OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH

Author

Series

A Boy Called Bat volume 1
Bat series volume 1
Boy Called Bat

Description

When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.

82) Curse of the Night Witch

Author

Aster, Alex

Series

Emblem Island volume 1

Description

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After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.

83) Mr. Popper's penguins

Author

Atwater, Richard

Series

Fiction

Description

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The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

84) The voyage of the Dawn Treader

Author

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963

Series

G.K. Hall large print book series

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"A crew of brave heroes sets sail on a voyage east beyond the edge of the world in search of the wrongfully banished seven lords of Narnia. Their quest moves into uncharted waters, bringing them face-to-face with their deepest fears--and the great dangers awaiting them on the horizon."--Amazon.com.

85) The wild robot

Author

Brown, Peter, 1979-

Series

Wild robot (Series) volume 1
Wild Robot
Wild Robot
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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling...

86) Beezus and Ramona

Author

Cleary, Beverly

Series

Ramona Quimby
Ramona Quimby books volume 1
Yearling book

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Beezus' biggest problem was her 4-year-old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knew sisters were supposed to love each other, with a sister like Ramona, it seemed impossible.

87) How to train your dragon

Author

Cowell, Cressida

Series

How to train your dragon volume 1

Description

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"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb? Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons--and becomes a hero."-- Publisher description.

88) Matilda

Author

Dahl, Roald

Series

Puffin Modern Classics
Puffin classics

Description

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Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security. Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers...

89) The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise

Author

Gemeinhart, Dan

Series

Coyote Sunrise volume 1
Thorndike press large print striving reader collections

Description

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Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in their old school bus to save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.

90) Spy school

Author

Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

Series

Spy school novel volume 1
Spy School
Thorndike Press youth large print

Description

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Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.

91) The phantom tollbooth

Author

Juster, Norton, 1929-2021

Series

Borzoi book

Description

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Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life. Includes an introduction by Maurice Sendak and "Celebrations of The Phantom Tollbooth" by various authors.

92) From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Author

Konigsburg, E. L

Description

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"Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided to run not from somewhere but to somewhere. That was how Claudia and her brother, Jamie, ended up living in the Metropolitan Museum of Art-and right in the middle of a mystery that made headlines."-- Page [4] of cover.

93) Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH

Author

O'Brien, Robert C

Series

Nimh

Description

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Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH,...

94) The best at it

Author

Pancholy, Maulik, 1974-

Series

Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection

Description

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"Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay"--Provided by publisher.

95) Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy

Author

Rawls, Wilson

Series

Thorndike Press large print mini-collections

Description

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A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.

96) Esperanza rising

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Description

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When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without the fancy dresses and servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill and a strike for better working conditions...

97) The cricket in Times Square

Author

Selden, George, 1929-1989

Series

Chester Cricket and His Friends
Yearling book

Description

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Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City-the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist...

98) Maniac Magee

Author

Spinelli, Jerry

Description

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After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life--and his name--changes. Maniac Magee appears in Two Mills looking ragged and undernourished, and the kids make fun of him until they see him on the football field. But somehow, despite his own problems, Maniac Magee manages to bring a new direction to everyone he encounters along his path.

99) The mysterious Benedict Society

Author

Stewart, Trenton Lee

Series

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 1
Mysterious Benedict Society series volume 1

Description

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After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

100) The mysterious Benedict Society

Author

Stewart, Trenton Lee

Series

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 1
Mysterious Benedict Society series volume 1

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