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1) Faerie wars
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Series
Faerie Wars chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night.
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Language
English
Description
"Mysti Murphy wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fictional, she'd magically know how to deal with the fact that her best friend, Anibal Gomez, has abandoned her in favor of being a 'hipster.' She'd be able to take care of everyone when her dad has to spend time in the hospital. And she'd certainly be able to changer her family's secret: that her mother never leaves the house. Seventh grade is not turning out the way Mysti had...
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Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Language
English
Description
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
6) Tricks
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Language
English
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Description
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.
7) Train I Ride
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English
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Traveling from California to Chicago after her mother dies of a drug overdose and her grandmother of lung cancer, thirteen-year-old Rydr meets other passengers on the train and attempts to accept her own situation.
10) The real deal
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Language
English
Description
Best friends Gabe and Oliver tackle family problems, bullying, and the challenge of dealing with the new kid in their sixth grade class, Reuben, who refuses to talk--and no one knows why.
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Series
Adventures of Beanboy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Wheaton, Kansas seventh-grader Tucker MacBean loves comic books, so when his favorite comic has a contest to create a sidekick, he is hopeful that he can win, thereby fixing his struggling family.
12) Saint Iggy
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Language
English
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Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
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Language
English
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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
15) Sunny side up
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sunny Lewin is sent to live with her grandfather for the summer in Florida, where she befriends Buzz, a boy completely obsessed with comic books, and faces the secret behind why she is in Florida in the first place.
17) Swing it, Sunny!
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
18) The lake effect
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The summer after senior year of high school, Briggs Henry works as a personal assistant to an eccentric elderly woman in a house on the shores of Lake Michigan, and finds himself distracted by the mysterious girl next door"--
19) Renegade magic
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Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Kat tries to use her untrained magical powers to prevent use of the wild magic of Sulis Minerva found in Bath, England, where Stepmama has brought the family in hopes of finding Kat's sister a proper match.