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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's Love Day in Daniel Tiger's neighborhood! How does Daniel Tiger say 'I love you?' By making paper hearts for his friends! Then he gets a special Love Day surprise!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Book Brilliance Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A Lot of People Live in This House follows Rachel as she arrives at the house on the hill alone as Job attends a meditation retreat in India for two weeks to unpack his own grief. She's greeted by housemates who smile, bring her cups of tea, and seem happy she's there. She hates it. Not long after, Job is trapped in India by a virus that's grounded just about every plane in the world. As she falls apart, her new housemates rally to find a way to get...
3743) Chemistry lessons
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For Maya, the equation for happiness is simple: a dream internship at MIT + two new science nerd friends + a perfect boyfriend = one amazing summer. Then Whit dumps her out of the blue. Maya discovers that before her death, her scientist mother was conducting research on manipulating pheromones to enhance human attraction. Can she use the research to get Whit back? Or will she have to trust the unmeasurables of love and attraction instead?
High school...
3744) FAIR AND SQUARE
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Yeti and Unicorn cannot always agree, whether it is about which shape is most pleasing, whose style of painting is best, or, more serious, how to divide up a pie--but the two friends always find a way past their differences, because their friendship is important to both.
3745) My whole truth
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Seelie Stanton never wanted to kill anyone. She never wanted to be invisible in her own family, she never wanted to crush on her best friend Alyssa, and she definitely never wanted to know how effectively a mallet could destroy a human head. But the universe doesn't care what she wants and neither does Shane Mayfield. When the former high school basketball star attacks her, she has no choice but to defend herself. She saves her...
3746) Grave message
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Jaylin is surprised when she gets a text message from a friend who died a year ago."--
Jaylin receives a text from her friend, Fatima-- who died a year ago in an accident. She thinks someone is playing a prank on her, but the texts become more detailed about things only they knew. When Fatima shares one last secret, and asks Jaylin to set the record straight about her death, is Jaylin strong...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits. The Ladies of the Lake, as the four girls call themselves, quickly bond like sisters, vowing that wherever life takes them, they will always be there for each other. But that is before: Before love and jealousy come between Adelaide and Dorothy,...
3748) The cast: a novel
Author
Publisher
Spark Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-five years ago, a group of ninth graders produced a Saturday Night Live-style videotape to cheer up their ailing friend. The show's running time was only ninety minutes, but it had a lasting impact: Becca laughed her way through recovery, and the group-Jordana, Seth, Holly, and Lex-became her supporting cast for life. On the silver anniversary of Becca Night Live, the friends reunite over the Fourth of July to celebrate Becca's good health--but...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After killing her husband -- a truly terrible man -- Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group of women who have come together to heal the damage their husbands have done -- and to work out a plan to get rid of the bodies and get away with it.
When Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she's more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn't be fair--not after twenty years of...
3751) 1:35 A.M
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"For Delilah, Stanley, and Devon, being left behind is practically a way of life. Orphaned from a young age and recently divorced, Delilah escapes deeper into her dreams each night, in desperate need of a wake-up call. Stanley is newly dumped, stuck in a dead-end job for a mysterious employer, and unable to connect with anyone. And Devon, abandoned by his dad and ignored by his mom, can't understand why love and friendship come so easily to everyone...
3752) THE LIGHTNING CIRCLE
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old Nora Nichols decides to escape her hometown and take a summer job as an arts and crafts counsellor at an all-girls' camp in the mountains of West Virginia. There, she meets girls and women from all walksof life with their own heartaches and triumphs. Immersed in this new camp experience, trying to form bonds with her fellow counselors while learning to be a trusted adviser for her campers, Nora distracts...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nell Stevens' life is a mess. When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell's happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. But a lot has changed since she's been gone. All her single friends are now married with children, sky-high rents force her to rent a room in a stranger's house, and in a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a f**k up. Even worse, a forty-something f**k up. But...
3754) The couple in the photo
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family at this point-they vacation together, co-own a beach cottage, and their young children are inseparable. So Lucy is devastated when, while looking at a colleague's photos of a trip to the Maldives, she spots a picture of Scott, apparently on a luxurious holiday with another woman. Lucy is determined to protect her best...
3755) Jawbone
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from the Delta Bilingual Academy convene after school, Annelise leads them in thrilling but increasingly dangerous rituals to a rhinestoned, Dior-scented, drag-queen god of her own...
3756) The art of insanity
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It's her senior year, and she's just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn't help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there's fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car "accident"...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Josie discovers that she's unexpectedly pregnant with her ex-husband's baby (darn that last attempt to save their marriage!) and seeks comfort in deep-fried food at the county fair. Running into her two old friends, Ben and Kevin, they share their disappointments with adult life, and devise a plan to move in together and turn their lives around. Soon Ben and Kevin make it their mission to prepare for Josie's baby, not least by making sure Josie always...
3758) Keep your friends close
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Isolated and embroiled in a custody battle, Mary is desperate for a friend. So when she meets the charming and enigmatic Willa at a Brooklyn playground, their connection feels fated. But during a margarita-fueled moms' night out, Mary shares her darkest secret about her ex, George, and the next morning Willa simply disappears. No calls, no texts, nothing. Two months later, Mary's divorce is almost finalized, and she's trying to build a new life for...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In segregated High Cotton, Texas, in 1964, the racial divide is as clear as the railroad tracks running through town. It's also where two girls are going to shake things up. This is the last summer of thirteen-year-old Corky Corcoran's childhood, and her family hires a Haitian housekeeper who brings her daughter, America, along with her. Corky is quick to befriend America and eager to share her favorite new "grown-up" novel, To Kill a Mockingbird....
3760) Devotion
Author
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in the village of Kay in Prussia, 1836, Hanne Nussbaum would rather run wild in the forest than conform to the limitations of womanhood. Hanne is friendless and misunderstood ... until she meets Thea. When Hanne and her family are forced to flee religious persecution, they board a crowded, disease-riddled ship bound for the colony of South Australia. In the face of brutal hardship, the beauty of whale song enters Hanne's heart, along with...
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