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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this unputdownable story of nature, nurture, and coming to terms with one's true inheritance, the author, introducing her deeply dysfunctional yet fiercely loving family that is anything but "normal," reveals how a colorful cast of characters were thrown together by chance and DNA"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Hazel knows a lot about the world. That's because when she's not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats on her family's farm, she loves reading through dusty encyclopedias. But even Hazel doesn't have answers for the questions awaiting her as she enters eighth grade. What if no one at her new school gets her, and she doesn't make any friends? What's going to happen to one of her moms, who's pregnant again...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Jenn Berney and her wife decided they wanted to have children, they took the next logical step: they went to a fertility clinic. Intrauterine insemination is a simple medical procedure that has been available since the 1950s, but doctors were baffled by Jenn's situation. With no man factoring into her relationship, she was disparaged by doctors, given an inaccurate diagnosis, and her medical needs were overlooked. Berney decided to step outside...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.
10) My footprints
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Upset after being bullied, Thuy, a Vietnamese American, pretends she is different creatures, including an especially strong, wonderful being made up of her two mothers and herself. Includes note about the phoenix and the Sarabha.
Author
Publisher
Dagger Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Rarely do we know what life will hold. When starting the adoption process, Jane Byers and her wife could not have predicted the illuminating and challenging experience of living for two weeks with the Evangelical Christian foster parents of their soon-to-be adopted twins. Parenthood becomes even more daunting when homophobia threatens their beginnings as a family, seeping in from places both unexpected and familiar. But Jane and Amy are up for the...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Liv fights to change the middle school dress code requiring girls to wear a skirt and, along the way, finds the courage to tell his mom he is meant to be a boy.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Abby Braverman strives to navigate seventh grade without her best friend, keep up her older brother's spirits while he undergoes cancer treatment, and figure out her surprising new feelings for the boy next door. Includes facts about testicular cancer. --
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Branded by a middle school humiliation, fourteen-year-old Wilbur needs help from friends Alex, Fabrizio, and elderly neighbor Sal to impress Charlie, a French girl whose school band is doing an exchange with his.
Author
Series
Orpen novels volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Raised in isolation on a small island off the coast of a post-apocalyptic Ireland, Orpen's life has revolved around training to fight a threat she's never seen. More and more she feels the call of the mainland, and the prospect of finding other survivors. But that is where danger lies, too, in the form of the flesh-eating menace known as the skrake. Then disaster strikes. Alone, pushing an unconscious Maeve in a wheelbarrow, Orpen decides her last...
18) My moms love me
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Perfect for reading aloud with its rhyming, rhythmic text, this picture book finds two mommies sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.
19) Verona comics
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
They meet one fateful night at a comic convention prom-- in costumes. Jubilee and Ridley can't help falling for each other. And learn that Jubilee's stepmom owns an indie comic shop-- and Ridley's parents own the biggest comic-store chain in the country. But the feud between their families may be the least of their problems. Ridley suffers anxiety spirals, and Jubilee, a cellist, has been focused on her upcoming audition. What if each of them needs...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eighteen months after Vivien, his beloved transgender girlfriend, slipped into a coma after a suicide attempt, eighteen-year-old Miles begins healing while photographing her empty shoes against the stark landscapes of Iceland. Told through a series of instant messages.
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