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4221) Two dads
Author
Publisher
Sparklypoo Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Having Two Dads is double the fun! Many families are different. This family has Two Dads. A beautifully illustrated, affirming story of life with Two Dads, written from the perspective of their adopted child"--Page [4] of cover.
4222) This is just a test
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, he is beginning to notice girls, and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself - Maggie faces some of the world's most exotic locales while...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Lady Mary Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of Henry VIII of England, used her sharp intelligence and covert power to influence the Tudor succession after the death of Elizabeth I. From her auspicious birth in 1530 to her appointment as lady-in-waiting for four of Henry's six wives, Margaret's life was steeped in intrigue, drama and tragedy. Her life spanned five reigns and provides many missing links between the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. Weir...
4225) I am George Washington
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
George Washington was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. He was never afraid to be the first to try something, from exploring the woods around his childhood home to founding a brand new nation, the United States of America.
4227) Last man out
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.
4228) The Nutcracker in Harlem
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In Harlem in the 1920s, in the middle of a family Christmas party, Marie receives a nutcracker from her Uncle Cab, which leads to a marvelous dream in this resetting of E.T.A. Hoffmann's familiar tale. Includes historical notes.
4229) A Raisin in the sun
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999]
Description
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
4230) Milo imagines the world
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. There's the whiskered man with the crossword puzzle; Milo imagines him playing solitaire in a cluttered apartment full of pets. There's the wedding-dressed woman with a little dog peeking out of her handbag; Milo imagines her in a grand cathedral ceremony. And then there's the boy in the suit with the bright white...
4231) Echo
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this virtuosic, genre-defying tour de force from storytelling maestro Pam Muoz Ryan. Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each become interwoven when the very same harmonica...
4232) Frontera
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is ill-prepared for the unforgiving heat that is sure to...
4233) Roots
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
4234) Karen's worst day
Author
Series
Baby-sitters little sister) volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy's little stepsister! Karen is having a terrible day. Her favorite jeans are missing, there's no prize in the Crunch-O cereal box, and Boo-Boo the cat won't play with her. She even gets punished and sent to her room! Karen tries everything to make her day better, but nothing is going right and her bad luck just won't go away. Will this be the worst day ever?...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
As families and communities come together--and stay apart--in creative ways this holiday season, bring comfort and joy to children with this story about a Christmas like no other. Always Together at Christmas highlights different family traditions and the ways they're changing in 2020: from Santa's elves practicing social distancing to opening presents via Zoom on Christmas morning. And it even includes ideas for new quarantine-appropriate Christmas...
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Lola Levine finally gets a kitten, but when the family learns that Ben is allergic, they will have to find a new home for the pet"--
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2024
Description
When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to draw up a custody plan and agree on child support. Doskow shows you how negotiation and mediation can keep costs down; where to find your state's child support guidelines; how to enforce and change custody and support orders; what military families need to know, and much more.
4239) Across so many seas
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Spanning over five hundred years, a novel telling the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life"--
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Justin Scheck and Bradley Hope (coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale), a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful ruling family, the royal family of Saudi Arabia, revealing how a rift within that family produced Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS, a charismatic leader with a ruthless streak"--
Mohammed bin Salman convinced the world that his desire to reform the kingdom...
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