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Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Description
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
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Language
English
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"Dear Dad: Love, Nelson is a glimpse into the life, family, struggles, hopes, and questions of Nelson-and the more than five million other children in the US who have experienced parental incarceration. Told through letters he writes his father, Nelson shares his feelings, thoughts, wishes, and happenings, from the celebrations they've had to the progress Nelson has made on the car they were fixing to how excited he is to have Dad coming home." --publisher's...
Author
Series
Tales from Maple Ridge volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When his father is hired for a temporary job at the general store, farm boy Logan can't wait to lend a hand. But his eagerness may cause his dad to lose this job. Can Logan's mistake be fixed in time?" -- Provided by publisher.
4) Like so
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Language
English
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Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Called Firefox by her grandfather, thirteen-year-old Maggie Lou, an irrepressible heroine who always finds ways to make life more interesting, learns how to box, joins her father's construction crew and goes on her first deer hunt, where she joins a long family tradition.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Emily is flying with her parents to China to adopt and bring home a new baby sister. She's excited but nervous to travel across the world and very aware that this trip will change her entire life. And the cracks are already starting to show the moment they reach the hotel;--her parents are all about the new baby, and have no interest in exploring. In the adoption trip group, Emily meets Katherine, a Chinese-American girl whose family...
12) The peacock
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English
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"In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl's father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family's yard, much to her mother's dismay. The girl devises a plan to earn the peacock's trust and return it to its home at the zoo."--
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English
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"A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what...
15) Homegrown
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
While her mother puts the finishing touches on her twists, a young girl asks what it means to be "homegrown". Touring precious memories and lively rooms warmed by family, Mama and Granny explain that home isn't just a place, but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another. With lush, cozy illustrations, Homegrown is a beautiful author-illustrator debut picture book that reminds us to lift up the places—and people—we call home....
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Language
English
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Depicting diverse families and their communities of support, this joyful celebration of welcoming a new child into the family invites children to explore the meaning of family, community and the blend of science, wisdom and love that brought them into the world.
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Series
Travels with my family volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A young boy tells the adventures of his family's summer vacations as his parents choose unusual places to visit.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
20) Minivan mix-up
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Language
English
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Description
"From debut talent Juliana Gaddis and NY Times bestselling illustrator John Joseph comes the story of two families with identical minivans (save for one tiny bumper sticker!) who unknowingly switch vehicles for the day when their respective toddlers swap key fobs at the grocery store. With sparse text and bright, cinematic art, Minivan Mix-Up weaves a silly (and relatable) story about two different families celebrating their commonality and ultimately...
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