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Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Monkey's Papa shows her all the ways to be safe in the rainforest. One day, Little Monkey falls off Papa's back, and has to remember everything that he has taught her.
8) And she was
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Dara finds her birth certificate, she is puzzled to find two strange names on it, but when her mother, Mellie, reveals that she is transgender and transitioned when Dara's biological mother died soon after Dara's birth, Dara is stunned and angry--and she sets off with her friend Sam, in search of the grandparents she never knew existed (and who may be able to fund her tennis career), and the family secrets she can only guess at.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
12) Pablo and Birdy
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Pablo, nearly ten, has many questions about his origins and how he arrived at Isla as a baby, but finding the answers may mean losing his lifetime companion, Birdy the parrot.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Although not thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her family and embarrassed because one of her moms is writing a tell-all book about the trip, twelve-year-old Sara Johnston-Fischer finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows.
14) Endangered
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A hearing boy and his deaf parents from Brooklyn enjoy the rides, food, and sights of 1930's Coney Island where the father longs to know about how everything sounds and his son tries to interpret the noisy surroundings through sign language and a wealth of new words learned from a trip to the library
16) I have two homes
Author
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nina used to live with her parents in one house, but now she lives in two houses, sometimes with her mom and other times with her dad, and although she is confused about what is happening, Nina knows both her parents love her very much.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sophie discovers the abilities that have always caused her to stand out are because she is actually an elf and, after she is brought to Eternalia where she can hone her skills, Sophie learns she harbors certain secrets that others would kill to learn.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be "normal," to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind--like survival....
19) Chasing Lucky
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it's not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there. What she doesn't plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebel...and her former childhood best friend. Lucky makes...
Author
Language
English
Description
All about the adjustment a toddler makes when her mother returns to work, this humorous picture book takes on a big emotional milestone with a light hand. Perry knows all of Mama’s shoes. She knows that the zip-zup shoes are for skipping and swinging in the park. She knows that the pat-put shoes are for splishing and splashing in the rain. And she knows that no-shoes are for bath time and bedtime. But, one morning Mama puts on click-clack shoes,...
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