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1481) Game Over
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Video games are fun, but so is family!
Alex is completely addicted to his video games! He ignores friends, family, and even skips his virtual classes. But, after Alex and his mom get sucked into one of his favorite games, they must beat it in order to get back home! Will Alex learn that family is more valuable than technology?
Through adventure-filled twists and turns, Game Over teaches the importance of family and proves there can be a healthy...
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A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream big, now translated into Spanish. At Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, Kalia spends her days playing with cousins, chickens, and dogs. When she asks her father if all of the world is a refugee camp, he climbs with her to the top of a tree so she can see the world beyond the fences that confine them. Yang's evocative prose is accompanied...
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When Odysseus goes shopping with his mom, she tells him to stay close, and he does-until he is tempted by The Odyssey-inspired play area in the mall and wanders off. He has fun at first, but when he can't find Mom, he gets scared. Not to worry: Mom was always close behind, and, reunited, they make their way home together. Conceived and crafted by Greek-mythology expert Joan Holub and illustrated by the bestselling Leslie Patricelli, this book also...
1484) Romeo, Juliet & Jim
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Two are star-crossed-but three are unscripted in Larry Schwarz and Iva-Marie Palmer's Romeo, Juliet & Jim, of this YA trilogy.
Romeo and Juliet seem to have it all. They are heirs to the two greatest and oldest fashion houses Paris has ever seen, the rival houses of Montague and Capulet. They live in stunning mansions, attend glamorous parties, count celebrities and supermodels among their closest friends. Yet the one thing they want most they can't...
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Twelve-year-old George Stable wants to be a rock star someday, but he gets horrible stage fright-unless he has his old teddy bear with him. Hiding the teddy in his guitar seems like a brilliant idea. Then George discovers that someone has hidden stolen jewels in the stuffing of his beloved bear. George's embarrassing "teddy bear habit" becomes the center of a life-and-death chase through Manhattan. Can George survive long enough to make his first...
1486) Silhouette of a Sparrow
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In the summer of 1926, sixteen-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent to a lake resort to escape the polio epidemic in the city. She dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology and visiting the famous new amusement park--a summer of fun before she returns for her final year of high school, after which she's expected to marry a nice boy and settle into middle-class homemaking. But in the country, Garnet finds herself under the supervision of equally...
1487) Switching Gears
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Still mourning the loss of Lucas Nelson, the boy she loved in secret for years, seventeen-year-old Emmy Martin turns to her passion for mountain biking to try to fill the empty void in her life. But just when things start looking up, Emmy discovers her mom has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Confused and angry, she throws herself into mountain biking like never before. She wants to improve on the trails, get a sponsor, and finally beat...
1488) Camp
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For most girls, sleepaway camp is great fun. But for Amy Becker, it's a nightmare. Amy, whose home life is in turmoil, is sent to Camp Takawanda for Girls for the first time as a teenager. Although Amy despises spending summers at home with her German-immigrant mother, who is unduly harsh with Amy's autistic younger brother, Amy is less than thrilled about going away to camp. And her reluctance about camp is only the beginning. At Takawanda Amy finds...
1489) Klickitat
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Vivian feels left behind when her older sister, Audra, runs away from home. She believes that Audra will return and pays careful attention to the clues around her. Then, inexplicably, writing begins to appear in a blank notebook.
When Audra does come back for Vivian, she's in the company of a strange man. The three of them run away together and practice wilderness survival. While Audra plans for the future, Vivian continues to gather evidence:...
1490) How to Live on the Edge
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Eighteen-year-old Cayenne barely remembers her mother, who died of breast cancer when Cayenne was four. The women in her family have a history of dying young. Cayenne figures she'll meet the same fate, so she might as well enjoy life now, engaging in death-defying risks like dodging trains and jumping off cliffs with her boyfriend.
When Cayenne receives a series of video messages her mother made for her before dying, she isn't sure she wants them....
