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41) Hothead: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Connor Sullivan, All-Star third baseman on his Babe Ruth League team, has a terrible temper and problems at home, but when the sports editor of the school paper threatens to publish an embarrassing story about his tantrus, Connor must make a change.
42) Moo!
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country.
43) Peace, baby!
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Simple rhyming text encourages children to set aside anger and irritation and find peace within themselves, and with the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.
47) The cool bean
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English
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"Everyone knows the cool beans. Theyre sooooo cool. And then theres the uncool has-bean . . . Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowduntil one day the cool beans show him how its done.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
The house at Number 8 Sunflower Street tells the stories of three teenagers who have lived within its walls in the 21st century--Ana, a lesbian forced to leave her home, Greg sent to live with his aunt when his parents divorce, and Beto, a would-be photographer living during the COVID pandemic.
49) Ben rides on
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English
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Ben rides his new bicycle the very, very long way to school but Adrian Underbite, perhaps the world's largest third-grader, takes the bike anyway and later, when Ben finds Adrian in trouble, he must decide whether or not to help the larcenous bully.
50) The big fib
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After playing with Miss Finn's discarded boxes and making a mess, her young neighbors first lie about their misdeed and then make things right.
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English
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The summer after his absentee father is killed in a random shooting, Paul volunteers at a Harlem soup kitchen where he listens to lessons about "the social contract" from an elderly African American man, and mentors a seventeen-year-old unwed mother who wants to make it to college on a basketball scholarship.
52) Rules of summer
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Two boys explain the occasionally mysterious "rules" they learned over the summer, like never eat the last olive at a party, never ruin a perfect plan, and never give your keys to a stranger.
53) No more tantrums
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Babies have tantrums, and do not like being told NO, but part of growing up is learning to ask nicely, and accept restrictions--that is what big kids do.
55) Nyxia unleashed
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Emmett Atwater and the other Genesis spaceship survivors are caught between Babel and the indigenous Adamite population when they are sent to extract nyxia, the most valuable material in the universe.
56) You are here
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Encourages children to explore the world around them, embrace opportunities, and experience life as an adventure.
57) Cicada
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Cicada is overworked, under appreciated, and generally discriminated against--but after seventeen years he gets to return to the forest, and laugh at the humans.
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Language
English
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"Miles McHale is a tattletale. And everybody knows it. But he's not the only one who needs help, so his teacher decides: it's time to fight the Tattle Battle! But will Miles figure out the right time to tell a grown-up about another person's behavior, or is he doomed to be a tattletale forever?"--Publisher's website.
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English
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In this adaptation of the Little Red Hen fable, Ruby wants to build a fort, but her three brothers refuse to help, so when the fort is finished Ruby will not let them join her--until the boys come up with a few embellishments for the fort, like a mailbox, a garden, and a fresh coat of paint.
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