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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jackie Newsome's best friend is dead, and everyone knows who killed her. Jackie is an ex-emotional eater and mother of four, who has finally lost the weight she long yearned to be free of. But leaving her old self behind proves harder than she ever imagined. She believes she should be happier, but misery still chases her, and motherhood threatens to consume her. Her only salve is Theresa, her best friend whose life she desperately covets. Their bond...
2) No brainer
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she'd reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she never imagined that would mean traveling from D.C. to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash's remains in her backpack. But Millie's determined to give her friend a symbolic happily-ever-after, before it's (really) too late--and hopefully reassure herself of love's lasting...
Author
Series
Lovelight novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two best friends fake date to reach their holiday happily ever after in this first romantic comedy in the Lovelight series. A pasture of dead trees. A hostile takeover of the Santa barn by a family of raccoons. And shipments that have mysteriously gone missing. Lovelight Farms is not the magical winter wonderland of Stella Bloom's dreams. In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she's loved since she was a kid, Stella enters a contest with Instagram-famous...
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English
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"Stunned by her recently widowed father's reckless behavior, a young woman must learn to navigate a new world--where the people she should trust the most have become strangers she cannot trust at all. Frankie Attleboro returns home to Cape Cod with thrilling news. She's met the love of her life, they're getting married and have a baby on the way. Her talented, charismatic father overshadows her with his own he's also getting married. To Frankie's...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie is a little mermaid who loves dancing with dolphins and building towering sandcastles. But she's just moved to Trident City and doesn't have one single friend to join her. She's too young to go to Trident Academy with her older cousin Rocky, her parents are busy at work, and Manny Nanny, who takes care of Rosie, can be kind of boring, even though she's super nice. Then, Rosie meets Aqua and finds that having a new friend might be more trouble...
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Best friends Anita and Rainie have made countless visits to their home base: an old sycamore tree and its neighboring lot of stray dogs who have a mysterious ability to communicate with humans. The girls learn that they are preceded by generations of dog-headed women and women-headed dogs whose bloodlines knot them together like thread. Anita convinces her best friend Rainie to become a dog with her, tying a collar of red string around each of their...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old former best friends Maddie and Chloe arrive at camp and discover they are cabin mates, they must decide if they want to continue staying mad at each other or give their friendship another go.
12) Bros
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Celebrating boyhood and friendship, this upbeat picture book follows a group of young Black boys as they spend an adventure-filled day together living their best lives freely in their community.
13) Way past sorry
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Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Kat breaks a promise to Sage, she tries to apologize, but Sage, who is still hurt, ignores the apology, forcing Kat to find another way to make things right with her best friend.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This heartwarming and affirming Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book celebrates the beauty of true friendship! Worm and Caterpillar are friends—best friends. Worm loves how they are just alike, but Caterpillar has a feeling there is a big change coming. Then Caterpillar disappears for a while and comes back as Butterfly. Will Butterfly and Worm still be friends?"--
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Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The spirit of Mawley Crackbone, a villain who once terrorized Grubbers Nubbin, has returned to the town to haunt Castle Grotteskew. Crackbone is convinced that Mad Professor Erasmus used his heart when he made Stitch Head—and now the evil ghost wants it back! He’s looking for revenge on those who were responsible for his death, too, and won’t rest until he has it. Features black-and-white gothic-inspired illustrations throughout. Join Stich...
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English
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"When four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them. This summer is going to get gory."--Publisher's description
Three years ago, the melting of arctic permafrost released a pathogen of unknown origin into the atmosphere, causing a small percentage of people to undergo a transformation that became known as the Hollowing. Those...
Author
Series
Tim Possible volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tim and his best friends Tito and Oskar, the time-traveling T-Rex, battle the evil Weremoles--an army of hungry, sharp-toothed rock-munchers who are out to destroy their fair city of Metrosalis! Will Tim's worrying superpower help them defeat the underground monsters, or is doomsday just a worry away?"--
Author
Series
Cornbread and Poppy volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Cornbread and Poppy visit the Moonville Museum for a special celebration"--
20) Hidden truths
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade -- until one summer when everything changes.
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