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Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
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The discovery of a packet of old letters sends seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg to Nantucket to unravel a family mystery about her grandmother's past, but things get complicated when Abby meets the cute grandson of a prominent family who wants to stop her from investigating.
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 14
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
142 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
When Judy learns that some of her ancestors lived in England and possibly related to the Queen, her nemesis Jessica Finch finds more surprise relatives that Judy wishes she could hide in a dungeon somewhere.
6) Mercury
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
234 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Tara is forced to move in with her cousins after her house burns down. She faces a difficult adjustment while her mother is away trying to earn money. Interwoven with this story is that of Tara's ancestors, who in 1859 were convinced by a mysterious stranger to put all their money into searching their property for gold.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering....
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
Mary and Joseph have fled Israel to protect their sweet, brown baby Jesus from King Herod. Now in Egypt, the new parents watch their baby grown to a toddler as they marvel over his destiny. Like the colorful threads that make up a beautiful cloth, readers will explore the stories of a diverse and multicultural cast of Biblical characters and how God used each of their stories to design one full of mercy, hope, and joy for Mary and Joseph's brown baby...
Author
Publisher
Familius LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"Everyone has a family tree, no matter how big or small. But what happens when mine has more than just the roots, trunk, and branches? I've got six parents (yes, six--you can count with me and see) and enough siblings to take up almost all of my fingers. Will this piece of paper, with the stems, branches, leaves, trunk, berries, and nuts of the great, big, loud, colorful, fun, crazy family I call mine, even fit on Ms. Collin's wall at school? Florence...
10) Legendborn
Author
Series
Legendborn volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Formats
Description
"To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights"--
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