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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"At the start of seventh grade, Kyra believes her alcoholic mother, who has been sober for five years, has relapsed and with no one to count on, not even her best friend, she starts to question whether being just enough is not enough at all"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When tens of thousands of owls descend on her hometown library, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside, Madigan Purdy, tasked with keeping her students safe, seeks inspiration from her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen, to find a solution to their dilemma.
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
99 pages ; 19 cm.
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, twelve-year-old Leon, a short and chubby gamer, is shocked when the cool kid invites him to test out a not-yet-released virtual reality video game. When a glitch puts them in real-life danger, it's up to Leon to battle a dragon and save himself and his friend."--
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Series
Love at fourteen volume 10
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
As Aoi pines for Kanata, her curiosity is piqued by the mystery surrounding the school nurse, while the woman from the bus continues to fascinate Shota and class clown Kato surprises everyone when he manages to catch a girl's attention.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Lovelock, Nevada. A boy walks into the fire station, pale with the shock of a grisly discovery. By day's end, the body burning in the desert hills is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel. A seemingly unremarkable man, he left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school, but connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. Sal found Adam's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yūko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yūko has given up and tendered her resignation. But first she has one last lecture to deliver. She tells a story that upends everything her students ever thought they knew about two of their peers, and sets in motion...
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A masked man with a gun enters a sandwich shop in broad daylight, and Meredith Oliver suddenly finds herself ordered to the filthy floor, where she cowers face to face with her nemesis, Lisa Bellow, the most popular girl in her eighth grade class. The minutes tick inexorably by, and Meredith lurches between comforting the sobbing Lisa and imagining her own impending death. Then the man orders Lisa Bellow to stand and come with him, leaving Meredith...
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Series
Doomsday Archives volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"New Rotterdam is no place for a kid and that's what Emrys Houtman likes about it. Emrys obsessively documents his town's urban legends and cryptid sightings in a Wiki, along with his neighbors and fellow horror fans Hazel and Serena. It's all in good fun until one day, the trio stumbles upon the Doomsday Archives, a collection of relics with dazzling powers and dangerous consequences. When a mysterious blood-red hourglass begins appearing around...
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Series
Shonen note volume 6
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
Regionals are getting closer, Tomoya's parents refuse to stop arguing, and the stress is building up beyond what he can bear. When he takes it out on Yutaka, a mysterious wandering flautist may have some helpful advice.
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Series
Dork diaries volume 15
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"¡Súper chic! ¿¡Nikki visitará la ciudad del amor?! No te pierdas esta aventura en el decimoquinto volumen de la serie «Diario de Nikki», el diario en el que Nikki le da vueltas a todo... ¿Se las arreglará Nikki para visitar al fin París? ¿O acabará organizando una recogida de fondos con temática parisina para ayudar al refugio de animales de Brandon, el chico que le gusta, junto a sus amigas? ¡El drama está servido! --
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Series
Kingdoms and empires volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
When Oscar dies in the city of the elves after a silver wave struck him down, his friends, family, and a six-year-old troublemaking stowaway elf race against time to stop the clock and rewind time to prevent the tragedy.
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Series
Love at fourteen volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
186 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"As Class 2-B makes landfall in Kyoto, everyone's talking about who's going to confess to whom. Amidst all the mayhem, Kanata is shocked to realize that, despite their developing romance, Kazuki's never actually told her how he feels about her! There's love in the air, but for Kanata and Kazuki, will this momentous confesseion--if it ever comes--be too little, too late?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Series
Love at fourteen volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
"Whether it's pondering blood types or investigating the seven wonders of the school for the class newspaper, Kanata and Kazuki manage to enjoy every day they spend with each other. But with decisions about their futures on the horizon, their mutual affection might not be enough to keep them together..."--Page [4] of cover.
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Series
Love at fourteen volume 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
"Kazuki and Kanata may be considered Class 2-B's mature students, but they're not the only ones getting tangled up in emotions and new relationships. Aoi quietly pines for Kanata, but her curiosity is piqued by the mystery surrounding the school nurse. The woman from the bus continues to fascinate Shota, and even class clown Kato surprises everyone when he manages to catch an unknown girl's attention..."--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Shonen note volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
"Russian boy soprano Vladimir Popov is touring Japan when he learns about Yutaka's amazing talent. He insists on meeting this new rival and hearing him sing, but when he watches a rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, he doesn't mince words in telling Yutaka how he feels about the performance ... Will his encounter with Vladimir be a blow to Yutaka's confidence, or will it give him the strength to continue to press onward, in both the opera and school...
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Emmie and friends volume 7
Description
Told from alternating points of view, this story about friends, crushes, and drama follows best friends Sarah and Leo as their friendship is put to the test when Sarah wants to ask Leo's friend Ben to the school dance.
19) Truly Tyler
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Series
Emmie and friends volume 5
Description
"A story about being your truest self--and trusting your truest friends. Cliques. Crushes. Comics. Middle school. Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends and teammates have been giving him a hard time. He wonders why can't he nerd out on drawing and play ball? Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don't think she's cool enough....
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...
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