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Aiden works with the FBI in order to rescue his sister Meg, who was kidnapped.

3) How to steal a dog

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O'Connor, Barbara

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Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.

4) Efrén divided: a novel

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Cisneros, Ernesto

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While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish words.

5) The little wooden robot and the log princess

Author

Gauld, Tom

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When a wooden robot prince forgets to say the magic words that turn his sister from a log into a princess she is thrown away, so he goes on an epic journey to find her and bring her back.

6) Girl made of stars

Author

Blake, Ashley Herring

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When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.

7) Forever, or a long, long time

Author

Carter, Caela

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Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past -- for only then can they really begin to build their future.

8) Shadowsong

Author

Jae-Jones, S

Series

Wintersong volume 2

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Devoting herself to her musical career six months after the events of Wintersong, Liesl struggles with her brother's cold withdrawal and her own inability to forget the austere young man who inspired her efforts.

9) The oceans between stars

Author

Emerson, Kevin

Series

Chronicle of the dark star volume 2

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped the exploding sun with their lives, travel to the rogue planet Delphi, where they hope to find help for their injured parents and pass along the truth they discovered about the destruction of Earth.

10) Second sleep

Author

Stanley, Diane

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When Max and his sister Rose go to visit their grandmother's lakeside vacation home, they soon discover that their nightly sleeps bring them to a timelocked place with kids from all different eras, united by their love of the lake--and Max begins to wonder if they can help him to find his missing mother.

11) The last spell

Author

White, J. A

Series

The thickety volume 4

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"Kara and her brother, Taff, must find the hidden pieces of Princess Evangeline's grimoire to defeat Rygoth and her army of witches"--

12) Six feet below zero

Author

Jones, Ena

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Rosie and Baker need to keep up the illusion that their Great Grammy is alive before the Grim Hesper takes away the only home they have ever known.

13) A dog-friendly town

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Cameron, Josephine

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As his family's dog-friendly bed-and-breakfast establishment in dog-friendly Carmelito, California, welcomes celebrity dog Sir Bentley, twelve-year-old Epic McDade and his younger siblings investigate the disappearance of a $500,000 dog collar.

14) Piper Green and the fairy tree

Author

Potter, Ellen

Series

Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 1

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Fritz, Joanne Rossmassler

"Piper's older brother leaves Peek-A-Book Island and Piper refuses to take off his old earmuffs, no matter what! Things are going from bad to worse ... until she discovers The Fairy Tree"--

15) Everywhere blue

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Twelve-year-old Maddie, who suffers from anxiety, loves music, math, and everything in its place, but when her older brother Strum disappears from his college campus, her family starts slipping away from her.

16) Butterfly yellow

Author

Lai, Thanhha

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Kids Celebrate Hispanic/Latine Heritage

A Vietnam War refugee in Texas partners with a city boy with rodeo dreams to track down the younger brother she was separated from six years before when he was evacuated by American troops during the waning days of the Vietnam War.

17) Between us and Abuela: a family story from the border

Author

Perkins, Mitali

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When Maria, Juan, and their mother go to the border between California and Mexico to visit their grandmother at Christmas, Maria must devise a way to get Juan's gift over the fence.--

18) Zen shorts

Author

Muth, Jon J

Series

Zen books (Jon J Muth) volume 1
Caldecott Honor Book

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When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. Includes factual note on Zen.

19) Saucy

Author

Kadohata, Cynthia

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