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In Shaunta Grimes' middle-grade novel Center of Gravity, a girl loses her mom, and her dad remarries quickly, so she must rebuild her life and friendships.
Tessa is an anxious person, but it's become worse since her mother died a few months ago. To calm herself down she cuts out photos of missing kids-from milk cartons-and keeps them in a file. It helps her feel like she's not alone.
When her dad announces suddenly that he's getting married-and...
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From what to wear (a bathing suit, of course!) to what to expect (no, your teacher will not be a mermaid), 1, 2, 3 Jump! covers the what if's and how to's of getting in the pool for the first time. There's a lot to worry about (can I be sucked in the filter?) and even more to be excited about (when can I wear flippers?), and our narrator has thought of everything. By the time she's ready, you to will want to jump in!
6) Waking fire
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Waking fire volume 1
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Publisher Annotation: This incendiary YA fantasy debut follows a girl who will stop at nothing to save her village after it's discovered by a dangerous warlord and his army of undead monsters.
7) Squad goals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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A story of family, friendship, and making life work -- no matter what it throws at you! Mackenzie Miller has big goals For instance, conquering 7th grade -- with projects. There's the Mom Project (finding her a boyfriend -- even if she says she's not interested), the Friend Project (win back the BFFs who dumped her and make a new friend), and the Band Project (so what if she's never planned a fundraiser? How hard can it be?). But finding real-life...
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Holly-Mei books volume 2
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Publisher Annotation: It's the start of a new year, and Holly-Mei Jones is determined to make the most of it. She has amazing friends, a great field hockey team, and Hong Kong at her doorstep. This semester is going to be perfect, right? Maybe not. Despite their closeness last year, Holly-Mei's friend group seems to be splintering. Desperate to bring everyone together, she ropes her friends into competing as a team in an inter-school tournament across...
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"The most delightfully snarky romance I've read this year." -New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston
This charming YA rom-com follows Margo, who suddenly realizes that she's gay but has no clue how to express her identity, so she enlists out-and-proud Abbie to act as her tutor on everything "Queer 101"...and first love.
Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn't know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determined to ace her...
10) Dark cloud
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Written with compassion and care, a thoughtful story about a little girl who visualizes her depression as a way of learning to cope. Abigail has a dark cloud. It follows her everywhere. It can be a ball of worries, a swirl of fog or a long shadow. But it's always with her, getting in the way of things. Her dark cloud makes the other children distant and messes with her grand jeté during ballet class. It even takes away her appetite for birthday cake....
12) Sincerely Sicily
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Sixth-grader Sicily Jordan learns to use her voice and to find joy in who she is--a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride--while confronting prejudice both in the classroom and at home.
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Español
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Comunicar y construir conocimiento a nivel superior y de posgrado, requiere de competencias y estrategias de lectura y escritura para adaptarse al lenguaje especializado de diferentes disciplinas académicas. Este libro presenta experiencias concretas de aprendizaje de producción textual para el progreso de la literacidad académica, expone estudios contemporáneos y diversas modalidades de acompañamiento de desarrollo de competencias de lectura...
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If you are a non English speaking person, have you ever been caught in an English speaking country, and found yourself at the airport, at the hotel complex, at the restaurant, or at the apartment complex where you intend to make home, and didn't exactly know how to respond or what to make of any questions you were being asked? Are you a beginning english student and on casions find yourself not understanding how to place the exact word into its proper...
15) Hip-Hop Hustle
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Chery lives to dance. She has her own hip-hop dance crew and a signature move that's a surefire showstopper. But when her crew is forced to break up, Chery is faced with joining her school's hip-hop dance team. Trouble is, Chery's not like most dance hopefuls who have formal training. She moves to the music based on what feels right rather than following a strict routine. Will Chery's unique skills be good enough for the dance competition? Or will...
16) Champion of fate
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Heromaker duology volume 1
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New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake is back with an epic duology starter that follows a young woman training to join a fabled order as she attempts to lead a hero to his critical first victory. A must-read for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Victoria Aveyard.
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Supernatural Society volume 3
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Will Hunter just wants a quiet day in East Emerson. But instead: A bully won't leave him alone at school, His mom is struggling to make ends meet, Together with friends Ivy and Linus, he's had to save the town from a pet-napping vampire and a werewolf army. When someone starts raising the dead all over town, it's up to Will, Ivy, and Linus to unlock the centuries of secrets hiding underground and prevent a terrifying monster from being unleashed....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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Buckle up for a wild ride involving a missing gerbil, a crazy cat, and a tattooed baby that will have readers of all ages laughing!
This hilarious novel stars the Herdmans, the worst kids in the world, who made their first appearance in author Barbara Robinson's classic The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
In The Best School Year Ever, Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman haven't changed a bit. They still set things on fire and...
20) All that grows
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A boy discovers he has much to learn while observing plants with his older sister - a story about cultivating patience and letting knowledge grow.
As a boy walks around the neighborhood with his older, green-thumbed sister, she tells him all about the plants they see - magnolias that smell like lemon cake, quince trees that will bloom the most beautiful red, daffodils that are the flower of Mother's Day, and even dandelions, whose greens can be...
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