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Author
Language
English
Description
In the Jim Crow South, twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., who can see ghosts, is sent to The Reformatory where boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, while his sister Gloria rallies everyone in Florida to get him out before it's too late.
Author
Series
I survived volume 23
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted nineteen-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.
Author
Series
Early reader series bilingual volume level 1
Publisher
Lectura Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This is a bilingual (English/Spanish) book about two friends who play and spend time together"--
Author
Series
Early reader series bilingual volume level 1
Publisher
Lectura Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This is a bilingual book about a young person who plays soccer and is supported by family at games"--
6) Kung food
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Super Bao, an innocent steamed stuffed bun, dreams of becoming a great hero like his ancestor. In order to realize this dream, he must battle the evil Pirate King and save the World of Foods.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade favorite memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out. Now it's just the two of them, and the house where all those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will be a favorite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning intertwined....
10) Rez ball
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his...
Author
Series
Early reader series bilingual volume level 1
Publisher
Lectura Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This is a story about a boy and his beloved, dog, Max"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he...
13) Stealing cars
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Billy Wyatt is a young man with tremendous promise, but a troubled past leads him to the Burnsville Camp for Boys. Billy must navigate his way through dangerous inmates and a cruel and punishing staff, but during it all, he learns to inspire others and find out the truth about himself in the process.
Author
Series
Early reader series bilingual volume level 2
Publisher
Lectura Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This bilingual (English-Spanish) book is about a friendship between a deaf boy and his classmate"--
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Boys and men are struggling. Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the lives of women have changed, the lives of many men have remained the same or even worsened. Our attitudes, our institutions, and our laws have failed to keep up. Conservative and progressive politicians, mired in their own ideological warfare, fail to provide thoughtful solutions....
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Weekend and Zay seem like opposites. While Zay loves going to school, Weekend would rather stay home and play video games. So when Zay ropes Weekend into a Lego Math & Writing Camp, Weekend is furious. Next thing he knows, he's going to school on a Saturday, helping kids build with Legos, and avoiding Zay at all costs. But as the day goes on, Weekend learns that camp isn't so bad after all, especially with the right partner."--
17) Robot rescue!
Author
Series
Hardy Boys clue book volume 13
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Detective brothers Frank and Joe investigate a stolen robot in the thirteenth book in the interactive Hardy Boys Clue Book series. Frank and Joe are excited to join Chet as he gets a preview of Robo Freeze, Bayport's newest sweet treat phenomenon. But Robo Freeze isn't just any ice cream shop--Sherbot the robot scoops and tops your cone to your exact specifications. But just before his big debut, Sherbot is bot-napped! Who'd want to sabotage Robo...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Falling hopelessly and inappropriately in love with the first white girl he lays eyes on, Andy Africa, an unusually smart fifteen-year-old in Kontagora, Nigeria, is forced to reckon with his identity and desires and determine how to live on the so-called Cursed Continent.
19) Of an age
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Of An Age is set in the summer of 1999 as a seventeen-year-old Serbian-born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.