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Applewhites volume 1
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Will anyone take on Jake Semple? Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old school and got kicked out of every school in his home state. Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D. -- a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the unruly Jake. Jake thinks surviving this one will be a...
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"A small-town boy hops a bus to New York City to crash an audition for E.T.: The Musical in this winning middle grade novel that The New York Times called "inspired and inspiring." Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life, he's wanted to star in a Broadway show. (Heck, he'd settle for seeing a Broadway show.) But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he's stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby)...
3) Cut loose!
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Chance to fly volume 2
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2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Thirteen-year-old Nat jumps at the chance to participate in the middle school regional theater competition where the winner gets to perform on Broadway, but when stressful rehearsals negatively impact her friendships, she starts to wonder if it is worth doing theater at all.
4) Short
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"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive, one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins, and with...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 25
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Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and try to rescue a tame bear.
7) Fearless
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Fearless (Mandy Gonzalez) volume 1
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Encanto Read-alikes
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Summer Reads - 5th & 6th Grade
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Summer Reads - 5th & 6th Grade
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While rehearsing what may be the last show in the Ethel Merman Theater, twelve-year-old Monica Garcia and other cast members are locked in and must try to appease a ghost and reverse a curse.
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Book-loving Kenny the rabbit has few friends in his farming community, so when one, bookstore owner George, is sent to kill another, gentle dragon Grahame, Kenny must find a way to prevent their battle while satisfying the dragon-crazed townspeople.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 19
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English
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Junie B.'s journal entries start with Room One's stomach virus excitement, the first-grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship.
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Jacky Ha-Ha volume 3
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English
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Twelve-year-old Jacky spends the last weeks of summer at theater camp with new friends, lots of jokes, and plenty of drama.
13) Upstaged
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Painfully shy seventh-grader Shira Gordon is cast in a small role in The Music Man and also as understudy for the lead, played by diva Monica Manley, who becomes the victim of a prankster.
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Nate volume 2
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Now on Broadway as second understudy for E.T., Nate Foster keeps in close contact with his best friend, Libby, as he faces his nemesis, Jordan Rylance, and his own insecurities as the cast member with the least training and experience.
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Celebrate Thanksgiving
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
OBD Thanksgiving - YOUTH
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OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
OBD Thanksgiving - YOUTH
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Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.
16) Spoiled: a novel
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When her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Molly moves from Indiana to California, to live with her newly discovered father, a Hollywood megastar, and his pampered teenaged daughter.
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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
19) Dixie
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Dixie the puppy plays with Emma every day after school until Emma starts memorizing her lines for the school play.