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81) New house
Author
Publisher
RISE x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Prepare your toddler for moving day with this board book exploring the novelty of a new home balanced with the comfort of familial love"--
Author
Series
Hand-me-down magic volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Del loves LOTS of things! The Curious Cousins Secondhand Shoppe. Ginormous family dinners. And of course, her best-friend-cousin, Alma. Alma loves her abuelita's tasty empanadas. Her old home by the lake. And soon, she'll love living in the same place as her best-friend-cousin, Del. Yet despite having Del by her side, Alma isn't quite sure she fits in with their family at 86 ư Twenty-Third Avenue. It's a new life and it's all so different. When...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
El d̕a que me sacaron de casa y me transportaron en cami̤n a la ciudad lo cambi̤ todo. Paš de vivir rodeado de naturaleza, con mis hermanos, a acabar rodeado de edificios alt̕simos en una ciudad llena de contaminaci̤n. Aceptar ese cambio me cost̤ mucho, pero pronto me di cuenta de que la ciudad tambǐn ten̕a su parte positiva. Un amable jardinero se ocup̤ de m̕. Abon̤ mi suelo con ricos nutrientes, me suministr̤ agua y me cort̤ las ramas...
Author
Series
Violet Mackerel books volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Violet finds a special way to cope with moving to a new home after Mama marries Vincent.
87) Neighbors
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lying in bed, a child reflects on her new apartment, and the neighbors living around and above her, and looks forward to meeting them and her new classmates.
88) Quintessence
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Quintessence is an extraordinary story from Jess Redman about friendship, self-discovery, interconnectedness, and the inexplicable elements that make you you. "Find the Elements. Grow the Light. Save the Starling." Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a week later, and they haven't stopped -- even though she's told her parents that they have. She's homesick and friendless and every day...
Author
Series
Spyglass sisterhood volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ellie moves to a new town, makes unexpected friends, and discovers a magical spyglass"--
Author
Publisher
Sourceworks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Tom̀s and his family moved to a new house on a new street, he took it into his head that the new people might not like him. "Of course they'd like you," his mam̀ said. "Why wouldn't they? ¿Por qǔ no? " But Tom̀s didn't answer. Tom̀s's Mom encourages him to go out and meet the kids in his neighborhood, but Tomas is too shy. Instead, he sits on his stoop, watching the world go by. But on the night of Halloween, opportunity arrives in the...
91) Leaving Lymon
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
92) Kick push
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Epic's family moves to a new neighborhood, he has a hard time making friends and fitting in with his skateboard; but the trick to making new friends is to be yourself!"--
Author
Series
Holly-Mei books volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Moving to Hong Kong for her mother's job, Holly-Mei Jones couldn't be happier until she makes a frenemy at school and must use all of her determination, stubbornness, and sparkle to turn her life in this new city into the ultimate adventure.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sugar, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and their mother, Moosh, live in a crowded chicken house until Sugar ventures out and finds a new home with a bathtub, a large bed, and even a massage table.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from pink for dancing to bhangra beats to red for courage. He especially takes care with his patka--his turban--smoothing it out and making sure it always matches his outfit. But when Harpreet's mom finds a new job in a snowy city and they have to move, all he wants is to be invisible. Will he ever feel a happy sunny yellow again?"--Amazon.com.
96) Double vision
Author
Series
Twintuition volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Cassie and Caitlyn Waters may be identical twins, but everything else about them is completely different. The only thing they can agree on is that neither of them is happy that have to move to middle-of nowhere Aura, Texas. Caitlyn tries to put a positive spin on getting a fresh start, but Cassie's busy plotting how to convince their mom they should move back to the big city as quickly as possible. But being the new kids isn't their only challenge....
Author
Series
Sarai volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Sarai's best friend suddenly moves away, Sarai has to navigate school- and the unfriendly girls in the cafeteria--all by herself. Then new girl Christina moves to town and the teacher volunteers Sarai to show her around. But Sarai thinks Christina is not at all like her-- she never wants to play at recess, she's always got her head in a notebook, and she's so shy! But when Christina writes Sarai a spoken-word poem for her to recite at the class...
99) Magic or not?
Author
Series
Tales of magic volume 5
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When the family moves to Connecticut, twins James and Laura make new friends and begin a series of unusual adventures after discovering an old well that seems to be magic in their backyard.
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Meet Ira Crumb. He's the new kid in town. He knows what that means: when the new school year starts, he'll play alone at recess, eat alone at lunch, and walk home alone at the end of the day. So Ira launches a whole-hearted campaign to befriend neighborhood kids before the first day. But his best-laid plans -- A sandwich stand! A dance-off! -- fall flat, and playing it cool doesn't seem to work either. Just as Ira decides school will be HORRIBLE,...
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