Rachel L. Jacobs
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"Four different children from three different families ponder what the adults in their lives do during the day. Are they jumping on trampolines? Are they eating cake and ice cream while riding birthday ponies? Are they eating candy with other adults?"--
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"Zoe Alamandar has one goal: win the State Field Hockey Championships and earn a scholarship that will get her the hell out of Central New York. She and her co-captain Ava Cervantes have assembled a fierce team of dedicated girls who will work hard and play by the rules. But after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a party, she finds a new goal: make sure no girl feels unsafe again. Zoe and her teammates decide to stop playing by the rules and take justice...
4) Dog star
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Nina, a young girl unsure of her role in her communist society, befriends a dog named Laika, who dreams of finding a home and is being studied in Nina's father's lab as part of the Soviet space program
5) Stella
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Stella used to be a bomb-sniffing dog, but after a terrible accident, she goes to live on a small family farm to recover from her fear of loud noises.
As a puppy, Stella was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out dangerous chemicals and help her handler keep people safe. During a routine security inspection, Stella misses the scent of an explosive. The sound of the blast is loud and scary. Unable to go back to work because of her anxiety,...
6) Rivals
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In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.
8) Comet rising
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Shadow weaver volume 2
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Shadow weaver Emmeline and her best friend Lucas, a light singer, must try to use their powers to stop evil Lady Aisling, the magic eater, once and for all.
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"Olive Hudson desperately wants a dog. But that doesn't seem to be a possibility right now. Newly orphaned, she's moving in with the half sister she hardly knows and their life is too chaotic to include a dog. But then something wonderful happens: Olive gets a chance to raise Lumie, a guide dog puppy. Discipline. Rules. Lots of hugs. Only the best of the best puppies continue on to become guide dogs, and of course Olive wants Lumie to be chosen. But...
10) Shadow weaver
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Shadow weaver volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Emmeline possesses the unique ability to manipulate shadows. When her magical powers are threatened by a noble family, she desperately turns to Dar, her shadow friend, who offers to save her if Emmeline makes Dar flesh again, but this bargain only puts Emmeline's life in further jeopardy.
11) Nessie quest
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Twelve-year-old Ru reluctantly joins her parents in Scotland for the summer, where she and new friends Dax and Hammy Beans search for the Loch Ness Monster.
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Thirty-day challenges are the perfect way to develop new habits and get started living a better, fuller life. Packed with sixty powerful ideas for improving your life in all areas-including fitness, food, mindfulness, relationships, and networking-this book shows how to create lasting habits by first succeeding at a thirty-day challenge. Author Rosanna Casper shares dozens of practical tips, helpful resources, and her own secret tricks that will keep...
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Have you ever wondered how and why satellites go to space? A basic explanation of how satellites work, what information they collect, and what happens to them once they are in space is explored through informative and engaging content in this new addition to the How Do series. The How Do series is a great introduction to various STEM topics, each presented in a format that encourages audiences to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring...
14) Sticks & stones
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Twelve-year-old Elyse has a rare genetic disorder that makes the words other people say about her appear on her body.
15) Patch of sky
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After learning pigs are unable to look up, Pia is on a mission to find a way for her and best pig pal, Patches, to share the beauty of the sky.
16) The story of us
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"A box of love letters from the past may hold the key to the future ... Jamie always adored True Love Bookstore and Café, and now she's the owner. But businesses are struggling in her small town, and her beloved store is threatened by a new retail development scheme. Sawyer, Jamie's former high school sweetheart, startles her when he comes to town for the first time in fifteen years. She soon learns he's the architect of the proposed development...
17) Real
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harity may have mad math skills and a near-perfect memory, but with a mouth that can't speak and a body that jumps, rocks, and howls unpredictably, most people incorrectly assume she cannot learn. Charity's brain works differently from most people's because of her autism, but she's still funny, determined, and kind. So why do people treat her like a disease or ignore her like she's invisible? When Charity's parents enroll her in a public junior high...
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Six disgruntled teens are forced to spend their winter break at fat camp during Flagstaff, Arizona's worst blizzard in a century, only to find that Camp Featherlite is even worse than expected because it is crawling with genetically-modified monsters.
20) October kiss
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Ryan hires a nanny for his children because of his hectic work schedule, but when she begins to feel like a part of their family, he must re-evaluate his life.