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After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.

2) This is how we fly

Author

Meriano, Anna

Pub. Date

2020.

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Vegan feminist Ellen Lopez-Rourke has one muggy Houston summer left before college. When she is grounded for the entire summer by her (sometimes) evil stepmother, all her plans are thrown out the window. Ellen convinces her parents to let her join the local muggle Quidditch team. An all-gender, full-contact game, Quidditch isn't quite what Ellen expects. There's no flying, no magic, just a bunch of scrappy players holding PVC pipe between their legs...

3) Mosquitoland

Author

Arnold, David

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Description

"When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane"--

4) Betty before X

Author

Shabazz, Ilyasah

Pub. Date

2018.

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Description

Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.

5) Cinder

Author

Meyer, Marissa

Series

Lunar chronicles volume 1

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Description

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

6) Speed of life

Author

Weston, Carol

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Description

Missing her mother who died last year, fourteen-year-old Sofia finds an anonymous outlet for her personal questions and deep, dark secrets in the Dear Kate advice columnist until, much to her horror, Sofia's father starts dating Kate.

7) The star that always stays

Author

Johnson, Anna Rose

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Description

When fourteen-year-old Norvia moves from Beaver Island to Boyne City in 1914, she has to contend with a new school, a first crush, and a blended family, but she also must keep secret her parents' divorce and her Ojibwe heritage. Includes author's note.

8) Shadowland

Author

Cabot, Meg

Series

The mediator volume 1

Formats

Description

After moving from New York to California with her newly married mother, 16-year-old Susannah has to cope not only with her new stepbrothers, but also with the handsome ghost sitting in her new bedroom and the angry girl ghost haunting her new school.

9) Ash

Author

Lo, Malinda

Series

Ash

Formats

Description

In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves.

10) A room away from the wolves

Author

Suma, Nova Ren

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Description

Teenage Bina runs away to New York City's Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history and dark secrets, where she is drawn to her mysterious downstairs neighbor Monet.

11) Bea is for blended

Author

Stoddard, Lindsey

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Soon after her mother marries a man with three sons, sixth-grader Bea Embers fights to form a girls' soccer team at school, despite discrimination and setbacks.

12) The win-over

Author

Torres, Jennifer

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

247 pages ; 22 cm

Description

Arriving in Mexico for their parents' wedding, stepsisters Raquel, Lucinda, and Juliette must show their disapproving Tia Enriqueta that their parents are meant to be together, but when their scheming leads to doubt, they wonder if they can really trust each other at all.

13) Remixed: a blended family

Author

Chung, Arree

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

After breaking up, the colors must re-evaluate what it means to be a family.

14) Wedgie & Gizmo vs. the Toof

Author

Selfors, Suzanne

Series

Wedgie & Gizmo volume 2
Wedgie and Gizmo volume 2

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Description

While Gizmo continues his quest to take over the world, Wedgie and his best friend, a micro-pig who lives next door, team up to stop him.

15) Cat dog dog: the story of a blended family

Author

Buchet, Nelly

Pub. Date

2020.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Description

"A story of a blended family-- from the pets' point of view!"--

16) The boy with the butterfly mind

Author

Williamson, Victoria

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Desc

253 pages, 9 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.

Description

"A straight-talking but uplifting story about a boy living with ADHD and the sparks that fly when he moves in with his perfectionist step-sister..."--

17) The time of green magic

Author

McKay, Hilary

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

When eleven-year-old Abi moves with her father and new stepfamily into an eerie old house, something magical makes her books more real and brings a not-so-imaginary friend to stepbrother Louis.

18) My big fantastic family

Author

Guillain, Adam

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm

Description

Funny and heartfelt, this picture book follows Lily-May as she learns to embrace the positive aspects of her blended family after her parents get divorced, discovering just how many people love her!

19) Salty, bitter, sweet

Author

Cuevas, Mayra

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Description

After the death of her Cuban abuela and the divorce of her parents, Isabella Fields moves in with her dad and his new wife in France. There she feels like an outsider in her father's new life. The upside? Her father's house is located only 30 minutes away from the restaurant of world-famous Chef Pascal Grattard, who runs a prestigious and competitive international kitchen apprenticeship. The prize job at Chef Grattard's renowned restaurant also represents...

20) You know I'm no good

Author

Foley, Jessie Ann

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