get along well with his father, he's constantly bullied at school and at work, and the only friend he has is his 600-pound neighbor Geoffrey, and Geoffrey's three-legged dog, Tickles. When Charlie meets easy-going Seth, he learns what real friendship is all about. -- adapted...
15) As we grow
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Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"No one knows what lies ahead or who they'll grow to be, It's all a part of growing up - the journey to be me..."--Publisher.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Eleven-year-old Carolina's summer -- and life as she knows it -- is upended when Papi loses his job, and she and her family must move from Puerto Rico to her Tía Cuca and Uncle Porter's house in upstate New York. Now Carolina must attend Silver Meadows camp, where her bossy older cousin Gabriela rules the social scene. Just as Carolina worries she'll have to spend the entire summer in Gabriela's shadow, she makes a friend of her own in Jennifer,...
17) The treasure box
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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When war forces people to flee their homes, young refugee Peter carries a cherished family possession throughout a difficult period of survival before reflecting on its importance years later.
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Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Mela ends up in trouble when her little boat is swept into the dense jungle. She offers each animal she meets a prize for helping her find her way home, but the animals take their rewards without helping--then an elephant shows Mela that kindness is its own reward"--
19) Ruby in the sky
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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When Ruby Moon Hayes, twelve, and her mother move to tiny Fortin, Vermont, Ruby is surprised to make friends at school and in the neighborhood, where a reclusive lady hides a huge secret.
20) Remarkably you
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English
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Rhyming text encourages young readers to discover what they are good at and use it to make a difference in big ways or in small ones.
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