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1) Crenshaw
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English
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2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Friendship Stories (WPL-Youth)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Friendship Stories (WPL-Youth)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Description
Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent, and not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He's been gone for four years, but has come back into Jackson's life to help him. Can an imaginary friend be enough to save this family from losing everything?
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Book scavenger volume 1
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English
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Adventure Awaits
Celebrate National Book Month- Youth
CSPL Books Just Right For 5th Graders
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Celebrate National Book Month- Youth
CSPL Books Just Right For 5th Graders
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Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. her family is relocating to San Francisco, home of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger, a game where books are hidden all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles. But Emily soon learns that Griswold has been attacked and is in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been posed to launch. Then Emily and...
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English
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"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"-- Provided by publisher.
4) 11 birthdays
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English
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CSPL Books Just Right For 4th Graders
Fantasy Grades 3-5 (SCPL-YS)
Friendship Stories
The Power of Friendship!
Fantasy Grades 3-5 (SCPL-YS)
Friendship Stories
The Power of Friendship!
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After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.
5) Fuzzy mud
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English
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If you go down to the woods today... Well, every child knows NOT to, don't they? Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other - because Marshall can't be seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around. Chad-the-bully, who makes Marshall's...
6) Soar
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English
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Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
Author
Series
Hilo volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2015]
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English
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"When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world"-- Provided by publisher.
9) Dash
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English
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CSPL Books Just Right For 4th Graders
If You Liked... I survived by Ann Tarshis
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
If You Liked... I survived by Ann Tarshis
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Description
When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.
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English
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
11) The wild robot
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English
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2024 Summer Reading Ranger and Rogue Weekly Challenge: Survival
2024-2025 Battle of the Books 3rd-4th Grade
Berwyn Favorites 2024-Kids
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2024-2025 Battle of the Books 3rd-4th Grade
Berwyn Favorites 2024-Kids
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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...
12) The terrible two
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English
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When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks, but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Publication Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Ever since she was a little girl, Jane Addams hoped to help people in need. She wanted to create a place where people could find food, work, and community. In 1889, she chose a house in a run-down Chicago neighborhood and turned it into Hull House--a settlement home--soon adding a playground, kindergarten, and a public bath, By 1907, Hull House included thirteen buildings. And by the early 1920s, more that nine thousand people visited Hull House...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the Great Blondin announced that he was going to walk from America to Canada across the Niagara River on a rope that was more than 1,100 feet long and just 3 inches wide, hanging 160 feet above the raging river, people came from everywhere. Some came to watch him cross. Some came to watch him fall. Some thought he wouldn't show up at all. But he did show up. And he did walk across the river. And then he did something else amazing. He crossed...
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Publisher
V & R Editoras
Publication Date
2016.
Language
Español
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"Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. They don't have money to pay the rent and food is in short supply. The family might be forced to live in their minivan again. When it looks like things are going to hit rock bottom, Jackson receives an unexpected visit from Crenshaw, his imaginary friend. Can this large, furry pal actually help?"--provided by Amazon.com.