Elana K Arnold
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English
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Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. And for as long as he can remember, the old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. That is, until a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house and, without warning, cuts it down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But the two of them...
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Just Harriet volume 2
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English
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"Harriet Wermer investigates more mysteries during her stay on Marble Island"--
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Boy called BAT volume 1
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English
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When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
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Boy called BAT volume 2
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English
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When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons.
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Just Harriet volume 3
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English
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"There are some things you should know about Harriet Wermer. She used to lie a lot, but not anymore. Seriously, she only tells the truth now. Even though she hadn't wanted to come to Marble Island in the first place, now she doesn't want to leave. It's the truth. With her mom and new baby brother home from the hospital, it's almost time for Harriet to pack up and head home from Marble Island and all the friends she's made. But Harriet doesn't have...
8) Damsel
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English
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Waking up in the arms of Prince Emory, Ama has no memory of him rescuing her from a dragon's lair, but she soon discovers there is more to the legend of dragons and damsels than anyone knows and she is still in great danger.
9) Just Harriet
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Just Harriet volume 1
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English
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Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble island until she discovers a mystery involving her Dad from when he was a boy living on the island.
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Boy called BAT volume 3
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English
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"Bat grows anxious as his third-grade year comes to an end and the time to release his pet skunk, Thor, out into the wild approaches"--
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English
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"Once there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt. The fish was very hot and very dry. But when Kiki put it in the bathtub, it started swimming, and growing, and speaking. 'I want to grant you a wish for saving me,' it said. Alas, this fish was only a fish of small wishes, and Kiki's wish was too big--unless there was a way for both their dreams to come true"-- Provided by publisher.
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Starla Jean volume 3
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English
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"Have you ever walked a chicken on a leash? Well, chicken expert Starla Jean will let you know first hand, it's not easy. But that doesn't stop Starla from taking her pet chicken Opal Egg and her baby sister Willa out on a stroll through the neighborhood. On their walk, they stumble upon a mysterious bead. And then another! Before they know it, there's a conundrum on their hands, and it's up to Starla and her friends to figure out just who exactly...
14) Infandous
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Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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"Once there was a mermaid who dared to love a wolf. Her love for him was so sudden and so fierce that it tore her tail into legs." Sephora Golding lives in the shadow of her unbelievably beautiful mother. Even though they scrape by in the seedier part of Venice Beach, she's always felt lucky. As a child, she imagined she was a minor but beloved character in her mother's fairy tale. But now, at sixteen, the fairy tale is less Disney and more Grimm....
15) Red Hood
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English
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A dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power—and one girl’s journey to regain it. Five starred reviews greeted this powerful story from Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor winner Damsel. You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are nearly naked. And the wolf is angry. Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel...
16) Pip and Zip
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"When a family brings home two abandoned duck eggs and waits for them to hatch, they read, learn and laugh until one day Pip and Zip are born!"--
17) Far From Fair
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English
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Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren't Fair. At the top of the list is her parents' decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they've nicknamed the Coach. There's nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cramped Coach with her parents and exasperating younger brother, sharing one stupid cell phone among the four of them. And there's definitely nothing fair about what they find when they reach Grandma Sissy's house,...
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Starla Jean volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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She's full of moxie, clever as a fox, and obsessed with catching a chicken she finds at the park. When Starla first sees the scrawny bird wandering around, she just knows they're destined for one another. Her dad says, If you can catch it, you can keep it, and Starla Jean is not one to back down from a challenge.
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English
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The beloved bestselling first book in Elana K. Arnold's “A Boy Called Bat” series arrives in a Spanish language edition!
Para Bixby Alexander Tam (también cono-cido como Bat), la vida suele estar llena de sorpresas, algunas buenas y otras no tanto. Pero la sorpresa que ha recibido hoy es muy buena. La mamá de Bat, que es veterinaria, ha traído a casa una cría de mofeta que debe cuidar hasta poder entregarla a un refugio de animales salvajes.
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Starla Jean volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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It is Willa's first birthday, and between big sister Starla Jean, her pet chicken Opal Egg, and her new neighbor Nate's pet kitten, there is bound to be chaos--especially when it comes to baking a cake.