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- Waste of space / by Gibbs, Stuart,1969-;
- In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.Ages 8-12.LSC
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Space colonies; Extraterrestrial beings; Poisoning; Interpersonal relations;
- My life in the fish tank / by Dee, Barbara.;
- When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning's older brother Gabriel is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it turns her family's world upside-down, especially since they are keeping the information private.Ages 9-13.LSC
- Subjects: Manic-depressive illness; Mentally ill; Brothers and sisters; Families; Friendship; Middle schools;
- Frankie & Bug / by Forman, Gayle.;
- In the summer of 1987 in Venice, California, ten-year-old Bug and her new friend Frankie learn important lessons about life, family, being your true self, and how to navigate in a world that is not always just or fair.Ages 8-12.LSC
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Friendship; Families; Transgender people; Salvadoran Americans; Hate crimes;
- The watch that ends the night : voices from the Titanic / by Wolf, Allan.;
- Includes bibliographical references (pp. 457-466).Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.
- Subjects: Titanic (Steamship); Titanic (Steamship); Novels in verse.; Shipwrecks;
- © 2013., Candlewick Press,
- Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess / by Green, Shari,1963-;
- Dealing with her mother remarrying to a man with twin daughters and her family moving, deaf sixth-grader Macy is sent next door to help eighty-six-year-old Iris Gillan, who is getting ready to move into an assisted living facility.LSC
- Subjects: Novels in verse.; Deaf children; Stepfamilies; Neighbors; Older people; Friendship; Moving, Household;
- Tess of the road / by Hartman, Rachel,1972-;
- In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons get to be whomever they want. Tess, stubbornly, is a troublemaker. As her family plans to send her to a nunnery, Tess cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Teenage girls; Dragons; Voyages and travels; Healing; Self-acceptance; Secrecy;
- The odyssey [graphic novel] : a graphic novel / by Hinds, Gareth,1971-author,illustrator.; graphic novelization of (work):Homer.Odyssey.;
- Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Homer.; Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Adventure and adventurers; Heroes; Mythology, Greek;
- The oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read / by Hubbard, Rita L.; Mora, Oge.;
- "A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Walker, Mary, 1848-1969; Women slaves; Freedmen; Illiterate persons;
- No vacancy / by Cohen, Tziporah,1967-;
- Miriam Brockman's family buys and moves into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York. It takes a lot of hard work to run a motel, but it's also an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door. The two friends decide to create their own miracle to save the Jewel from bankruptcy.LSC
- Subjects: Friendship; Jewish girls; Jewish families; Motels; Moving, Household; Antisemitism;
- This is not that kind of book / by Healy, Christopher.; Mantle, Ben.;
- "This clever alphabet book... Wait, that's not right. This original fairy tale... Nope. Mystery? Joke book? Superhero story? Pirate adventure? This delightful mash-up features every kind of character found in the picture-book universe--all in one book. Just when the reader is convinced the story is going in one direction, it spins off in another."--Amazon.LSC
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Books; Friendship; Characters and characteristics in literature;
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