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321) Above all else
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-olds Rose and Tate are best friends and climbing buddies, and now they are embarking on the greatest climb of all--Mount Everest; but as the climbers encounter physical and emotional challenges the higher they go, the expedition starts to slide toward disaster, testing the teens' courage, determination, and their feelings for each other"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In August 1965, twelve-year-old Eden's older cousin from Mississippi comes to visit her in Los Angeles, and while the Watts Riots erupt around them, they continue their investigation of the disappearance of Winter's father ten years ago.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 2
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help ...
Author
Series
Middle school misadventures volume 2
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Newell's favorite show of all time is "The Captain." So he is beyond excited when he learns that the Captain himself, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, will be at Monster Comic Con. Newell can't wait to meet his hero wearing the official WWII crusher cap that his dad gave him. But when Newell brings the hat to school, it gets stolen from his backpack! Just as Newell spots the culprit wearing his hat in the hall, Principal Todd confiscates it and reminds the...
Author
Publisher
A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Today Juanito is accompanying his father who is in the landscaping business, and he takes his sketchbook along to draw anything that catches his eye, and gets to help his father plan an entire garden--and then help plant it. Includes an autobiographical note.
326) Mexican whiteboy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
�2008
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
327) El ladr�on del rayo
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2013, c2005
Language
Español
Description
Percy padece dislexia y dificultades para concentrarse. Objeto de burlas por inventarse historias fant�asticas, ni siquiera �el mismo acaba de cre�erselas hasta el d�ia que los dioses del Olimpo le revelan la verdad.
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods....
328) If I didn't have you
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An alligator father and son spend the day together detailing all of the things they could have ... if they didn't have each other. In the end, the both decided that candy for dinner ever night or a personal butler is no substitute for a father or a son"--
329) The Storm Runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
330) Dance disaster
Author
Series
Middle school misadventures volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Newell's perfectly comfortable life is turned upside down when Mrs. Hendricks announces the upcoming school dance and he discovers his dad is dating his math teacher"--
Author
Series
(James R.).Bird and Squirrel volume 6
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bird hasn't spoken to his father in years because of a disagreement. So when he reluctantly agrees to fill in for his injured dad to compete in an annual race across dangerous terrain, Bird hopes to mend fences. Soon, tensions and hilarity run high as rivalries heat up, obstacles are overcome, and the finish line is just over the horizon. But with the help of Squirrel -- and his own conscience -- Bird learns that friends and family are the way to...
332) The monster catchers
Author
Series
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? Buckleby and Son! Whether it's a goblin in the garden or a fairy in the attic, Bailey Buckleby and his dad can rid your home of whatever monster is troubling you--for the right price. But when Bailey discovers that his dad has been lying--their pet troll Henry is actually a kidnapped baby sea giant--he begins to question the family business. Enter Axel Pazuzu, criminal mastermind,...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[released 2008], ©2008
Language
English
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
334) I am a bird
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A boy and his father enjoy a day at the beach and see how things are connected, as a bird that can fly leads to a fly that will land, that leads to land stretching to the sea.
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 9
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree?" --
336) Cookies & milk
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.
337) The Christmasaurus
Author
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time--long, long ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth--an egg rolled away from its mother and landed in the ocean, where it froze solid and stayed peacefully for thousands of years. Then one day Santa and his elves discover the frozen egg, and Santa sits on it to see if it will hatch. But he can't guess what's inside. . . . A dinosaur! Meanwhile, a young boy named William Trundle has only ever wished for one thing for Christmas: a dinosaur!...
338) Aliens on Earth
Author
Series
Space taxi volume 6
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When the space taxi navigation systems go down, stranding dozens of aliens on Earth, eight-year-old Intergalactic Security Force deputy Archie needs to think quickly to keep them hidden from his unsuspecting neighbors!"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Hamilton Squidlegger is fearless! Well, almost. During the day he can best all the frackensnappers, skelecragons, and bracklesneeds in the swamp, but at night he quakes in terror. Will his father be able to help Hamilton remain fearless in his own mud all night?