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2) The pond
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A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.
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"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Collin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problems that is spiraling out of control, leaving Collin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and...
5) The laugh
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A little girl loves her mother's laugh, but after her mother dies, she fears she will never hear the laugh again.
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When their parents are killed in a plane crash, a group of former childhood friends, who are now entering their senior year in high school, are pulled back together by the tragedy.
Josie, Jack, Archie, Harrison, and Dayana were inseparable as preschoolers, but life got in the way. As senior year approaches, with its parties, football, and college applications, they're basically strangers to each other. Then their parents die in a plane crash. To...
7) Wild
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"Ever since Jack's dad died, he's had a heavy feeling inside. The pressure keeps building. Looking for release, he starts skiving school and hanging around with a group who like to cause trouble. It's easy to hide his new habits from his mum, an environmental anthropologist, because she's too busy with work and conservation trips to notice. As Jack spins further out of control, his mum eventually becomes concerned - and shocks him by suggesting a...
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
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.
10) Good things
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When Malcom loses his Pops, he pays homage to his life through the growth and love of plants. Includes a glossery of plants and plant terms and materials.
11) Hum
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Eleven-year-old Allen and his grandmother are moving to a little town in rural New York, but the quiet countryside does not stop the recurring nightmare that plagues him--until an encounter with a llama recalls a language Allen did not know he could speak, and unveils the memory of his parents' fate.
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"Mary Anne's been going through some big changes lately. She has a new home and a new boyfriendless life. Her stepsister, Dawn, is coming to stay for the summer, which is always fun. But this time Dawn is bringing a guest: Sunny, her best friend from California. Sunny's been going through changes that are even bigger than Mary Anne's; her mom just died, and she isn't ready to face it yet. How can Mary Anne and Dawn help her?"
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"A bind-up of two popular novels by author Natasha Preston--The Twin and The Lake"--
"After sixteen-year-old Ivy's twin sister, Iris, moves in with her and their father, Ivy learns that Iris is trying to push her out of her own life--and may be responsible for their mother's death." --
15) Peas in a pod
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Sophie is finally getting used to having just her dad around after her mother's death, but when Sarah and her dog Billy come along, everything changes.
16) Just Binnie
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Will Binnie's courage hold the family together? When Mr and Mrs Bone go down with the Titanic, their six children are left on their own. Binnie, the eldest at 17, stands her ground against well-meaning relatives and says she will bring up the family. And for the next four years she runs the Edwardian household, looking after her brothers and sisters, and starting a gentle romance with the vicar. Then the First World War breaks out and Binnie's two...