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Lexile Measure
880L
Summary
"It's 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta's life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. Nearsighted, snaggletoothed Gusta arrives in Springdale, Maine, lugging her one precious possession: a beloved old French horn, her...
224) Shugo Chara!: 4
Author
Series
Shugo Chara! volume 4
Summary
"Amu has three Guardian Characters, reflections of her true self. But now a fourth egg has shown up at the start of a new school year. Everything has gone wrong, and Amu has no idea who she truly wants to be. Meanwhile, her rival Utau has rejected one of her own Guardian characters. Is it time for the two to trade Guardians? Is that even possible?" -- p. [4] of cover.
226) Am I yours?
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Summary
"Some friendly dinosaurs must help a lost egg after it's blown out of its nest. But if they are to reunite the little egg with its true parents, they must first discover what kind of dinosaur lies inside"--
227) The third twin
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Summary
Ava and Lexi, high school seniors and identical twins, created an imaginary triplet, Alicia, to date and dump boys but now they are being stalked and impersonated by the sister they invented and their former dates are turning up dead.
Author
Lexile Measure
840L
Appears on list
Summary
Part memoir, part speculative fiction, this novel explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee. Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with a new book woven from her true story of growing up as the adopted Black daughter of white parents and the fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth by the white woman who gave her up for adoption. At its core, the novel is a tale of two...
231) Paper girls: 2
Author
Series
Paper girls volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Summary
"After surviving the strangest night of their lives in the Cleveland suburb of Stony Stream, intrepid young newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac, and Tiffany find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future ... the year 2016. What would you do if you were confronted by your 12-year-old self? 40-year-old newspaper reporter Erin Tieng is about to find out in this action-packed story about identity, mortality, and growing older in the...
233) Shortcomings
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
Friends navigate interpersonal relationships and cross the country in search of an ideal connection.
236) One speck of truth
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
"Alma yearns for the truth about her dead birth father, and a trip to his birthplace might provide the answers she desperately seeks"--
237) Misfit mansion
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
"A spooky-sweet graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks into a human town to find a family for herself and her mythical housemates, only to unravel long-kept secrets"--
239) The Second Story
Author
Series
Magic Misfits volume 2
Summary
From award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris comes the magical second book in the New York Times bestselling Magic Misfits series--with even more tricks up its sleeve.
Growing up in an orphanage, Leila was bullied for being different. She turned her hardship into skill by becoming an escape artist--a valuable trait when you belong to a group of magical best friends. But when a famous psychic comes to town, Leila and her pals can't escape the big...
Author
Series
Unicorn University volume 6
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
Sapphire is ready to make friends at Camp Explore, but has a hard time connecting to the other unicorn campers since they are all convinced she she is Princess Nova in disguise.--