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61) Alice in-between
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 6
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When motherless Alice turns thirteen she feels in-between, no longer a child but not yet a woman, and discovers that growing up can be both frustrating and wonderful.
63) Being Clem
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
1944. Clem's father is away, serving as a sailor in World War II. When the family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago explosion in San Francisco, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. The obstacles put in place by racial injustice seem insurmountable. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home-- and himself. Can he live up to his father's...
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Presents the final installment in the fantasy series about the adventures of the Grace kids, as they battle dwarves and goblins in a desperate fight to free their mom from the clutches of the evil ogre, Mulgarath"--NovelListPlus.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Prequels volume 1
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After she, her older brother, and their father move from Chicago to Maryland, Alice has trouble fitting into her new third grade class, but with the help of some new friends and her own unique outlook, she survives.
70) Lovingly Alice
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Prequels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Fifth grade is tumultuous for Alice as she tries to help others through the many changes occurring at home and in school, including learning about sex when Rosalind gets her period and shares a book that explains what is happening.
71) Feather
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Language
English
Description
Paulina, nicknamed Feather, leaves her piano to take up boxing, showing her father and brothers that she will stand up for herself.
72) Confetti girl
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books, while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to secretly meet her boyfriend.
73) Alice in lace
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 8
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While planning a wedding as part of an assignment for her eighth-grade health class, Alice thinks about her father's and older brother's love lives and learns that you cannot prepare for all of life's decisions.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sparks fly when Beatrix Adams, seventeen, who strives to be a medical illustrator, meets Jack, one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists, but even as Beatrix begins to uncover the secrets that have left Jack so wounded, her own family secrets threaten to tear them apart.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
North American edition.
Language
English
Description
"No one knew where the strange storm came from, or how long it would last. The single-parent family at the center of this timely story has to hunker down together, with no going outside - and that's hard when there's absolutely nothing to do, and everyone's getting on everyone else's nerves. One night, when the storm takes a scary turn that leaves them all in the dark, the fractured family finds a way to reconnect and face together whatever the future...
76) The line tender
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier"--
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy always dreamed of meeting his father, but when the man finally appears his mother's anger, his father's shady business dealings, and Troy's own feelings make the reunion difficult and confusing.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.
80) Birdie
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Birdie Briggs loves birds. They bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Life without her dad isn't easy, but at least Birdie still has Mom and Maymee, and her friends Nina and Martin. But then Maymee gets a boyfriend, Nina and Martin start dating, and Birdie's mom starts seeing a police officer. And suddenly not even her beloved birds can lift Birdie's spirits. Her world is...
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