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321) Yotsuba&!: 14
Author
Series
Yotsuba&! volume 14
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
c2018.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Guess what?! Yotsuba's...a princess! Too bad Daddy doesn't know how pretty long hair is! It's okay, 'cos Yotsuba can show it to Asagi. She knows aaall about being a pretty princess! But wait! Yotsuba's going to Tokyo! Tokyo is where you go to be stylish and fancy, just like a real princess. The only problem is, there are aliens who are after Earth! It's okay, it's okay. Yotsuba has a secret move or two and will save everyone!"--
Author
Series
Elements of Genius volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
346 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Verónica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with Alex,...
324) Impostors
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets close enough to begin to suspect something, and Frey must...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
379 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Liddle has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father--long thought dead after a plane crash--turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if...
326) The long way home
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
327) Rescue
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
387 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nearly two years ago, Meg Kenyon's father left their home in France to fight for the Allies in World War II. Recently Meg heard he had been taken prisoner by the Nazis. All Meg has left of him now are the codes he placed in a jar for her to decipher, an affectionate game the two of them once shared. But even those are running low.
Suddenly, an impossible chance to save her father falls into Meg's lap when she finds an injured British spy hiding in...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
448 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Alice Brill wakes up one day with a vague, but nagging sensation of unease in her chest that signals trouble. Is it her marriage-drifting along for years on auto pilot-that's so troubling? Her unrealized aspirations as a writer? Her unsettled younger son? Or is it something about her father, once a prominent surgeon but now slipping deeper into senility in a nursing home? There is also the matter of the writer whose book she's editing, in her new...
329) I love my dad
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Disney Princesses show their love for their dads.
330) Gather round
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this gorgeous picture book, a girl and her father build a campfire together to keep the cold at bay. But as they welcome passing travelers--from musicians to animals--they create a community, fostered by a crackling fire and its comforting warmth"--
331) Running overload
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
65 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting the pressure her to quit the team.
332) Hurricane summer
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 376 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While visiting her father who lives in Jamaica, eighteen-year-old Tilla faces a storm of dark secrets that threaten to unravel her own life, while an actual storm, Hurricane Gustav, threatens the lives of those she loves.
333) Angela's Glacier
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Angela tells her glacier everything, and it answers. The wind above and the streams deep in the ancient blue ice are a music she knows as well as her own heart.
But then, life gets busy. Angela's days fill up with school, friends, violin, soccer, bike rides, and homework. Until one day, Angela's heart doesn't sound right anymore. Luckily, her dad is there to remind her what she's missing.
334) Bluey : Easter
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's Easter! Bluey and Bingo are worried that the Easter Bunny has forgotten them, until they find a clue that takes them on an egg hunt. Will Bluey and Bingo find their Easter eggs?"--
335) A Flicker of Hope
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lucia loves to watch the monarcas' annual migration with her papa. But this year, their flight north holds extra weight: Papa is heading north, too, to work on faraway farms to feed his family. Though she hates to see him go, he leaves her a song and a promise that when the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, so will he. After many months apart, Lucia watches the skies for a flicker of hope, the monarchs' homecoming that signals Papa's return....