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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ruby's homesickness spreads to other students at Master Willow's School for Ninjas, she uses all of the skills she has learned to help them feel better. Includes instructions for making a dragon toy two different ways.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When a boy notices the new girl collecting litter on their walks home, he wants to know why. She shows him the mural she's created that reminds her of the home she left behind. They both find how wonderful it is to make a new friend."--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Bianca, a young polar bear, befriends a beautiful butterfly who leads her to an unfamiliar world, and through curiosity, wonder, discomfort, homesickness and back, Bianca discovers she may love things she doesn't yet know.
7) Tacos
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Baby Bear goes on a business trip with Poppa Bear, he worries about being far away from home--from Mama, from his comfy bed, from his yummy food. When Poppa suggests trying tacos for the first time, Baby Bear isn't sure he'll like them. Will he be brave enough to try something new?"--
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in the States, most of all she misses her grandmother and the cherry blossom trees, under which she and her grandmother used to play and picnic. She wonders how she'll ever feel at home in this new place, with its unfamiliar language and landscape. One day, she meets her neighbor, a boy named Luke, and begins to feel a little more...
Author
Publisher
Joy Revolution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ready to have an epic semester abroad in Paris, theater nerd Whitney Curry anticipates a grand adventure but instead struggles with schoolwork, homesickness and mastering the French language until her cute tutor teaches her lessons about the real Paris--and love.
11) A bit of Earth
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Difficult child Maria Latif arrives in Long Island from Pakistan to live with the strange Clayborne family where she discovers an off-limits garden that becomes a place where she finally feels at home"--
Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never...
12) The crossroads
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.
Author
Publisher
K. Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When young Lucy travels from Latin America to visit relatives in Ohio, she is very homesick until she realizes that the only way to communicate with her cousin's frisky dog is to learn to speak English.
Author
Series
Publisher
LB Ink, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Waffles and Pacake are about to spend three days at Space Cat Camp--a fun, science-packed training experience for future CatStronauts. What's not to love about Space Cat Camp? You get to go on cool missions, build rockets, and more! Pancake can't wait to learn about satellites, space shuttles, and all things outer space, but Waffles is feeling a little homesick. How can he enjoy his time at camp when he misses his dad-cat? With some new friends and...
16) The road home
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent from Michigan to Pennsylvania following the tragic death of her Amish parents, Lena Rose Schwartz grieves her loss and the separation from her nine siblings. Beside the fact that Lena has never been so far from home, she hasn't met the family she will now be living with. But worse than that is having to live apart from her close-knit brothers and sisters. How will they manage without her to care for them--especially six-year-old Chris? And will...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Shino and friends are a little uneasy about moving to a higher grade, but a school trip to Nara and Kyoto (and the chance to make new memories!) is just around the corner! As a huge fan of Japanese culture, Alice should be excited, but she's just too worried. The new school year is about to begin-- will everyone still be in class together for their last big high school excursion?"--Back cover.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The girls are headed toward their final year in high school! Whether it's Alice's first Japanese bath house visit or the fanciest low-key Christmas party ever, the fun never stops. Santa Karen also has the ultimate yuletide present for Alice ... but mum's the word!"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Sports Day has arrived, and the girls are getting ready to compete! Honoka, on the other hand, is focusing on how to ask Karen for her number, and it's not going well. But things might change once Shino gets involved and joins forces with her to form the Blond Alliance! Sharing their love of blond hair, the two become the best of friends...and the fiercest of rivals!"-- cover page 4.
20) Shark dog!
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Half-shark, half-dog Shark Dog ends up on the boat of a boy and his explorer dad, and becomes their pet. But when he gets homesick, he'll have to decide whether to go back to Shark Island or stay in his new home.
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