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22) Full ride
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio but three years later she learns that his misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.
23) Keeper
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
Author
Series
Mama and Bella Bear volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Mama Bear tries to hustle her cub through the day's activities and errands, but Bella Bear insists on going her own pace and showing Mama the value in taking her time.
25) Brilliant
Author
Series
Avery sisters trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Quinn struggles to maintain her image as a brilliant, good girl when her mother's major error at work leads to financial and legal troubles that turn Quinn's and her younger sisters' world upside-down.
Author
Series
Ever After High (Suzanne Selfors) volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Ever After High is a boarding school for the sons and daughters of fairy tale characters, and student Ginger Breadhouse, daughter of the Candy Witch, studies all the usual magic subjects--but what she is mostly interested in is making her cooking show, Spells Kitchen, a success by introducing happiness as the secret ingredient.
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 9
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.
29) Thora
Author
Series
Half-mermaid tales volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Thora, daughter of a mermaid mother and a human father, has many adventures at sea until she must return to the English seaside town of Grimli and save her mother who has been captured by the greedy real estate developer, Frooty de Mare.
30) So B. It
Author
Series
So B. it volume 1
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agora phobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
Description
"Amelia Bedelia's mother loves garage sales so much, she decides to have one herself! But Amelia Bedelia loves her garage and does not want to sell it, so she and her parents decide to call it a yard sale instead. People come from all over the neighborhood to buy Amelia Bedelia and her parents' old things, and one woman even buys the yard!"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that belonged to her brother Caleb helps her sort out her feelings and understand that Sarah will always love her.
37) Colonial madness
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tori Porter and her mother, fun-loving best friends, compete against other relatives in hopes of inheriting a fortune from eccentric Great Aunt Muriel by spending two weeks in a colonial mansion, with no modern conveniences, no outside help, and daily tests.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Inspired by Disney and Pixar's film Turning Red! This hardcover jacketed picture book captures the joy, humor, and occasional frustration of the mother-daughter relationship from the film. Featuring beautiful artwork and a charming story, this book is perfect for mothers, daughters, and fans alike! 40pp.
39) Little Night
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, Little Night, to get ready for bed.
40) King of fools
Author
Series
Shadow game trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Indulge your vices in the City of Sin, where a sinister street war is brewing and fame is the deadliest killer of them all...
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