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981) So done
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English
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"When best friends Metai and Jamila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and looming auditions for a potentially life-changing new talented-and-gifted program"--
982) Curious tides
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Teen mage Emory must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates' deaths.
Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best--until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should...
983) My first day
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[2021]
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English
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"This is no ordinary first journey. The rainy season has come to the Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way, he is confronted by giant crested waves, heavy rainfall and eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown, An realizes that he is not alone and continues to paddle. He knows it will all be worth it...
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2015.
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English
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"Lydia and Julie have been through many adventures together while navigating junior high and the search for popularity, but as they near the end of seventh grade, life seems to be settling into a familiar, comfortable rhythm. And then...disaster strikes! Literally. The peaceful world of Hamlin Junior High is rocked when the students learn that they're going to have to play host to students from a junior high school that burned down. The outside threat...
987) A play's the thing
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c2005
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English
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José is reluctant to take part in a production of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," but the confidence of his teacher, the team spirit of his classmates, and the response of the audience--including his proud mother--change his attitude
988) A lot to tackle
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2015.
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English
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While Ava worries about the security of her father's job as the high school football coach, Alex is upset with her grade on her latest French test.
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2024.
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English
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After an incident leads to her suspension, eighteen-year-old Brynn's high school persona that hides her secret disability is shattered, and she begins embracing her true self on her journey to self-acceptance.
Brynn Kwan is desperate for her high school persona to be real. That Brynn is head of the yearbook committee, the favorite for prom queen, and definitely not crumbling from a secret disability that’s rapidly wearing her down. If no one...
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2024.
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English
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"Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high school’s speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who won’t stop posting about the details of her illness online. It’s not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers. But this latest hospital...
991) The Talent Show
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2023
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English
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With the help of his mom and her partner Joy, Henry learns that it is okay to do something unexpected and share his love of dancing at the school talent show.
992) In our garden
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Students create a vegetable garden on their school's rooftop.
996) The Losers Club
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.
997) If I built a school
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
Imaginative Jack describes the kind of school he would build--one full of animals, with tubes to transport students directly to their classrooms, and library books that come alive.
999) We love our families
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[2024]
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English
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When Madame Gazelle asks the class to draw pictures of their families, Peppa and her friends discover that every family is different--and that every family is special.
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