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Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though Joetta McBride pays it little heed. She and her husband, Ennis, have built a modest but happy life for themselves, raising two sons, fifteen-year-old Henry, and eleven-year-old Robert, on their small subsistence farm. They do not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, but Joetta considers her family to be neutral, believing this is simply not their fight. Her opinion...
Author
Series
Wings of fire volume 7
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Daring mission... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Following her sister's disastrous quinceañera and her mother's sudden passing, sixteen-year-old Castillo strives to regain control of her life, but when she books a job to plan another quinceañera she finds her carefully devised plans unraveling.
284) A father's story
Author
Publisher
Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"In July of 1991 the country was shocked by the unfathomable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. But no one was more shocked than his parents. In A Father's Story, the reader is witness to the incremental unraveling of a parent's image of their child, and the "thousand different reactions" that follow. In his attempt to understand the nature of his son's psychosis, Lionel Dahmer methodically scrutinizes every possible contributing factor to his...
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 2
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Heidi Heckelbeck seems like any other eight-year-old, but she has a secret: She's a witch in disguise. Careful to keep her powers hidden (but excited to use them all the same), Heidi's learning to live like any other kid--who just happens to be witch.
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Trolls: When their village is invaded by the grumpy Bergens, two mismatched friends must work together in perfect harmony to save the day.
Trolls World Tour: Poppy and Branch discover that their kingdom is only one of six musical realms--Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop, and Rock--that were once united in perfect harmony. When the power-hungry ruler of the Rock Trolls threatens to silence all other music so her tribe can reign supreme, Poppy...
287) Swift River
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Grace and her friends are still recovering from the evil attacks plotted by ancient warlord Daijiang when Nate suddenly reappears and whisks Grace away to the Dragon King's lair. There, she learns that Daijiang is searching for a powerful dragon stone that will help him take over the world--and that he has enlisted a terrifyingly fierce beast called Shadowfire to capture Grace. Pursued by the Shadowfire, Grace and her friends must get to Paris and...
290) Desert song
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A family sings and plays music on a desert evening, in harmony with the nearby wildlife and the ancestors above."--
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 1
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
After being homeschooled her whole life, Heidi Heckelbeck enters a real school in second grade, where she encounters a mean girl named Melanie who makes her feel like an alien.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"When 13-year-old Jolie Aspern drops her phone onto the subway tracks in the springtime of 2011, how can she imagine it might bring her estranged dad, Ethan, crashing back into her life? Ethan is an ex-con and recovering addict who even in his more honest moments has difficulty seeing outside himself. But now he's starting to fear that Jolie's in the kind of trouble her mom, Sarah, could never understand. Convinced that he is the only one who can...
293) Lola sleeps over
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Today is Lola's first sleepover! She will be spending the night at her cousin Hani's house. Lola packed everything she needs to bring, including Mary and Dinah. At Hani's house, Lola and Hani build, play, and paint. they even play dress-up! Before they know it, it is time for a movie and bed. In the morning, Daddy picks Lola up and they say goodbye. Lola can't wait for the next sleepover!
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Kadooboo! Golden brown, puffy, sweet, and crunchy, it's fresh from the pan--a delicious treat! As soon as it's ready, Kabir runs home with some to share. He's got to be quick, before the rain! But wait ... can he remember the treat's name? (His Amma is sure to ask!) Of course he can. That is, if fun and friends aren't too distracting along the way. As Kabir makes his way, the sights and sounds of the street and interactions with friends start to jumble...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones’s legacy. But Oliva’s legacy comes with thorns—intertwined are secrets of her aunt’s death; a controlling grandmother who is determined to crush anyone or anything that will interfere...
296) Good Night, JJ
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"It's bedtime, and JJ needs to get ready. There is so much to do! He needs to brush his teeth, take a bath, put on his pajamas, and listen to his mommy read him a story. With this book based on the popular "This Is the Way" bedtime video, kids will love getting ready for bed along with JJ!" --
297) The new girl
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Instagram sensation and Tapas webcomic superstar Cassandra Calin makes her long-form debut with this funny, feel-good middle-grade graphic novel about change. Goodbye, old life... Lia and her family are waiting to board a flight across the Atlantic, leaving behind family, friends, and Romania -- the only home Lia has ever known. But Lia's heartache is overshadowed by the discomfort of her first period. As if things weren't difficult enough! Now Lia...
298) Familiaris
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
It is spring 1919, and John Sawtelle's imagination has gotten him into trouble, again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin's northwoods, where they hope to make a fresh start, and, with a little luck, discover what it takes to live a life of meaning, purpose and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and...
299) Family
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"It's Brother Bear's birthday, and he's having a party! He can't wait to eat cake and ice cream. But he's more excited about seeing family members from far away, like Uncle Tex and Aunt May!"--
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