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1) Little women

Author

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Series

Little Women volume 1
Illustrated junior library
Barnes & Noble classics
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Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print, Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Picture Book

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For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...

2) Ramona Quimby, age 8

Author

Cleary, Beverly

Series

Ramona Quimby volume 6

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print, Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Wonderbook

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Ramona's job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works.

3) Confessions of a junior spy

Author

Munda, Rosaria

Formats

Book, Playaway

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"Raised in a sanctuary hotel for spies, the daughter of one of its top agents is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and use her hard-won spy skills to help others"-- Provided by publisher.

4) The Weirdies

Author

Buckley, Michael, 1969-

Series

The Weirdies volume 1

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Ten-year-old triplets Barnacle, Melancholy, and Garlic Weirdie grew up in a town plagued by relentless meteor showers. Their home, Deadeye Manor, is an enormous, bleak mansion filled with hundreds of eccentric houseguests and one set of emotionally distant (some would say sociopathic) parents. Until the entire group of grown-ups goes on vacation, forgetting to bring the children. The three siblings are sent to Our Lady of the Perpetual Side-Eye orphanage,...

5) The crossover

Author

Alexander, Kwame

Series

Crossover volume 1
Crossover (Alexander) volume 1

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Wonderbook

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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

6) The one and only family

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

One and Only volume 4
One and only Ivan volume 4
The One and Only Ivan volume 3

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Ivan has been happily living in a wildlife sanctuary, with his friend Ruby next door in the elephant enclosure, frequent visits from his canine friend Bob, and his mate Kinyani by his side. And in the happiest turn of all, Ivan and Kinyani have welcomed a set of twins to their family!

7) The wild robot

Author

Brown, Peter, 1979-

Series

Wild Robot volume 1
Wild robot (Series) volume 1

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print, Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Wonderbook

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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling...

8) The Grimsbane family witch hunters

Author

Reardon, Joan

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"Twelve-year-old Anna Grimsbane journeys into monster-filled woods to save her brother, who has been cursed by a witch known as The Watcher"-- Provided by publisher.

9) City spies

Author

Ponti, James

Series

City spies (Series) volume 1
City Spies volume 1

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets sara released from jail but also offers her a chence to make a home for herself withing a secret team of your MI6 agents....

10) Roll of thunder, hear my cry

Author

Taylor, Mildred D

Series

Logan Family Saga

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Playaway, eAudiobook, Wonderbook

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"Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year--the year of the night riders and the burning, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black--to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride, for no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away"--Page...

11) The family under the bridge

Author

Carlson, Natalie Savage

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An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself.

12) The Swiss family Robinson

Author

Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818

Series

Illustrated junior library
Signature classics (Union Square & Co. (Firm))
Educator classic library volume 4
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Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, CD + Book, Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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When a Swiss couple and their four sons are shipwrecked on an isolated island, they adapt to their "New Switzerland" using many imaginative methods of farming and animal taming. Following a wild and raging storm, the Swiss family Robinson are stranded at sea. But the thundering waves have swept them off to a tropical island, where a new life awaits them. Their ship is laden with supplies and the island is packed with treasures, so they soon adapt...

13) My so-called family

Author

Gordon, Gia

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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Sixth-grader artist Ash, who has been in foster care most of her life, struggles with an ancestral tree assignment, but soon discovers the true meaning of family.

14) Finding lost

Author

Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-

Formats

Book, Playaway

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"A stray dog helps a girl cope with the loss of her father and leads her to meet something new and special"-- Provided by publisher. Cordy Jenkinds is searching for something that will change her life, and for the safety that vanished when her father died.She is convinced that if she just tries hard enough, she will find part of what her family lost, and that it will stop her mom from wanting to leave the small town she and her little brother have...

15) Stepping stones

Author

Knisley, Lucy

Series

Peapod farm volume 1

Formats

Graphic Novel, eComic, Kindle

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"Jen moves out to the country and has to put up with her mom and her mom's new boyfriend, as well as his kids. Suddenly part of a larger family in a new place, Jen isn't sure there is a place for her in this different world"-- Provided by publisher.

16) By ash, oak and thorn

Author

Harrison, Melissa, 1975-

Series

Moss volume 1

Summary

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Three tiny, ancient beings - Moss, Burnet and Cumulus, once revered as Guardians of the Wild World - wake from winter hibernation in their beloved ash tree home. When it is destroyed, they set off on an adventure to find more of their kind, a journey which takes them first into the deep countryside and then the heart of a city. Helped along the way by birds and animals, the trio search for a way to survive and thrive in a precious yet disappearing...

17) What happened then

Author

Downing, Erin Soderberg

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Avery is a firecracker. In a crayon box of colors, she's the shocking pink and laser lemon, when all she wants is to be a quiet tan or soft cornflower blue. Her cousin, Jax, is a wall flower, because sometimes it's better to stay quiet when the alternative is to be told that you're doing or saying everything wrong. They seem to be the only ones who don't know what happened years ago when their family shattered and went off in different directions....

18) Death by whoopee cushion

Author

Grant, Vicki

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"The best Halloween costumes. The funniest pranks. An endless supply of chocolate fudge that looks exactly like dog poo. Most kids would love it if their parents owned a joke store. But twelve-year-old Manya isn't like most kids. She's not interested in the cheap laughs at Pranks a Million. She loves science. She wants to save the world. The only thing she finds even vaguely interesting about her parents' shop is the science behind the pranks. After...

19) The poetry of car mechanics

Author

Stemple, Heidi E. Y

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"Dylan seeks solace through birdwatching and poetry in the woods behind his grandfather's auto shop--but when he rescues an injured hawk, he must learn to confront the broken parts in himself, too"-- Provided by publisher. Fifteen-year-old Dylan has always felt like an outsider, shaped by his troubled, absent mother and the pressure of living up to his grandfather's expectations. He finds peace in the woods, bird watching and writing poetry. But...

20) All the things we found

Author

Levy, Joanne

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"In this middle-grade novel, Ruthie's mother announces she's pregnant again--but Ruthie is still mourning the death of her baby brother, who was stillborn. With help from her dog and a surprising new friend, Ruthie finds that while you can't avoid grief, you can find comfort in honouring those you've lost."-- Provided by publisher.

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