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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
A young boy accompanies his father on a woodland tour in the hope of spotting a deer, a shared quest that takes them over dunes and through a marsh into a wooded area filled with captivating wildlife.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
When a little girl's daddy dies, she feels confused, sad, and even mad, but with some time and help from Mommy, the little girl begins building dreams again and finds a way to take her daddy with her everywhere she goes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She's a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one withall the answers and the perfect vinaigrette for that summer salad. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes, and the life she built with the man who was supposed to be her...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Rebecca meets Fatima Farheen Mirza in this sweeping, gorgeously atmospheric novel about a ruined mansion by the sea, and a young girl who unearths the true story of the tragedy that happened there a hundred years ago Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Now, nearly a century since it was built, it stands in ruins-a boardinghouse for misfits, where people come to forget or be forgotten. Seeking a new home after a painful...
5) Time chasers
Author
Series
Area 51 interns volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Viv and her friends use one of Area 51's finicky time machines to bring back her long-lost father, but when their mission takes a dangerous turn, her dad's life and their own histories are put in jeopardy.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Told in two voices, when half-siblings Samira and Henry discover each other they join forces to find their absent father, uncovering the complexities of truth and the lasting impact of withheld family information.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
After the overnight mega success of his dad's cookie store, twelve-year-old Ellis Johnson is on top of the world. He’s met celebrities, strangers stop (3z(Bthe Cookie Kid(3y(B on the street, and he’s even headed to NYC to be in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with his dad. Ellis is ready for his star turn, playing harmonica on national television—until his big break turns into the most embarrassing moment of his life. Ellis’s...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Monsters are still lurking on Barrow’s Bay. Dare Coates is sure of it. No drifter or ruffian could have killed her father, the Captain of the Guard, while he was on patrol. But everyone insists that monsters have been gone for years now. Dare’s mother. Her classmates. Even the governor, who swiftly marries her mother just months after her father’s death. Dare’s suspicions grow even stronger when the governor suddenly...
9) Scrapper
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Follows Georgie, a resourceful twelve-year-old who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her beloved mum. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. But when her estranged father Jason turns up out of the blue, she's forced to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is...
10) Baby be
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
As they dance, wiggle, and boogie together, fathers assure their sons that they can become anything they want and that they will always have their fathers' support.
11) Kariba: 1
Author
Publisher
Catalyst Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Siku has always called the Zambezi River her home. She understands the water--and strangely enough, it seems to understand her, too, bending to her will and coming to her aid in times of need. But things are changing on the river--a great dam is being built, displacing thousands of Shonga people--and things are changing in Siku, too, as her ability to manipulate water grows out of control, and visions of a great serpent pull her further from reality...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
"Astrid is training to go to space! But as she builds her shuttle, cooks astronaut food, and practices floating in zero gravity, Dad tells Astrid that the ship's construction is too dangerous, she's too little to cook alone, and she's not allowed to flood the bathroom. That night, when Astrid dreams she's an astronaut, the challenges she encounters are overwhelming. Astrid realizes she isn't as ready as she thought. Back on Earth, Astrid turns to...
13) The Dreamatics
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Have you ever awakened from a dream and thought, what was THAT?! A platypus waddling through my school while singing the word farfanoogle? Well, that dream was performed by a dream theatre, and this is the story of one such place: The Lunarian Grand. The Lunarian is a magical theatre with a mind of its own, often redecorating on a whim or making it snow from the rafters. The theatre’s troupe call themselves the Dreamatics, and together they...
14) Out there
Author
Publisher
LB Ink, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Julia goes on a self-discovery-filled road trip with her UFO-obsessed father to chase a meteor shower.
Author
Publisher
Minerva
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Today, little Jess has a big job to do. He's helping Pap at work, and he's in charge of the water jug -- which is also a magical clock! When it's empty, Pap explains, the workday is done. But what about all these thirsty animals? Soon, the water is gone, but the day is not over yet. Will Jess be fired?! Or is the jug not really magical after all." -- page [2] of cover.
16) Scrapper
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie, a resourceful twelve-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden...
Author
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
144 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III"--
18) Eli over easy
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"The last few months have been pretty tough for Eli. He moved to New York City and left his small town in Minnesota with his extended family and everyone he knows. He hasn't made any new friends. And his mom died unexpectedly, shattering his whole world. He misses Mom more and more every day, but Dad refuses to talk about her, leaving Eli alone in his grief. Then Eli finds a stash of instructional cooking videos his mom made, revealing her dream of...
19) Mixed up
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
20) Spy x family: 7
Author
Series
Spy X Family volume 7
Publisher
Viz media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
"As Donovan Desmond is about to share a rare family moment with his son Damian, Twilight cuts in to meet his target face-to-face for the first time. Can Twilight find some way to endear himself to the inscrutable Donovan?"--
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