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18861) The gryphon's lair
Author
Series
Royal guide to monster slaying volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Rowan is now the Royal Monster Hunter, and her twin brother, Rhydd, is destined to be king. But her mother's cousin Heward is still determined that his children be the ones to inherit the titles, and will stop at nothing to show that Rowan and Rhydd are too immature to properly lead. After the gryphon that Rowan captured in Book One gives birth but then dies, Rowan is left with a baby gryphon she knows she cannot keep. And it grows faster than anyone...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Tommy isn't an ordinary seventh grader. He and his family are refugees from the center of the earth, lizard people disguised as humans to blend in on the surface. Fittin in at middle school is tough, even if you don't prefer bugs for lunch. At the outcast table, Tommy finds his first human friends: Dung Tran, whose scientist parents have come from Vietnam to investigate the town's mysterious sinkholes, and Scarlett Roberts, the quirky daughter of...
Author
Publisher
AmericanGirl
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Nanea meets a boy named Mano at her grandparents' market and, when things start to go missing from the market, she suspects he's the thief. Mano doesn't help his case by bragging about getting away with breaking some of the island's rules.
18865) Otherwood
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"'Hatred combined with lies and secrets can break the world." Grandpa Zach used to say that before he died, but Stuey never really knew what he meant. It was kind of like how he used to talk about quantum physics, or how he used to say ghosts haunted the overgrown golf course. But then one day, when Stuey and his best friend, Elly Rose, are playing in the deadfall in the middle of the woods, something totally unbelievable happens. As Stuey and Elly...
18866) Love
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A faith-based story about the joy of loving family, friends, and neighbors gently introduces young readers to the topic of diversity and love.
"Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear love their family. They also love their neighbors! But when the cubs meet folks who talk and dress differently, will they love and accept them, too?" -- Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Nanea Mitchell had hoped that going back to school would make life seem normal again. But everything has changed since the war started, including Miss Smith's wonderful classroom. Nanea' dear friend Donna is gone, and now there's a new girl who seems to be getting all of Miss Smith's attention. There are also worries at home as Nanea' big brother talks about joining the Army. Nanea can't bear the thought of him leaving. In the swirl of changes, Nanea...
18868) Mistletoe and murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"On a Christmas holiday to Cambridge, Daisy and Hazel get caught up in another murder investigation, and a competition with rival detectives"--
18869) Graveyard shakes
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katia and Victoria are sisters and scholarship students at a private boarding school. While Victoria tries to fit in, Katia is unapologetic about her quirks, even though their classmates tease her.
18870) Forest Hills Bootleg Society
Author
Publisher
Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four teenage girls start a bootleg anime distribution ring that shakes up their conservative Christian boarding school--and their friendships.
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
18872) Don't call me Grumpycorn
Author
Series
Grumpycorn volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Grumpy Unicorn and his friends, Narwhal, Mermaid, and Jellyfish, are on a space adventure, and as usual he wants to be the center of attention--so when they land on a planet full of fabulous, but stuck-up, unicorns he decides he is better off with his friends back at home.
Author
Series
Critter club volume 11
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As her friends in the Critter Club animal shelter care for colorful aquarium fish, second-grader Liz and her family spend a long weekend at the beach, where Liz rescues a baby octopus and competes with an unfriendly young neighbor in a sand castle contest.
18875) Lucy in the sky
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's the first day of seventh grade, and everything is going downhill for Lucy Sutcliffe. At school, she has the feeling her friends are all leaving her behind. At home, her single father is in a rut, and her globe-trotting photojournalist mother is more absent that ever. Worst of all, Lucy's grandmother is undergoing chemotherapy and is no longer the warm, vibrant presence that her family has come to depend on. But everything changes the day Lucy...
18876) We own the sky
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's Maine, 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan is on the rise. Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative-a famous aviator-they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind the scenes. The KKK is on the rise in Maine that summer, inspired by the racial fears...
18878) It's a Field Trip, Busy Bus!
Author
Series
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Busy Bus is excited to take the children on a field trip to the fire station--until he meets Engine 4, who seems bigger and better at everything.
18879) The place between breaths
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Grace, sixteen, fears that she will succumb to the schizophrenia that took her mother away, while she and her father work for a genetics lab rushing to find a cure.
18880) I'll always hold your hand
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"How lovely it is to take care of you! A sweet celebration of babies and their parents. For little ones of all ages."--Back cover