Johanna Knowles
1) Ear worm!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
One summer day, as Little Worm heads out to play, he discovers he has a song stuck in his head. "What's that you're singing?" Owl asks, but Little Worm can't say. He wriggles past, determined to learn who filled his head with "Shimmy shimmy, no-sashay." Owl flaps along with a song of his own, and before long Chipmunk, Bunny, and Fox fall in line, each contributing an ear worm to the joyful cacophony. Amid all the singing and dancing, Little Worm forgets...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"For thirteen-year-old Rachel, summer is meant to be a time of long days of swimming at the lake and hanging out with her best friend, Micah. And this year she has a summer job, taking care of the animals at the small hobby farm across the road. The chickens and pig are challenging, but she loves looking after the gentle horses and goats, and especially the adorable baby steer. At home, though, things are complicated. Her parents seem more worries...
3) Pearl
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After fifteen-year-old Bean's beloved grandfather Gus dies, she discovers uncomfortable secrets about him, her mother, and the father she has never known.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to a bully in gym class, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger--the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. It won't be the last time a middle finger is raised on this day. Dreamer Claire envisions herself sitting in an artsy café, filling a journal, but fate has other plans. One cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star; another questions just how, as a "big girl," she fits in. A group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse--or...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible in her family, where grumpy eighteen-year-old Sarah is working at the family restaurant, fourteen-year-old Holden is struggling with school bullies and his emerging homosexuality, and adorable, three-year-old Charlie is always the center of attention, and when tragedy strikes, the fragile bond holding the family together is stretched almost to the breaking point.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009, c2007
Language
English
Description
After her former friend Leah dies in an automobile accident, Laine remembers their troubled relationship, dating back to elementary school when Leah convinced Laine to "practice" in the closet with her, and Leah controlled her every thought.
8) Meant to be
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ivy loves living in Applewood Heights. The family's apartment is tiny, and her older sister, Rachel, won't stop grumbling about sharing a room after their old house was lost to foreclosure ... Ivy finds much-needed reassurance, and a boost of confidence, when she starts working with the building superintendent ... Ivy has a natural talent, but she comes to realize that some things--like hurt feelings--are harder to fix than others ... as she tries...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Forced to move to a new town with his karate-loving uncle after the events in "Jumping off swings," high school senior Josh struggles with regrets while practicing karate with upstairs neighbor Stella, whom Josh fears will reject him because of her jealous boyfriend and his own checkered past.