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(0)Kathryn Erskine
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Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor,...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Publication Date
c2010
Physical Desc
235 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
3) All of us
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Friends can help us understand the world and ourselves, opening our eyes to unique cultures and ideas. In a story that travels the globe, it's easy to see how the world is a community made up of people who are more similar than we are different" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
325 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In England in 1346 Adrian has three problems: he is small for his twelve years, he is an albino, so people are suspicious of him, and his father wants him to be a scribe, while he wants to be an archer--but when he runs away to join his friend in the fight against the invading Scots, he learns that war can be a lot more complicated then he imagined.
5) Seeing red
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2013
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Frederick "Red" Porter's father dies in 1972, his mother wants to sell their automobile repair shop and move her two sons back to Ohio, but Red is desperate to stop the sale even if it means unearthing some dark family secrets in a Virginia rife with racial tensions.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lily made her dad an important promise before he passed away; that she would...speak her mind at least five times. But speaking up one time, let alone five, is easier said than done. It'll be even harder now that Lily must attend public school for the first time. Fortunately, she meets curling-obsessed Hobart and quiet Dunya at the beginning of sixth grade...But when Lily and her friends are bullied by Ryan and his mean clique, she quickly discovers...