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Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery--Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents--two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with...
63) The Swap
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When seventh-grader Ellie, who is having best-friend problems, and eighth-grader Jack, who is under tremendous pressure from his father, switch bodies and lives, they learn a great deal about themselves and the opposite sex.
64) Is Mommy?
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this ode to hardworking mommies everywhere, they may not always be fun or neat, but their toddlers love them no matter what"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Duncan, eleven, is very smart--with the rare ability to speak Cat--but his mother has always insisted he appear only average, and when a perfect test score draws attention to him, he not only discovers the wisdom of his mother's rules, he finds himself crossing the seas on a quest for his true identity.
66) Yotsuba &!
Author
Series
Yotsuba &! volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai ... um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and ... oh yeah!...
67) Lion
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.
68) Finders keepers
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In Wisconsin, ten-year-old Christa and eleven-year-old Alex team up to search for the lost treasure of Al Capone near where Alex has just moved into his grandfather's house and Christa's spending what may be her family's last summer in their cabin.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
73) Bloom
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A mother and child plant flower bulbs in the fall, wait through the winter, and see them bloom in the spring.
74) Noggin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After dying at age 16, Travis Coates's head was removed and frozen for five years before being attached to another body, and now the old Travis and the new must find a way to coexist while figuring out changes in his relationships.
75) 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.
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 2
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her"--
78) You go first
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
79) Everblaze
Author
Series
Keeper of the Lost Cities volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she is determined to find her kidnappers but a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she has exposed a a major conspiracy that could threaten all she loves.
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