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3) Up for air
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English
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Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, thirteen, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.
5) Frizzy
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"Tired of going to the salon to have her curls straightened every weekend, Marlene slowly learns to embrace her natural curly hair with the help of her best friend and favorite aunt"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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"After a series of terrible dates, Marni McGuire, the host of a popular TV cooking show, forms an unbreakable bond with her best friend Ellen as well as a young intern on the show and her pregnant daughter Bella as they navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of life"--
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Series
Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 1
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English
Description
Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
9) Get happy
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Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"On her birthday, Minerva, a seventeen-year-old singer/songwriter, hears from the father she has never known and her placid life is turned upside down"--
10) Of mice and men
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English
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In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
11) Passing
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English
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"Light-skinned Clare Kendry married a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage after deciding to 'pass' as a white woman. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, chose to remain within the African American community, and is both allured and repelled by Clare's racial masquerade. Clare's own interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for the identity she abandoned and can never regain, and forces her...
12) Betrayal
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English
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When her husband is convicted of a crime he did not commit, Kate plots her revenge on the people responsible.
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MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments
Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning...
Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning...
15) Without you
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Series
Piggy and Bunny volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Two friends, a rabbit and a pig, have a quarrel until they discover that they have more fun together than alone.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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A propulsive, "chilling" novel exploring the dangerous fault lines of female friendships (Lee Child), Necessary People deftly plumbs the limits of ambition, loyalty, and love.
One of them has it all. One of them wants it all. But they can't both win.
Stella and Violet are best friends, and from the moment they met in college, they knew their roles. Beautiful, privileged, and reckless Stella lives in the spotlight. Hardworking,...
One of them has it all. One of them wants it all. But they can't both win.
Stella and Violet are best friends, and from the moment they met in college, they knew their roles. Beautiful, privileged, and reckless Stella lives in the spotlight. Hardworking,...
17) True sisters
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English
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Joining the ranks of emigrants responding to Brigham Young's edict to move to Salt Lake City with two-wheeled handcarts as their only mode of travel, four women share a grueling journey of survival that tests the bonds of their friendship and faith.
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English
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Every year, Paige and her family have spent the summer at the Covingtons' vacation house on Shadow River. After all, Audrey Covington is her best friend. Or rather, she was. Last summer, everything changed after Audrey went missing. At the time, the Shadow River locals wondered about a connection to Madison Blake, another girl who'd disappeared, except the two girls came from completely different worlds. One summer later, Audrey's case has gone cold....
19) Unraveller
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Kellen's unique ability to unravel curses unfortunately does not protect him from becoming cursed, and unless he and his best friend and ally Nettle can remove his hex, Kellen is in danger of unravelling everything--and everyone--around him.
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The perfectionists volume 1
Language
English
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Forging a friendship based on their mutual hatred of a philandering boy, five girls imagine a perfect way to kill him and must prove their innocence when he is killed in the exact manner they envisioned.
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