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5241) Wires crossed
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mia feels like everything and everyone is changing--and she is caught in the middle. Stuck between old friends and new friends . . . between feeling like a kid and growing up . . . Just as her longtime bff Addy is gravitating towards the popular crowd and starting to care more about school dances than treehouse playdates, Mia finds out that her favorite science camp friend, Tariq, is moving to town and will be going to school with...
5242) The golden tower
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Callum begins his final year at the Magisterium, he is estranged from most of his friends and a furtive darkness haunts him.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Picking up where the animated series left off, Twilight's first act as ruler of Equestria is to recruit her friends to explore mysterious--and potentially dangerous--areas of the land. But the excitement never stops, and Twilight is throwing the inaugural Festival of the Two Sisters since Celestia and Luna left--and she calls in the best party planner she knows to help: Pinkie Pie! Then, Twilight's mission to find friendship in all corners of Equestria...
5244) The sea in you
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
15-year-old Corinth was just trying to clean up the beach; she never expected to meet a mermaid, let alone be nearly drowned by one. It was the start of a very strange friendship! After Skylla, the deadly fanged mermaid, mysteriously lets Corinth live, they grow closer through a cautious exchange of stories, gifts, jokes, and sign language. Mermaids, it turns out, eat people, but however terrifying Skylla may look, she’s a little younger, a little...
5245) Goodbye, Mr. Spalding
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his best friend as they attempt to stop a wall from being built at Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, that would block the view of the baseball field from their rooftops. In 1930s Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Jimmy Frank and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia...
5246) When Mino took the bus
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From best-selling author of Shy Ones and Hug Me comes a gentle story about a chipmunk named Nature who must leave their mother and set off into the big world on their own. "[Ciraolo's] deep empathy for those on the verge of a big transition with all its excitement and anxiety is unmistakable. At the last stop, the animals gaze out the bus window, contemplating their future with a mixture of apprehension and wonder, before disembarking toward their...
5247) El cumpleaños de Julia
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
La jirafa Julia y el puercoespín Paco son grandes amigos. Ella es altísima y muy tímida. Él tiene púas y es un poco cascarrabias. Dentro de poco será el cumpleaños de Julia. ¡Tiene que ser un día perfecto! A Julia se le ocurren un montón de ideas para su fiesta. Pero ninguna es 'perfecta'. ¿Encontrará una forma de celebrarlo que guste a TODOS sus amigos? Quién sabe. Quizá si le da una vuelta al asunto con ayuda de su abuela, consiga...
5248) La escuela sabana
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
La jirafa Julia y el puercoespín Paco son grandes amigos. Ella es altísima y muy tímida. Él tiene púas y es un poco cascarrabias. En la escuela Sabana hay animales de muchos tipos y todos dicen siempre al entrar: «¡Buenos días por la mañana!», bueno, todos no. La jirafa Julia tiene una lengua muy larga y se hace un lío con las palabras. Ella dice: «¿Es día sandía o día banana?». Todos se ríen de ella. Todos menos Paco, que siempre...
5250) Meet Pete
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
With 8 colorful tabs, this board book introduces the littlest Pete the Cat fans to Pete and his super-cool group of friends, including Callie, Grumpy Toad, Gus, and more.
5251) The summer of June
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English
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Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Our health is in crisis and so is our climate. What if there was a way of eating that may help us live healthier for longer and protect the future of our planet, too? The good news is that evidence now shows a plant-based diet may offer us exactly that - and straight-talking nutritionist Simon Hill has done the hard work translating the science into actionable advice for everyday life. Before transitioning to a plant-based diet Simon held many of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Lobo y Estofado son unos amigos muy peculiares. No todos los días se ven un lobo y una ovejita con una amistad tan firme. Al final de uno de sus paseos nocturnos encuentran un extraño huevo en el suelo. "¡Una tortilla!" piensa Lobo. "¡Un bebé!" piensa Estofado, quien decide que lo mejor es cuidar el huevo y darle calor hasta que haga "crack" y de él salga... ¡un cocodrilo!
The third book in the series that began with The Lamb Who Came for...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig's House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. As keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions for the people of their once-prosperous world. All that changes one day when, while walking through the woods, Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, an ancient race thought to be long-extinct....
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
During a class trip to DC, twelve-year-old Tally and her best friends, Sonnet and Caleb (a.k.a. Spider) are less than thrilled when they are assigned roommates and are paired with kids who are essentially their sworn enemies. For Tally, rooming with "clonegirl" Ava Seely feels like punishment, rather than potential for fun. But the trip is full of surprises. Despite a pact to stick together as much as they can, Sonnet pulls away, and spider befriends...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This Odyssey book series explores the history of the much-loved character John Avery Whittaker. The series introduces newcomers to the larger world of Odyssey. For readers who are already Odyssey-philes, the novels provide the history of the franchise's most important character. Whit and his family (father, Harold; stepmother, Fiona; half-sister, Charlie) have just moved to Provenance, NC, in the middle of the Great Depression. Harold will be teaching...
5257) My friend Tree
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Discover the touching story of a young girl and boy, and an ancient old oak tree, in this sweet picture book about friendship, growing up, and our connectedness with nature. Told in minimal and poetic rhyming text from folktale writer Dawn Casey, and with soft, romantic artwork by Montréal illustrator Geneviève Godbout, the story introduces a girl and a boy who grow up alongside their friend, an old oak tree. The tree is a constant presence in their...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Pixie Piper, an ordinary fifth grader, discovers she is a direct descendent of Mother Goose, and she has the magical ability and poetry power to prove it! A lively and funny twist on a classic character for fans of the Clementine books, Wendy Mass, and Lisa Graff. Fifth grader Pixie Piper has always known she was a little different. She has a wild mop of hair that won't stay put, her best friend is a boy, and to top it all off, she's constantly coming...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The adventure continues for the new generation of ponies! The Mane 5 face a challenge from Equestria's past while learning important lessons about friendship! Hitch gets overwhelmed offering a helping hoof to everypony in town, until he learns it's okay to say neigh-errr, no in "Hitch's Dilemma." Then, in a flashback, everypony struggles to blend into their new life as Sunny struggles to blendsmoothies. It's harder than it looks when her new best...
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