Lisa Graff
10) Far away
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Language
English
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Twelve-year-old CJ believes her mom is dead and that she can only communicate with her through her aunt, who is a medium, but when CJ finds out that her mother is actually alive, she goes on a journey to find her.--
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Language
English
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After her supposed best friend implicates her in a cheating and blackmail scam, twelve-year-old Bernie loses her private school scholarship but, with the help of a new friend, spends the summer using her knowledge of magic and sleight-of-hand both to earn the $9,000 in tuition money and to get revenge.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Walker, the human-shaped figure who lives in the traffic signal box and tells pedestrians when it is safe to cross the street, decides to leave his post and experience all that he has been missing, in this sweet and satisfying tale about finding one's place in the world"--
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Sophie Simon, a third-grade genius, wants a graphing calculator so she can continue to study calculus while she rides the bus to school, but her parents are more concerned that she does not have any friends.
14) Rewind
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Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As far as twelve-year-old McKinley O'Dair is concerned, the best thing about living in Gap Bend, Pennsylvania, is the Time Hop--the giant party the town throws every June to celebrate a single year in history. That one day is enough to make the few things that aren't so fantastic about McKinley's life--like her crabby homeroom teacher or her super-scheduled father--worth suffering through. And when McKinley learns that this year's theme is 1993,...
15) Wonderful you
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"All sorts of babies from all sorts of families are loved as their families wait for their arrival"--