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David finds a lot of things funny that the people around him--including his mother--do not find at all amusing.

Award-winning author Amber McBride explores being young and Black in America in this middle-grade novel about a boy dealing with his mother's descent into early-onset dementia, set amid the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

In this heartfelt mother's ode to her baby boy, she shares her hopes and dreams for him as she envisions him exploring the world and blazing his own trail.

Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.

"Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade favorite memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out. Now it's just the two of them, and the house where all those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will be a favorite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning intertwined....

Babysaurus can't find his mother, so he and his prehistoric friends set off to find her. Of course, Mamasaurus has been right there all along, and when Babysaurus needs a little help, she is ready with a big hug.

"A wordless picture book about a day in the life of a houseless little boy and his mom whose home is wherever they can find one, as long as they are together"-- Provided by publisher.

After his mother goes missing, twelve-year-old Amir teams up with the jinn princess Shamsa to find her.

"A neighborhood soccer star has a secret plan for his team's big game--a plan even more impressive than his bicycle kicks"-- Provided by publisher.

When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he has been trying to keep secret.