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41) Rosie loves Jack
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Forcibly separated from the boyfriend with whom she shares a devoted mutual love, Rosie, a girl with Down syndrome, embarks on a solo journey across London to prove her independence and reunite with the person who makes her feel most like herself"--
42) A true princess
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lilia goes north to seek the family she has never known, accompanied by her friends Kai and Karina and their dog Ove, on an adventure fraught with peril, especially when they become lost in Bitra Forest, the Elf King's domain. Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale, The princess and the pea.
43) Lawn to lawn
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When their family moves away and leaves them behind, a group of lawn ornaments sets out on a dangerous trek across the country to try to find them.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Nine year-old Sophie Scott embarks on a month-long mission to Antarctica with her father aboard an icebreaker and documents her adventure in the iceberg-strewn seas in a diary she fills with notes about the area's natural wonders.
45) Jingle the brass
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
On a train trip, an engineer teaches a boy the expressions used by railroad workers as he describes the different kinds of cars, freight, and people they see.
49) Elixir
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Clea Raymond, a talented young photojournalist who has spent her life in the spotlight, and her best friends, Rayna and Ben, travel the globe trying to unravel a centuries-old mystery that could reveal her soulmate's identity and the secret of her father's disappearance.
51) Gift & box
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Gift and Box make way from Grandma's house, on cars and trucks and ships, to their exciting destination.
52) Nowhere girl
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Fair-skinned and blond-haired, thirteen-year-old Luchi was born in a Thai prison where her American mother was being held and she has never had any other home, but when her mother dies Luchi sets out into the world to search for the family and home she has always dreamed of.
54) The wayward wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Corgi Bits, an imprint of Incorgnito Publishing Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A whimsical adventure full of heart, friendships, and a lesson in acceptance and selflessness.
55) Underworld
Author
Series
Star wars the last of the Jedi volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Ferus Olin, a former Jedi apprentice, journeys through the underworld of the planet Coruscant in order to rescue a Jedi who is imprisoned in the Jedi Temple by the Empire.
58) Viking adventure
Author
Publisher
Sonlight Curriculum
Pub. Date
2000, c1963
Language
English
Description
Sigurd learns lessons from his father so he'll be ready for the adventures to come. The time finally arrives when Sigurd sets out across the sea to Wineland. The voyage is filled with new sights, people, and hardships.
60) For real
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When shy, intelligent, eighteen-year-old Claire convinces her beautiful, popular sister Miranda to team up and compete against Miranda's cheating ex-boyfriend on a reality television show, Claire's the one to capture a fellow contestant's attention.