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"Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career... After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He believes that over the course of a week, he can convince...
4) Starlings
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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When seventeen-year-old Kit visits her father's hometown for the first time following his death, she not only discovers that her family is strangely revered among the locals, but that she also has an important role in the town's future.
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Hannah's girls volume 1
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Review and Herald Pub. Association
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Ten-year-old larger-than-life Flora Violeta LeFevre uses humor and a little mischief to navigate her best friend moving away, her sister's overbearing and all-consuming quince preparations, and a surprising new friendship.
10) Before, now
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Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Ava's world is full of opposites: colorful sneakers on a gray sidewalk, thick books made up of thin sheets of paper, and dreams of huge spaces in her small head. Together, these opposites depict a full and impactful life, as Ava moves from girl to student to scientist, from daughter to mother to grandmother. While years pass and some things change, there is even more that is constant in this visually rich, soothing portrait of family connection through...
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Amish Bonnet Sisters volume 11
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
As harvest time approaches, Levi evaluates the apple orchard's future. Favor is tired of being overlooked and ignored, so does something that shocks everyone. Meanwhile, one of the girls has another surprise entirely. Will Cherish make the right decision when she learns the success of the harvest is in her hands? How will this impact on Florence's goals to gain back control of the orchard? Two of the sisters have found love, but will one of their...
12) Halal hot dogs
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Every Friday Musa's family takes turns picking out a Jummah treat which they use to try all different foods, but when it is Musa's turn he sticks to his favorite halal hot dogs to share.
13) New people
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, "King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom." Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first dot-com boom and Maria is plugging away at her dissertation,...