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4) Life on Mars
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.
5) No vacancy
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English
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"Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel's housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. "--
9) Neville
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Language
English
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When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood.
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English
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In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot
11) Dream friends
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"A shy little girl yearns to find a real-life friend as wonderful as the one she plays with in her dreams"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Description
Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
13) Home is a window
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A family learns what home really means when they leave their beloved house and move to another"--
15) Wagons ho!
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Language
English
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Compares the experiences of Jenny Johnson and Katie Miller as their families move from Missouri to Oregon, one in 1846 and one in 2011.
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English
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When an asteroid has an 84.7% chance of colliding with the Earth in four days, eleven-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to capture her family's truth as she tries to come to terms with saying goodbye.
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Language
English
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Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Stories of Resilience
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Book with a Human Who Doesn't Look or Live Like You
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Stories of Resilience
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Book with a Human Who Doesn't Look or Live Like You
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Mindy Kim wants to fit in at her new school, but her favorite lunch leads to scorn, then a thriving business, and finally big trouble.--
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English
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Twelve-year-old Hattie grew up in Brooklyn, so her family's move to a small town in Massachusetts required a lot of adjustments, but by the time sixth-grade starts she has several new friends--but when she somehow invokes the harvest festival jinx, suddenly none of her new friends even recognize her, and she must find a way to break the spell.
20) Gibberish
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Language
English
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Back to School Books
Best Children's Books 2022
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Best Children's Books 2022
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
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When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sounds like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
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