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Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1977.
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Massachusetts thirteen-year-old Clare, grieving after her mother's recent death, reluctantly travels with her father to spend nine weeks in a remote village in Malawi, where new friends and experiences help open her mind and heart.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who's hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that's spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers & Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, eleven, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through emails.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In the pages of her notebook, soon after her father is diagnosed with cancer, Jade invents an imaginary best friend she can depend on--Zoe; but when Zoe somehow magically shows up in real life, Jade wonders how genuine their friendship can possibly be if Jade's controlling Zoe through what she writes in her notebook"--
11) Dirt
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Yonder stopped talking when her mother died, and she stopped going to school because of the bullies, knowing that her father would never even notice (although the social worker did); indeed the only creature that seems to care about her is the one-eyed Shetland pony called Dirt who lives on the neighboring farm--so when she discovers that Dirt is about to be sold for horsemeat she is determined to find a way to save him.
12) The it girl
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Shy, awkward twelve-year-old Anna is thrust into the spotlight when her father becomes engaged to a very popular actress, leading to both popularity and problems at school.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Emmi, a German immigrant, is living in Chicago when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, and, separated from her father, she finds herself with her neighbors, Cara and Seamus, braving the smoke and flames trying to escape the danger of the burning city, and searching for all their parents.
14) Each tiny spark
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.
15) Out of the dust
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In free verse, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Great Depression.
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