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1) Ruby Holler
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Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
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Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
212 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
"Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--
3) Grounded
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010
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196 p. ; 22 cm.
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After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, proceeds as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother becomes senile, and her flamboyant aunt continues to run the Summer Sunset Retirement Home for Distinguished Gentlemen, while being courted by the owner of the town's new crematorium.
4) Nest
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Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
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On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.
6) Dead to me
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
297 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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In 1948 Hollywood, a treacherous world of tough-talking private eyes, psychopathic movie stars, and troubled starlets, sixteen-year-old Alice tries to find a young runaway who is the sole witness to a beating that put her sister, Annie, in a coma.
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Random House
Pub. Date
2012
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128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the world's largest giant panda reserve.
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Gaither sisters volume 2
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2013]
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274 pages ; 22 cm
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The Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn, where they adapt to new feelings of independence while managing changes large and small, from Pa's new girlfriend to a very different Uncle Darnell's return from Vietnam.
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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157 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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While on vacation in the Bahamas, the Thea sisters stumble across an old pirate map and endeavor to find the treasure, unaware that someone else is also seeking the prize.
11) Echo: a novel
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Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
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Twelve-year-old Isobel is unhappy about spending the summer of 1918 at her aunt's home in Hollywood with her mother and sister until her cousin, Ranger, involves the girls in creating the perfect film and, when her father returns from the war, his serious injury becomes their inspiration.
14) Revolution
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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495 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description.
15) Family of liars
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Series
We were liars volume Prequel
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
299 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Carrie Sinclair tells the ghost of her son Johnny about the summer of 1987, when "the boys" arrive on Beechwood Island, setting off events that will haunt her for years to come.
16) The walled city
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
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424 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"As Jin Ling tries to save her sister Mei Yee from the Brotherhood of the Red Dragon in Hak Nam Walled City, one boy, Dai, can reunite them and save their lives--but only if he's willing to risk his own"--
Mei Yee has been trapped in a brothel for the past two years, dreaming of getting out while watching the girls who try fail one by one. Jin lives in the street gangs, passing as a boy to stay safe while searching for her sister. Dai traffics drugs...
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Gaither sisters volume 3
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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293 pages ; 22 cm
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"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible"--
19) Brother's keeper
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.
20) The robot ransom
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Boxcar children volume 147
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Henry and Jessie?s middle school robotics team is going to the regional competition! But it seems like someone doesn?t want their team to compete. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what they?ve learned about robotics to find the culprit and save the day?
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