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Janie Johnson volume 3
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Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.
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Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
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In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
4) The yearling
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"An instant bestseller when it was published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize winner has been beloved by readers of all ages for the last eighty years. Set in the 1870s, this classic story of one family and their wild, hard, and satisfying life in remote central Florida is a rich and varied tale. The Yearling is tender in its understanding of childhood, filled with excitement of the backwoods hunt and vivid descriptions of the countryside, and written...
5) Admission
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"An affluent teen who thinks she is headed off to the college of her dreams, must reckon with the truth and possibly her own guilt when her mother is arrested in a college admissions bribery scandal"--
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Reeling from the death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Mati's family leaves England to visit their native Zimbabwe, where Mati finds comfort in Meticais, a gender-neutral spirit or ghost who only she can see, and who helps her navigate her mercurial interpersonal relationships and feelings of grief.
7) Tennis ace
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Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.
10) Flower garden
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Flower Power! - ROD Children's
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
OBD Summer Picture Books - YOUTH
Sizzling Summer Reads - ROD Children's
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
OBD Summer Picture Books - YOUTH
Sizzling Summer Reads - ROD Children's
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Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.
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Janie Johnson volume 2
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The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents. Sequel to "The Face on the Milk Carton."
16) The magic fish
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2022 Summer Reading Prize Books
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
Celebrate Pride Month
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
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"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"--
17) Daddy
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From everyone's favorite one-haired baby comes a fond and funny ode to a special daddy, for Father's Day or any day.
18) Define "normal"
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When she agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer counselor at their middle school, Antonia never dreams that this girl with the black lipstick and pierced eyebrow will end up helping her deal with the serious problems she faces at home and become a good friend.
19) Matilda
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Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers...
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