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2) I Am Yours
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Celebrate the love between a child and parent in this beautiful board book. Lyrical language and delightful artwork depict a diversity of caregivers and children in sweet everyday moments. Watch the way love grows in I Am Yours.
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How can John learn to love a new stepfather?
When John Klessig's father dies suddenly, Mama marries Mr. Ernst, who is very different from Papa. His beard and his boots are big, and he doesn't want to help new families the same way Papa did with the inn. Without warning, fire threatens the village. John and all the neighbors, including the Indians, help each other as friends. But where is Mr. Ernst? How can John and his new stepfather learn to...
5) Mixed
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Mixed celebrates the beauty of being part of multiple cultures. It encourages readers to remember their past, share their culture with others, and create new traditions that combine all their cultures. It emphasizes that their uniqueness is something to be proud of.
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Seventeen-year-old Leigh Mason is not sure she's ready to share her mom, her bedroom, and her little sisters with her new stepsister, Betsy. And she's definitely not ready to share her best friend, who happens to be a boy!
Coping with a blended family is not easy for either Leigh or Betsy, especially during their senior year in high school. Each step brings them nearer to a crisis that will either send them running in different directions...
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Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other.There's Nothing Quite Like A Sibling Bond Written in beautiful rhyme this is an excellent story that values patience, acceptance and bond between a brother and his sister.Here's what readers are already saying about this amazing picture book:"It's just an amazing bedtime story for little kids of multiple ages, and their parents too. " -- Helen"This baby book is so cute! There's a really...
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Poppy feels like her life is falling to pieces in this coming-of-age novella of blended families and online bullying from best-selling author Eve Ainsworth. Poppy's having a nightmare at home. Her parents have split up and her mum's new boyfriend is moving in. Dad is the one who's always been there for Poppy, but now he's drifting further and further away. It seems like things can't get any worse until it all goes wrong at school as well and Poppy...
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A heart-warming young fiction debut from
highly-acclaimed award-winning author Nikesh Shukla. Vinay, Musa, Inua and Nish are best friends. Nothing can separate them... until one day when Vinay's cousin comes to invade his bunk bed haven (i.e. share his room). Filled with caring moments of friendship, funny pranks, and a sensitive depiction of friendship between
young boys, The Council of Good Friends is a new take on funny younger middle-grade with...
11) Sofia's Choice
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A tale of tough choices, true friendship, and the courage to follow your heart. As autumn leaves paint the landscape, 11-year-old Sofia faces a crossroads. An opportunity to visit Acadia National Park presents a thrilling chance to explore the carriage trails with her horse, Sundance. Her mother's boyfriend invites her to bring a friend to ride his sister's horse. The catch? Sofia must choose between her best friends, Olivia and Anika. While Sofia...
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Seven teen Cousins, the Stiles-Tracy brothers, Tyson, James, Jason, the Zane Twin sisters, Sammy and Tammy and the Cupp brothers Dev and Mel meet for the first time at Zane Lagoon. Deceived by Great Aunt Rosie Zane on the pretense of celebrating her 75th birthday, to be there visiting for the summer only, when in reality they are there at Zane Manor for a whole year. So that she can decide who gets the Zane fortune when she dies. Or is this her...
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Can the ghost of Nora's mother help her stop her dad from getting remarried? It's been three years since Nora's mother died, and while she and her sister, Patsy, want her father to be happy again, they're not ready for him to remarry. They especially don't want him to marry "the Tooth"-the woman with the overbite who could soon be their stepmother. While the girls try to upend their dad's relationship, they soon find themselves competing for the new...
14) Mountain Solo
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After a disastrous concert, a teenage musical prodigy who's sick of the stress heads to Montana to figure out her next step . . .
From the moment Tess picked up the violin as a child, it was clear she wasn't like other kids. She was a prodigy, and at sixteen her life is that of a virtuoso-to-be: constant training, special schools, and a big debut before an audience of thousands.
But when she blows her moment in the spotlight, she throws it all away,...
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Teenager Dawn Schafer struggles with big changes on the West Coast in this spin-off from the Newbery Award–winning author's Baby-sitters Club series. Thirteen-year-old Dawn is thrilled to be back in California again after living in Connecticut, but her life and friends on the West Coast aren't exactly like she remembers. As Dawn adjusts to having a new baby sister in her house and attempts to rekindle her relationship with her friend Sunny, the...
17) Un Don de Cuna
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El día en que nació Maité, su hada madrina le otorgó Un Don de Cuna. Arma y herramienta a la vez, el don de sueños lúcidos le permite a Maité viajar a otros mundos mientras duerme.
A los diecisiete años, el entorno cotidiano de Maité se desgarra con la trágica pérdida de sus padres. Desterrada del único hogar que conoce y aislada en el extranjero, la joven lucha por encontrarle sentido a su nueva vida. Ajena al conflicto en la Soberanía...
18) Alicia and Annie
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For her sixth birthday, animal-loving Alicia is given her first pet, a guinea pig she names Annie. But while Alicia is making a vegetable-fruit cake for Annie's birthday, Annie disappears. Where is she? Alicia can hear her younger brother and sister - the
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Monica and her Rock River Stables friends are headed on a trail ride for the weekend. But from the start, things go wrong: Monica's horse can't go, so she has to ride an old pony. The snobby horse owners are making fun of everyone, as usual, and bossing Rory around. And worst of all, a really annoying kid from another town has started hanging around Monica and Chloe. Will the trail ride be able to find its way back on track?
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