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After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
2) Small spaces
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Small spaces quartet volume 1
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"After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces"--
3) Go, dog, go!
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Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
National Dog Month
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
National Dog Month
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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A vocabulary-building story about dogs engaged in every imaginable type of activity.
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 23
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Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.
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Humphrey's tiny tales volume 2
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Humphrey, the pet hamster of Classroom 26, is helping Richie with a science project, but Richie's feisty puppy gets in the way.
6) I'm a frog!
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 20
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Piggie introduces her reluctant friend, Gerald the elephant, to the wonderful world of pretend.
8) Maniac Magee
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
Y2K YA Reads
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
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After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life--and his name--changes. Maniac Magee appears in Two Mills looking ragged and undernourished, and the kids make fun of him until they see him on the football field. But somehow, despite his own problems, Maniac Magee manages to bring a new direction to everyone he encounters along his path.
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 22
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Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 19
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When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate's paper.
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Bunnicula series volume 1
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Animal-Themed Books for Older Readers
Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
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It all begins when the Monroes go to see the movie Dracula. At the theater, Toby finds something on his seat -- a baby rabbit, which the family takes home and names Bunnicula. It proves to be an apt name, at least as far as Chester the cat is concerned. Well-read and observant, Chester soon decides that there is something odd about the newcomer. For one thing, he seems to have fangs. And the odd markings on his back look a bit like a cape. Furthermore,...
13) What a waste
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"Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of garbage larger than the...
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Dragonbreath volume 3
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After Danny Dragonbreath's best friend Wendell the iguana is bitten by one of the hot dogs from his school lunch, he starts to turn turn into a were-wiener.
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Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 2
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A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.
17) Fever, 1793
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
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From the author of the I Survived series come five true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.
19) House arrest
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While under house arrest for one year for stealing a wallet, young Timothy keeps free-verse notes on his life in a court-ordered journal as he deals with having a sick brother and tries to stay out of trouble.
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