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The adventure of Jeremie and the Onyx Stone!
When his parents died, Jeremie moved in with Mr Hollbrook, his uncle. Between Chelsea, his young cousin who is unhappy to see the arrival of this new inhabitant, and Prudence, the old both contentious and gruff governess, Jeremie felt more lonely than ever.
Even worse, his new house seems to harbour strange secrets: a flying piano, an old man who appeared and disappeared mysteriously.
Whilst Halloween...
1942) Hiding in Hawk's Creek
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Fourteen-year-old Jennifer Bannon cannot face another boring summer in Springhills. She convinces her mother to let her spend July at her grandmother's cottage in Hawk's Creek. She does not reveal that her plan is to live with her grandmother forever in order to avoid the problems back home. But Hawk's Creek holds dark secrets, and Jennifer is soon drawn into the troubled world of Audrey Musquash, a Native girl accused of stealing and being out of...
1943) Rita wants a Dragon
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Meet Rita. She's a little girl with very big ideas. When Rita gets cross she imagines she has a ferocious dragon that will make the world shudder with anger. But even the hottest tempers can be soothed and Rita's mum knows just how.
1944) Blossom
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Acclaimed author Laura Dockrill sows seeds of hope and community at the flower market in this heartfelt, lyrical tale of family life and change. Blossom has grown up surrounded by the beautiful plants and flowers from her family's market stall. The stall was started by her grandparents, Tutu and Pops, and passed on to Blossom's parents after their death. It's a magical place where customers come to find flowers for all occasions: from celebrating...
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Petite Jeanne, âgée de huit ans, vit au Mans avec sa maman. Le quotidien semble bien difficile pour cette famille monoparentale. Un jour, par un de ces hasards dont la vie a le secret, une étrange découverte bouleverse la vie du duo...«Ne pleure pas, Maman. Nous irons à la mer.»
1947) Windswept: A Novel
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Every day, Sam endures the same, old subway ride on her way to school, but when she meets a boy named Reid, suddenly her daily commute isn't so ordinary. Reid has the ability to teleport-or, drift-as he calls it, and for the first time, Sam has the opportunity to see other countries without a passport or plane ticket.
But as their two worlds come together, Sam soon realizes her family has secrets she never knew about, and meeting Reid might have...
1948) Dear Baby
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From #1 New York Times bestselling team Paris Rosenthal and Holly Hatam comes a sweet and inspiring love letter written to the special baby in your life! A perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandparents Day, birthdays, baby showers, and more.
Filled with loving advice and encouragement, Dear Baby, reminds little ones that the world is big, bright, and ready just for them. There's no limit to what they can be, where they can go, or what...
1949) Finding Avalon
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Avalon Monday doesn't mind telling schoolmates that her mother ran off to California to live with a guy she met on the internet. After all, that's way less embarrassing than the truth.
1950) Nightjar
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Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen returns with a stunning tale about a fractured bond between father and son – and the injured bird that helps to heal it. Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen returns with a stunning tale about a fractured bond between father and son – and the injured bird that helps to heal it. When Noah's dad visits from New York, he and Noah come across an injured nightjar during a walk in the countryside. Noah is determined to...
1951) I Hope
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Poignant words from award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith about all the hopes adults have for the young people in their lives.
The hopes we have for the children in our lives are endless. We want our young people to thrive and experience all that life has to offer, but we also feel protective of them. Using simple but powerful statements, Monique Gray Smith delivers a touching message about loving, nurturing and wishing the best for...
1952) Kat's Fall
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Darcy's mother is getting out of jail. Ten years ago, she was convicted of throwing Darcy's baby sister off a fifth floor balcony. Kat survived, but Darcy has spent the last decade raising his sister, giving her the love and support she has been denied by an absent mother and an uncaring father. Now, with their mother about to be released, their father has decided he has had enough of parental responsibility and is determined to return the children...
1953) Harris and Me
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A young boy spends his tenth summer on his aunt and uncle's farm, where he is constantly involved in crazy escapades with his cousin Harris. "On the Larson farm, readers will experience hearts as large as farmers' appetites, humor as broad as the country landscape and adventures as wild as boyhood imaginations. All this adds up to a hearty helping of old-fashioned, rip-roaring entertainment."--Publishers Weekly
1954) Missing daddy
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"A little girl who misses her father because he's away in prison shares how his absence affects different parts of her life. Her greatest excitement is the days when she gets to visit her beloved father. With gorgeous illustrations, this book depicts a little girl's love for her father from whom she is separated because of incarceration." -- Provided by publisher
1955) The switch
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Kibwe is the best basketball player on his second-grade team. But the success is starting to get to his head-- he's becoming bigheaded and sort of bossy! Seeing this, Kibwe's dad decides to do something drastic to help humble his son and teach him some lessons that'll work on (and off) the court.
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The Breakfast Club meets We Are the Ants in this timely story for a generation of young activists. If you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do? This is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across the news every day. But when she starts at prestigious Gardner Academy, Amina finds a group of like-minded peers to join forces with-fast friends who dedicate their year...
1957) Some moms
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"An ode to mothers of all sorts is packaged in this bright, bold, rhyming read perfect for the youngest of readers and their families."--
1958) The ghost stallion
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In 1959 in Oregon, thirteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth rides with her father to kill the wild stallion that is luring away horses from their ranch and ruining their livelihood, but she secretly wants to save his life.
1959) Asking for help
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"Show young readers where and when to ask for help: when something is too heavy or sharp, while in a pool, or while crossing a street. Pairs with the fiction title Help, Please!"--
1960) So totally Emily Ebers
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Millicent Min series volume 3
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In a series of letters to her absent father, twelve-year-old Emily Ebers deals with moving cross-country, her parents' divorce, a new friendship, and her first serious crush.
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