1491) The Velvet Room
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Finding a special place where you can be at peace is difficult-but holding onto it is even harder The last three years of Robin Williams's life have been very difficult. She's had to move with her large, poor family multiple times as her father seeks jobs as a migrant worker. Now, her father has a new job at the McCurdy Ranch and Robin often wanders off in order to cope with the constant change and difficulty surrounding her. Near the McCurdy Ranch...
1492) Stitches and Strings
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He looks for ways to stop feeling. She looks for ways to stop being numb. Jordan would give anything to be the son his father wants him to be. The son who doesn't flinch. The son who doesn't shed a tear. Harper can't feel pain. But on the inside she's anything but numb. When their lives collide, they learn the true meaning of healing and that life is about more than fixing broken things.
1493) Never Let You Go
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A penguin mom or dad shows their baby love by promising to care for and treasure their little one-and above all, to never let them go. Well, except for when it's very important to let go, like when little one wants to eat, draw a picture, use the bathroom, calm down in quiet, or play with friends. Safely assured by a parent's steadfast love, the little penguin is free to explore its world, secure in the knowledge that affection and safety are always...
1494) To the Sun and Beyond
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A heartwarming, educational picture book that allows parents to tell their kids how much they love them while also teaching them interesting facts about the world.
"I love you."
"I love you more."
Almost every parent and child play this game of who loves who the most. Wall decorations say: "I Love You More," and even movies have characters who join in with this debate. This book will help children understand once and for all how much they are loved...
1495) Cursed
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A debut novel for fans of The Fault in Our Stars that thoughtfully and humorously depicts teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with a recent chronic illness diagnosis.
As if her parents' divorce and sister's departure for college weren't bad enough, fourteen-year-old Ricky Bloom has just been diagnosed with a life-changing chronic illness. Her days consist of cursing everyone out, skipping school--which has become a nightmare--daydreaming about her crush,...
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Gudule veut à tout prix sauver son hamster de son dangereux petit frère!
Pour mon anniversaire, j'ai eu un hamster: Albert. Je l'aime à la folie. Le problème, c'est que Gaston, mon petit frère veut toujours s'en occuper. Gaston fait n'importe quoi avec mon hamster. Albert risque sa vie. Alors j'ai pris ma tirelire-cochon et j'ai décidé d'acheter un autre animal à Gaston sans imaginer que cette histoire de bébêtes allait entraîner autant...
1497) On My Papa's Shoulders
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From award winning children's writer Niki Daly, author and illustrator of the Lolo early reader series
Whether it's jumping in puddles with Tata in the rain, greeting the neighborhood cat on the quiet back streets with Gogo, or holding hands with Mama while rushing to make the bell, walking to school with family is the best. But nothing is better than walking to school with Papa. From high above, resting on Papa's shoulders, all of the town is...
1498) Interlude
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When Mia Cox finds out she can't donate her kidney to save her younger sister's life, she doesn't hesitate to jump on a plane to New York, convinced she can talk their estranged birth mother, Carmen, into donating hers instead. She doesn't know the city or how she'll find Carmen when she gets there, but she has to try. If she doesn't, Maddy's going to die.
On the cross-country flight, Mia figures she'll have more than enough time to make a plan for...
1499) Brush Your Hair, Medusa!
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Medusa refuses to care for her hair, her long locks getting knottier and dirtier with each passing page. Her hair rebellion elicits frozen expressions of shock from her family, but nothing will convince Medusa to brush. Only her hairdresser approaches Medusa with bravery and a blade, successfully solving the problem . . . with a short haircut! All are pleased with this drastic yet adorable solution. Leslie Patricelli's depictions of this physical...
1500) 2oodle 20o
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Once upon a time, in the American Midwest, there were two brand-new South-Asian parents and their adorable 5-month-old baby. They found themselves stuck at home in Michigan because of something called a pandemic. It was a very strange time for everyone. The mommy and daddy had to figure out how to take care of their baby while also working from home. They were not able to meet grandpa and grandma who were in India! Some days were good when things...
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