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Maybe he just likes you / by Dee, Barbara.;
When boys in her class start touching seventh-grader Mila and making her feel uncomfortable, she does not want to tell her friends or mother until she reaches her breaking point.Ages 9-13.LSC
Subjects: Sexual harassment; Middle schools; Schools; Best friends; Friendship; Single-parent families;
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A field guide to getting lost / by McCullough, Joy.;
Told from two viewpoints, STEM-oriented Sutton and imaginative, artistic Luis, ages nine and ten, must find some common ground when her father and his mother start dating seriously.Ages 8 Up.Grades 2-3.LSC
Subjects: Dating (Social customs); Single-parent families; Fathers and daughters; Mothers and sons;
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Mindy Kim and the big pizza challenge / by Lee, Lyla.; Ho, Dung.;
"Mindy Kim loves food...When a local pizza place advertises a trivia competition, Mindy can't believe that the big prize is unlimited pizza for a whole year! Mindy is confident she and her dad can take the top spot. But Dad is worried he might not understand all the cultural references. And he wants Mindy to know that the most important thing is to always try your best, even if you don't win"--Provided by publisher.Ages 6-9.LSC
Subjects: Kim, Mindy (Fictitious character); Korean Americans; Pizza; Competition; Single-parent families;
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On the come up [videorecording] / by Lil Yachty,1997-actor.; Gray, Jamila C.,actor.; Lathan, Sanaa,film director,actor.; Lil Yachty,1997-actor.; Randolph, Da'vine Joy,1986-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Thomas, Angie.On the come up.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Jamila Gray, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Sanaa Lathan, Lil Yachty, Cliff Smith (method Man), Mike Epps, Titus Makin Jr., Rapsody, Lady London.Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence and adult language.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American teenagers; African Americans; Freedom of speech; Rap (Music); Rap musicians; Single-parent families; Women rap musicians;
For private home use only.
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Elvis, me, and the lemonade stand summer / by Gentile, Leslie,1959-;
"It's the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But eleven-year-old Truly knows Elvis is alive and well and living in her trailer park. It's a busy summer. Though Truly's mother is constantly drinking, smoking, and juggling new boyfriends, Truly is determined to raise money for herself through her lemonade stand, and to prove that her cool new neighbour is the King of Rock 'n' Roll. And when she can't find motherly support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park."--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Lookalikes; Trailer camps; Children of alcoholics; Single-parent families;
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The field guide to the North American teenager / by Philippe, Ben.;
When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie."LSC
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; High schools; Schools; Moving, Household; Canadians; Single-parent families;
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All this time / by Daughtry, Mikki.; Lippincott, Rachael.;
After a traumatic accident, Kyle feels lost until he meets Marley, who seems like the girl of his dreams, but as they grow closer he fears he is headed for another crash.Ages 12 up.LSC
Subjects: Brain; Grief; Friendship; Dating (Social customs); Mothers and sons; Single-parent families;
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Delphine Jones takes a chance / by Morrey, Beth,author.;
"Devoted single mother Delphine Jones is an expert at putting her head down and moving through life one day at a time. Since getting pregnant at sixteen, her circle has only ever included her now eleven-year-old daughter and best friend, Em, and her complicated father whom they live with. But when an opportunity for her to finish school presents itself, Delphine finally does something she hasn't done in years: she takes a chance on herself. Sometimes all it takes is one chance. As Delphine rediscovers her passions and her belief in herself, her circle expands to include an Oscar-winning actress turned teacher, an Eritrean couple running a local café-cum-jazz club, an elderly French widow looking to converse, and a handsome musician who awakens something in Delphine that she thought had been long buried. But as Delphine's eyes and heart start to open, she must also face questions she's stonewalled for more than a decade, questions about Em's father. Is she brave enough?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adult students; Fathers and daughters; Mothers and daughters; Self-realization in women; Single mothers; Single women; Single-parent families;
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Maya and Annie on Saturdays and Sundays / by Zepeda, Gwendolyn.; Muraida, Thelma.; Ventura, Gabriela Baeza.;
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Subjects: Friendship; Hispanic Americans; Vietnamese Americans; Single-parent families; Remarriage; Spanish language materials;
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Mindy Kim and the birthday puppy / by Lee, Lyla.; Ho, Dung.;
All Mindy Kim has ever wanted is a puppy of her very own. After all, having all the toy dog plushies in the world isn't quite the same thing as a real one! She wants a dog to take on walks, teach tricks, and cuddle with. She knows she has what it takes to be the perfect pet owner, and she thinks a dog would be a perfect gift for her upcoming birthday. But her dad isn't so sure she's ready for the big responsibility. Can Mindy prove to her dad that she can handle a new addition to the Kim household?LSC
Subjects: Kim, Mindy (Fictitious character); Korean Americans; Single-parent families; Birthdays; Puppies; Pets;
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