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81) Beloved Child
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Nesh is worried and confused about the whole notion of Black lives matter and wonders if she is black or white. She gathers the courage to ask her grandfather about it. Grandpa uses ladybirds to tells her a beautiful story about differences in color, body shapes and sizes in a gentle and beautiful way. At the end of the story, Nesh knows that she is her parents beloved child and feels empowered about who she is. This is a gentle and beautiful story...
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Secret Sisters Club:Twelve-year-old BFF's Ginnie West and Tillie Taylor, want to be sisters. Ginnie's widowed dad plus Tillie's divorced mom could equal a lifetime of round-the-clock girl talk and slumber parties. Too bad Dad vowed to never marry again. Ginnie and Tillie come up with the perfect scheme to change his mind: 'Operation Secret Sisters' (aka OSS). After all, if they can't get Dad to move on, Tillie can't move in.Things get more complicated...
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Divorce is hard. It impacts people in different ways. As a kid, you feel all kinds of feelings while watching your parents separate. How can young kids navigate two homes, stepparents, and a new schedule?
Raya, a middle schooler and older sister, went through her parent's divorce and wondered why there weren't more books or resources for kids like her. She decided to write this workbook to fill that need and ensure kids like her didn't feel left...
84) Tulsa Burning
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I NEVER HAD ME BUT THREE friends. Last spring right after I turned fifteen, I lost one and almost lost the other two. I lost Rex, Isaac nearly died, and I near about lost Cinda because of impure thoughts. Until last spring, I never knew much about hating or about how wanting revenge eats away at your insides. Truth be told, there's a bunch I didn't know until last spring. Sometimes I wish awful bad that I had never had to learn.
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Español
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This exciting, Spanish-translated version of a classic tale follows the beautiful and kind Cinder as she is forced to clean the house for her evil stepsisters. When her stepsisters try to sabotage her special night at the ball, her fairy godmother gives her glass slippers with wings to fly her there. Cinder is finally free to be with her prince charming, and her fairy godmother makes sure that her sisters don't interfere with their happiness. Accompanied...
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This exciting version of a classic tale follows the story of Cinder, a beautiful and kind girl who is forced to clean the house for her evil stepsisters. When Cinder's stepsisters try to keep her from attending Prince Charming's Grand Ball, her fairy godmother appears and gives her glass slippers with wings. These magical shoes will fly Cinder to the ball and back home at midnight. After a wonderful night with Prince Charming, Cinder's fairy godmother...
87) Two Under Par
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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It seemed to ten-year-old Wedge that most of the time nothing made sense anymore. Suddenly he had a brand-new stepfather and a five-year-old stepbrother, Andrew. He lived in a new house, far from his friends, and his bedroom window looked out on a seven-foot castle that marked the eighteenth hole of the miniature golf course his stepfather owned. He hated it. Wedge does not easily let go of his anger, but the moment does come when things again begin...
88) One Paris Summer
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New York Times bestseller! Most teens dream of visiting the City of Lights, but it feels more like a nightmare for Sophie Brooks. She and her brother are sent to Paris to spend the summer with their father, who left home a year ago without any explanation. As if his sudden abandonment weren't betrayal enough, he's about to remarry, and they're expected to play nice with his soon-to-be wife and stepdaughter. The stepdaughter, Camille, agrees to show...
89) Fight or Flee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. When Hinton Helsinger leaves the Youth Correctional Center, he's set on reforming his impulsive ways. But things at home have changed: his dad has been killed, his mom's remarried his uncle, and his uncle is the new kingpin of the family gang that...
90) Mirrored
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Kendra chronicles volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 14
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In #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Flinn's modern and mysterious retelling of Snow White, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and true love doesn't necessarily mean Prince Charming. Celine's life is the stuff fairy tales are made of. She's beautiful, talented, and brave. Unfortunately, her tale comes complete with a wicked stepmother! When Violet steps into Celine's life, everything changes and weird things begin to happen to her-bizarre...
91) I and Sproggy
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One boy figures out how to survive New York City, his parents' divorce, and a new sister named Sproggy Adam is a real New Yorker. He may only be a preteen, but he's Manhattan through and through, from his boys-only club to his friendship with Charlie, the building's doorman. And like all real New Yorkers, Adam takes bad news in stride. The night his parents walk into his bedroom to tell him they're getting a divorce and his father is moving to England...
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When Darren Dirkowitz's evil stepbrother (code name Waldo) gets hold of Darren's tippity-top-secret spy journal, he threatens to expose it to the entire Preston Middle School student body. Unless, that is, Darren starts doing his dirty work for him. Now Darren's got to use the oh-so-cloak-and-daggery skills he's honed in his secret alternate life as Dirk Daring, Secret Agent to spy on kids at school. Naturally, he also sets up a separate, sneaky surveillance...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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When Malaika finds out she is going to have a new baby brother or sister, she worries that her mother will forget about her. But a surprise arrives on Malaika's birthday that gives her more reason to celebrate her family's love.
It's summertime, and Malaika and Adèle are enjoying playing carnival in their bright costumes, dancing and laughing in the sunshine. But when Mummy announces that they will soon have a new baby brother or sister, Malaika...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorce dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancee and her kids. The fiancee's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.
Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just...
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Eleven-year-old Hattie is on vacation. But rather than splash in the water, she's trapped inside a beach cottage as storm-tossed waves pummel sand and wind bashes shutters. As if that's not enough, she's also stuck babysitting for her new stepsister Dacey. Bored to the brink of tears, upset over Dacey and her monstrous cat invading her life, Hattie prods her stepsister into action, and the two girls embark on a treasure hunt, hoping to find something...
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Watch Icurus Find His Power On His Very First Adventure!
Icurus was born on an island on the beautiful planet of Aurora, where animals and humans live together peacefully. When he suddenly loses his mother, Sunni, the Light Goddess, his new foster parent, Juno, a wise and strong husky, tries to fill her shoes. While Icurus loves Juno, he feels sad and alone. He faces challenges as a foster child. His determination to rescue his mother from the...
97) Naomis Too
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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A heartfelt, sweet, social justice-themed ode to blended and unconventional families-perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Lisa Graff, and Sara Pennypacker.
In this sequel to Two Naomis, now that Naomi Marie's mom and Naomi E.'s dad are married, the girls have learned to do a lot of things together, like All-Family Sunday dinners, sixth-grade homework, navigating the subway system by themselves, and visiting their favorite bakeries. Until sixth...
98) Eggs over Evie
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Twelve-year-old Evie Carson lives with her mom. In an apartment across the lake, Evie's celebrity-chef dad is starting a new life with his young second wife, Angie, who's expecting twins. To make matters worse, Evie's dad has custody of the beloved family dog. Navigating her new family situation is difficult, and Evie turns to her love of cooking as a way to stay connected to her father. Through cooking classes, Evie finds an unexpected friend in...
99) Never Say Never
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The last time Breanna saw or heard from her father was almost a decade ago, so when he called her out of the blue and told her to drop everything and come right away. She travelled to Washington in her refurbished Volkswagen on a wing and a prayer. Little did Breanna know that once she walked through the doors, her life would never be the same. Her grandmother always told her when life toss you apples instead of lemons; throw them back and run.
100) Personal Growth
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Willie has decided to dedicate herself towards her own 'Personal growth
Willie, despite a rough start, has become immersed in the culture she should have been born into. As she grows in her own knowledge of her ancestral roots, she also grows in who she is as a person. All things are now within her reach, and all she must do is put forth a little effort. With all of this in mind, Willie has decided to dedicate herself towards her own 'Personal Growth.'
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