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1) XL
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"Will has always been troubled by his short stature, but on his 16th birthday, he starts to grow--and grow, and grow"--
3) Silverwing
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Silverwing saga volume 1
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"Kenneth Oppel's compelling prose and Chris Steininger's dynamic illustrations work seamlessly together to reintroduce Shade to readers young and old. Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life. Desperately...
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"Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. In 1982, Evelyn's daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns,...
8) Goal line
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Barber twins volume 5
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When identical twin brothers Ronde and Tiki Barber grow at different rates the summer before their last year at Hidden Valley Junior High, their relationship both on and off the football field changes.
10) Now I'm big!
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A little girl contrasts all of the amazing things she can do for herself that had to be done for her when she was a baby, from dressing herself to reading to her baby sister.
12) There
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A young girl asks questions about growing up as she walks over rolling hills, climbs a ladder up to the stars, and meets a dragon.
14) Stop thief!
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Randall McCoy declares to his parents that he is a big boy and no longer needs his stuffed pig, but creeps downstairs later and finds a robber taking Mr. Pigglesworth, which sets off a wild chase through the night to stop the thief.
15) I'm big enough
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Although she is getting bigger every day, Bean the rabbit refuses to give up her blanket.
18) Hokey Pokey
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Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
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Growing up in New York City, fourteen-year-old Dave Mitchell finds comradeship with a troubled nineteen-year-old, friendhip with a girl, affection for a stray cat, and understanding of his father.
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