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81) Walking home
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When sudden political violence gets their father killed and destroys their home in Kenya, siblings Muchoki and Jata travel hundreds of kilometers in a desperate search for their last remaining family.
82) Liars' room
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Simon is a liar. Stella and Alex know this about their new stepbrother, so they aren't bothered by his stories about their new house. Wildwyck, a former schoolhouse for misbehaved boys, might have plenty of creaks and shadows, but the twins know that ghosts aren't real. But Simon is getting harder and harder to ignore, as his cries for attention become increasingly dangerous and difficult to explain. Stella and Alex have to consider . . . could Simon...
Author
Series
Farah rocks volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifth-grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend Allie Liu are hoping to go to the Magnet Academy for their middle school years, instead of Harbortown Elementary/Middle School; but when a new girl Dana Denver starts tormenting Farah and her younger brother,Samir, she decides she can not leave Samir to face the bully alone, especially since the adults and even Allie do not seem to be taking the matter seriously--so Farah comes up with a plan, one which...
88) Heather hiding
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
First American edition
Language
English
Description
Wishing she were taller and faster, like her big brother Peter, Heather plays hide-and seek with him and his friends and demonstrates how good she is at hiding.
89) Twin trouble
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Max and Ruby prepare for a new baby sibling--only to find out they are getting two of them!"--
Author
Language
English
Description
When Peter, Margaret and Celia inherit a rambling old house from an uncle, they consider it to have a certain charm despite its ramshackle appearance. But suspicion is roused when they discover that for years no one has been very keen to set foot in the place -- indeed, their uncle chose to live quite far away from this particular property -- the reason being that it is said to be haunted. The things that go bump in the night take on a more sinister...
91) Cobalt Blue
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero. Three days ago, America's hero died. Today will be bad. In the face of an overwhelming attack, one young woman - unassuming and anonymous - might be America's only hope. Her codename: Cobalt Blue.
Author
Series
Blotto and Twinks mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Felony & Mayhem edition.
Language
English
Description
"A pair of aristocrat siblings must find a killer to clear their chauffeur's name when a weekend house party goes awry in this historical mystery. Hurrah for the return of that intrepid duo: Blotto (handsome, honorable, not the sharpest knife in the drawer), and his sister Twinks (just a bit brainier than a girl should be)! As this is the 1920s, they are of course attending a weekend house party, where -- how astonishing! -- a murder is announced....
93) The Big Sugar
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Shortly after traveling from Deadwood to Cheyenne to join her brother Seamus, Brigid Reardon finds herself caught up in a deadly mystery--beginning with her discovery of a neighbor's body on the plains near their homes. Inspired by the true story of Ellen Watson in Cheyenne in 1889, The Big Sugar continues the adventure begun in Mary Logue's celebrated mystery The Streel"--
95) Snow leopards
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
When Siri and Simi, snow leopard cubs, are separated by an avalanche, the siblings continue to search for each other, even when the odds are against them.
Author
Series
Freddy! books (Peter Hannan) volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Freddy, his jealous sister Babette, and their parents are abducted by slimy aliens and taken to the planet Flurb, where Freddy is made king, much to the dismay of Wizbad.
98) Wise Acres
Author
Series
Circle of Heck volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Yearling edition.
Language
English
Description
Dispatched to the circle of Heck for kids who sass back, Milton and Marlo confront equally snarky peers and are challenged to a competition that will send its winners to heaven, a battle that is complicated by Milton and Marlo's placement on opposing teams.
99) Day zero
Author
Series
Day zero duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old coder Jinx Marshall grew up spending weekends drilling with her paranoid dad for a doomsday she’s sure will never come. She’s an expert on self-heating meal rations, Krav Maga and extracting water from a barrel cactus. Now that her parents are divorced, she’s ready to relax. Her big plans include making it to level 99 in her favorite MMORPG and spending the weekend with her new hunky stepbrother, Toby. But all that disaster...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana - the Four Questions - as he does every year on Seder night. But the Ma Nishtana is supposed to be sung by the youngest and this year, to Eitan's dismay, his little sister Evie thinks she is ready for the job. When the big day finally arrives, things don't quite go to plan for poor Evie. Will Eitan come to her rescue?"--Back cover.
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