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1) Ghosts
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
2) Fantasmas
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Catrina y su familia se mudan a la costa norte de California porque la hermana de Catrina está enferma. Una vez en su nuevo hogar, un vecino les cuenta a las chicas un secreto: ¡Hay fantasmas en Bahía de la Luna!
Author
Series
Peapod farm series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jen is used to not getting what she wants - Jen did no want to leave the city. She did not want to move to a farm with her mom and her mom's new boyfriend, Walter. She did not want to leave her friends and her dad. And she definitely did no want to get two new sisters."
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Her mom is the flavor of mint--sharp and bright. Her dad is like hot chocolate--sweet and full of gentle warmth. Amy lives on a mining colony in out in deep space, but when her dad loses his job the entire family is forced to move back to Earth. Amy says goodbye to her best friend Jemmah and climbs into a cryotube where she will spend the next 30 years frozen in a state of suspended animation, hurtling in a rocket toward...
Series
Tropical fish yearns for snow volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When her dad gets a job overseas, Konatsu Amano has to leave the Tokyo life shes always known and relocate to a small seaside town to stay with her aunt. The move also means starting a new school surrounded by complete strangers, and its a lot to handle for a girl who has trouble with change. But on her first day in her new town, Konatsu is instantly drawn to Koyuki, an older girl who is the sole member of the Aquarium Club. Konatsus introverted tendencies...
Author
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Takaki Tohno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara when she transfers to his school. They grow closer to each other due to similar interests and attitudes; for instance, they both prefer to stay inside during recess due to their constitutions. As a result, they form a strong bond. Upon ending their school year, Akari moves to Tochigi, due to her parents' jobs. The two keep in contact by writing letters, but eventually begin to drift apart.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Suzume has moved to Tokyo and is living with her uncle. She soon realizes she is attracted to her homeroom teacher, Mr. Shishio. Although she tries to deny her feelings, they only grow stronger. But then her classmate Mamura does something that leaves her speechless!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mickey isn't quite like his brothers and sisters. They're all stronger, faster, and have a much better sense of smell. That's because his "brothers and sisters" are dogs?bloodhounds, to be exact. Mickey's mom and dad are crazy about canines. Their dogs are the loves of their lives and their livelihood. So, naturally, they're raising their son as if he was a dog, and Mickey wants nothing more than to make his parents proud. Just as Mickey is mastering...
Series
Stephen McCranie's Space Boy volume 2
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Jemmah, her best friend from the colony, is the flavor of pineapple and jalapęo. Cassie, from Earth, is like red pepper. After being forced to leave her space-colony home when her dad was fired, Amy starts to adapt to a new life on Earth. High school seems difficult at first, but a close group of friends begin to make the transition easier for her. At the same time, Amy finds herself fascinated with a mysterious boy...
10) Metropolis Grove
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The big city is full of Superman sightings, but here in Metropolis Grove? Every kid in this suburb knows that he's not real...except newcomer Sonia Patel. She's hoped that having a full summer in her new house would let her make some friends before school started, and it's working! But if new pals Duncan and Alex don't believe in a superhero she's seen with her very own tow eyes, will the school year be everything Sonia's hoping for? Or will all...
Series
Witches of Brooklyn volume 1
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Could there really be witches in Brooklyn? Effies aunts are weird. Like, really weird. Really, really, really weird!!! Does that mean they could be & magic? Does that mean she could be magic?! Life is about to get much more interesting!
12) Kodi
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Katya and her Meema are spending another normal summer at their cottage in Alaska, when a chance accident leaves Katya face-to-face with the biggest creature she's ever seen... an enormous kodiak bear, soon to become her closest friend. But when Katya must suddenly return home to Seattle, the two are torn apart, leaving Kodi to do whatever it takes to reunite with his fragile human friend. It's a wild adventure packed with breathtaking views, new...
Author
Series
Secrets of Camp Whatever volume 1
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Willow doesn't want to go to her dad's weird old summer camp any more than she wants her family to move to the weird old town where that camp is located. But her family--and fate itself--seem to have plans of their own. Soon Willow finds herself neck-deep in a confounding mystery involving stolen snacks, suspected vampires, and missing campers, all shrouded in the sinister fog that hides a generation of secrets at Camp... whatever...
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil...only this time around, her world looks a lot more like the one outside your window."-- cover page 4.
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
How do you destroy the forces of darkness&When the darkness looks like your best friend? When Xander is bitten by a vampires and left for dead, Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies are on the clock to find a cure before he turns into a vampire himself. But with the Mistress Drusilla and her lapdog Spike close to opening the Hellmouth, Buffy has a decision to make: save the world or save her best friend. And where does the tall, dark, and broody Angel...
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Graphics, an imprint of Raw Junior, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After getting separated from his teacher, his classmates, and his trip partner during an outing to the Empire State Building, Pablo, the new kid in school, learns to navigate the New York City subway system as well as his own feelings towards making new friends and living in a big city"--
17) Peanut
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nervous about starting her sophomore year at a new high school, Sadie decides to make herself more interesting by claiming to be allergic to peanuts, but her lie quickly spirals out of control.
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