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1) 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
Y2K YA Reads
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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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It is 1970 in Red Grove, Alabama, and at Lu Olivera's school the white kids and black kids sit on different sides of the classroom. Six-grader Lu just wants to get along with everyone, but growing racial tensions will not let Lu stay neutral about the racial divide in school. Her old friends have been changing lately--acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow...
3) Kid owner
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"When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away"--
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So for real novels volume 3
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Gia's got to face the good, the bad, and the new. . .
Gia Stokes is psyched for the start of her junior year at Longfellow High. She's co-captain of the Hi-Steppers dance squad, she's back on good terms with her cousin Hope, and her best friend Ricky has achieved hottie status as the school's new first-string quarterback. Now all the girls are after him, including Valerie—Gia's co-captain—and Hope. They both want Gia's help to...
Gia Stokes is psyched for the start of her junior year at Longfellow High. She's co-captain of the Hi-Steppers dance squad, she's back on good terms with her cousin Hope, and her best friend Ricky has achieved hottie status as the school's new first-string quarterback. Now all the girls are after him, including Valerie—Gia's co-captain—and Hope. They both want Gia's help to...
6) After
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In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.
8) Olympig!
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Pursued by Mr. Hamstring, a reporter who is sure he will fail, Boomer becomes the first pig ever to compete in the Animal Olympics and demonstrates that attitude can be more important than winning.
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This is the story of two totally different girls -- quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie -- and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands. All the crushes, humiliation, boredom, and drama of middle school are compressed into one surprising day.
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Transgender Day of Visibility 2023
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Transgender Day of Visibility 2023
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"A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash"--
11) Finding her edge
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Cold Weather, Warm Hearts: Winter Romance (teens)
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
OBD YA Sports - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
OBD YA Sports - YOUTH
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"Follows elite ice dancer Adriana Russo as she finds herself drawn to both her old dance partner and her new one"--
13) Showdown
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"With the state title on the line, a cross-town football rivalry starts heating up. Two third-string sophomores are just along for the ride until their teammates are suspended. Will they be able to step up and win?"--
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"When a determined girl is confronted with the culture of toxic masculinity, it’s time to even the score. Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. That is, until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls’ hockey team off the ice this year. If she wants colleges to notice her, Michigan has to find a way to play. Luckily, there’s still one team left in town … The boys’ team isn't exactly welcoming,...
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Baseball card adventures volume 8
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Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.
16) Track star
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Choose your own adventure volume 31
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Talent and skill have made you a high school track star, but when it comes to breaking the rules of the game, will you do anything to win?
18) Jim & Me
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Baseball card adventures volume 8
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He was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero—until his medals were taken away.
Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe—an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe went on to play professional baseball and football, but he could never again achieve such fame. His name was disgraced.
Join Stosh and
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Welcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand's Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying.
Poor Matt Krinsky! Not only are his parents making him move away from all of his friends, but they're enrolling him in a boarding school. It's not a strict place, but that doesn't mean things are normal. While Matt is used to be being one of the better athletes in his class, theses kids move a dead-slow pace. It's doesn't take long for him to realize that he's surrounded...
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Epoca volume 1
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"Set in an alternative classical world dominated by sports and a magical power called grana, this is the story of two children: the orphaned outcast Rovi and the crown princess Pretia, who uncover and battle terrible evil and discover their inner strength along the way. It takes place at the most elite sports academy in the land, where the best child-athletes are sent to hone their skills. When Rovi and Pretia arrive, each harboring a secret about...