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2) Loser
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From the Publisher: Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like "Jabip." Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show...
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"When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new...
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2022.
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"Stella felt joyful. She felt like something miraculous might happen. She wanted to sing.. When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom...
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It's another Thanksgiving at Grandma's. Gavin expects a long day of boredom and being pestered by distantly related toddlers, but his cousin Rhonda has a different idea: make a break for it - out of the kids' room to the swing set in the backyard! Gavin isn't so sure, especially when they encounter vicious guard dogs (in homemade sweaters), a hallway full of overly affectionate aunts, and worse yet, the great wall of butts! Will they manage to avoid...
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2021.
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Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs. Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India...
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"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. After failing her swimming lessons, she is done with the water--and she knows the trip is just a way to get her in the lake. Her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation at public pools. They want Celeste...
10) Charlie & Mouse
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Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.
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"From the first moment Morgan can remember, Claire has always been there. Big sister and little brother. Cat and Mouse. They’ve always understood each other, saved each other, seen each other. And they stuck to their own personal code, unwritten but understood, that siblings were inseparable, that they had each other’s backs, no matter what. At least, they used to. Somewhere along the line, things between them shifted. Claire started fighting...
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Zoe Washington stories volume 1
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"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Socks
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The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.
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Ramona Quimby volume 4
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When her father loses his job, seven-year-old Ramona Quimby thinks of ways to deal with the many problems that develop.
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Dally Peteharrington yearns for adventure, but ever since her beloved grandfather died, her days are dull and predictable. That is, until she discovers that he left something behind for her: a map that leads to a library full of mysterious volumes. This is no ordinary library; rather, each book is a portal to a precise moment in time, allowing its reader to travel to the past to experience a real-life secret. But soon Dally learns that the library...
16) Too early
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Illustrations and text follow a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser in the house.
17) Feathered fiends
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Sitting in the backseat of the car, Daphne is dying of boredom just thinking about the two weeks shes about to spend camping with her family. SuddenlyTHWACK! A bird crashes into the windshield. When Daphnes dad gets out of the car to see if the bird is all right, another one dive-bombs right into his headand draws blood. Daphne watches in horror as more birds attack, and it isnt long before a carefree summer day turns into her familys worst nightmare....
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"Sophie's parents run a secret shop where dreams are bought and sold. When Sophie dreams, her dreams become real, so she is forbidden to have any. Sinister events are set in motion when she is accidentally seen by one of her parents' customers, and it's up to Sophie to save her family"-- Provided by publisher.




