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"After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she's finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows. Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the...
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English
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Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller: growing up vegetarian in a family of bodybuilders will do that to a person. But William is further weakened by the death of his mother, the arrival of a new step-mother, and his irrepressible crush on his new step-sister, Lulu. As Lulu faces down her own challenges, William watches his life shift into tumult and despair. Once Lulu departs for college, Will goes into the world to find himself --...
10) Changes
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
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TV documentary producer and single mother Melanie Adams falls in love with internationally famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam, and together they struggle to balance passionate love with personal achievement.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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A novel on the effect of divorce and remarriage on children. The wife, Josie, has one girl while Matthew, the husband, has three children. Matthew's children did not particularly love their mother, Nadine, but out of loyalty they feel obliged to give Josie a hard time. By the author of The Best of Friends.
13) Sofia the first
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Disney Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Meet Sofia, a little girl who lives a rather ordinary life. But everything changes when her mother, Miranda, marries the king. Overnight, Sofia becomes a princess, moves into the castle, gains a step-brother, a step-sister... and the ability to talk to her new animal friends thanks to a magical amulet! Now, life is anything but ordinary for Sofia the First!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.
The phantoms of her old life keep haunting Marigold, but a move with her newly blended family from their California beach town to the Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation...
15) The steps
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half- and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia.
16) Familias de hoy
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Publisher
McGraw Hill/Interamericana de España
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
Español
17) Eggs over Evie
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Evie feels unsettled and sad after her parents divorce, her father remarries and takes the family dog, and his new wife becomes pregnant, but a cooking class and helping the elderly lady next door with her cat give Evie a way to cope with the changes in her life. Includes recipes.
18) Ostrich eye
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Ginger, who lives with her mother, stepfather, and younger stepsister and never knew her father, is convinced that the strange man who keeps showing up unexpectedly is really her dad.
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Series
Indie Kidd volume 3
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her family's "totally cool" nineteen-year-old lodger, ten-year-old Indie tries to act more grown up.
20) Better together!
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Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
During a storm, a squirrel family and a chipmunk family seek shelter in the same tree hollow and, despite their differences, become friends, and more.
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