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2) Loser
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English
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Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
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Willoughbys volume 1
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English
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In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
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Ramona Quimby volume 8
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English
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Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.
8) The getaway
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 12
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English
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Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation.
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Cookie chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.
11) Fudge-a-mania
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Fudge books volume 4
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English
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Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
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Boxcar children volume 3
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English
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Grandpa Alden tells Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny of the curious circumstances in which the yellow house became vacant over forty years ago. Determined to solve the mystery, the children uncover a trail of clues that leads them to memories of their boxcar days.
13) Flipped
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Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
14) Olive's ocean
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English
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On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
15) The long winter
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 6
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English
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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
16) The Black kids
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English
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With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
Los Angeles, 1992. It's the end of senior year and Ashley Bennett and her friends are spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. When four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death, violent...
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