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"Book two"--P. [1] of cover.Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tia Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother. "Early Chapter Books" collection--look for orange spine label.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice--until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to school, Jews can't work, or go on vacation. It's difficult for Lia to understand why this is happening to her family. When her father loses his job, they must give...
90) Miss fortune
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Frannie opens a fortune telling business at school after assisting Star, who reads tarot cards at a surprise party for Frannie's father, but soon it becomes clear that making up fortunes can cause a lot of trouble.
91) Rocking out!
Author
Series
Frankly Frannie volume 8
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"When Frannie's local community center, The Ark, announces it is going out of business, Frannie and the community join together to create a fundraising concert. Frannie and her friends write letters to rockstar Aimee Chapman asking her to perform at the concert and she says yes! Frannie and her friends learn all about the perks of being a rockstar and, of course, Frannie decides rock star is perfect for a career. After all, a green room is actually...
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Publisher
Cartwheel Books
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
When Jenny discovers barrel racing, she cannot wait to give it a try. Luckily, Jenny's dad has the perfect horse. Dash is very fast, but Jenny must learn to control him around all the tight turns in the barrel racing course. Even with help from her new friend, Hope, and her trainer, Sam, will Jenny and Dash be ready in time for the upcoming rodeo?
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Series
American girls collection. Julie, 1974 volume 4
American girls collection. Julie 1974 volume 4
American girl 1974 volume 4
American girls collection. Julie 1974 volume 4
American girl 1974 volume 4
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English
Description
Julie and her best friend, Ivy, find a baby owl in Golden Gate Park--and it needs help. At a wildlife rescue center, Julie meets Shasta and Sierra, two bald eagles that will be caged for life, unless money is raised to release them back into the wild. For Earth Day, Julie thinks of a unique way to tell the public of the eagles' plight. The "Looking Back" section explores the beginning of the environmental movement.--From publisher's description.
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Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importance of telling the truth.
95) Julie's journey
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Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Julie and her cousins set out on an old-fashioned wagon train to celebrate the Bicentennial, and Julie is unprepared for the challenges of prairie life, but when she and her cousins have a chance to make history, Julie rises to the challenge.
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Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Jayden loves the outdoors, but his mother is nervous about him playing in their neighborhood. With the help of his neighbor Mr. Curtis, can Jayden help Mama see that nature and beauty are all around?"--
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Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk have battled the worst kind of monsters, zombies, and cosmic servants, but an endless horde of animated skeletons is next-level. While the kids plan their next move, an unexpected threat emerges and June gets separated from her friends, dragged miles away from Wakefield to a town overgrown with monstrous vines and never-before-seen creatures. Drawing on her post-apocalyptic survival and action skills--and with the help...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time. Just a Second is visualized as a linear series of illustrations and captions, starting with a second, a minute, an hour, a month, and a year....
99) Jukebox
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious jukebox, old vinyl records, and cryptic notes on music history, are Shaheen's only clues to her father's abrupt disappearance. She looks to her cousin, Tannaz, who seems just as perplexed, before they both turn to the jukebox which starts ... glowing? Suddenly, the girls are pulled from their era and transported to another time! Keyed to the music on the record, the jukebox sends them through decade after decade of music history, from...
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