Margaret Dilloway
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English
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Shoko and Sue are as different as sushi and hot dogs. Shoko is proper and Japanese; Sue is casual and American. They can't communicate, and neither really understands what makes the other happy - or unhappy. Perhaps the only thing the two women have in common is that they are mother and daughter. This warmly humorous, insightful novel is about that powerful bond that seems to cause as much trouble as comfort.
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English
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Eleven-year-old Ava Andrews has a Technicolor interior with a gray shell. On the inside, she bubbles with ideas and plans. On the outside, everyone except her best friend, Zelia, thinks she doesn't talk or, worse, is stuck-up. What nobody knows is that Ava has invisible disabilities: anxiety and a heart condition.Ava hopes middle school will be a fresh start, but when Zelia moves across the country and Ava's Nana Linda pushes her to speak up about...
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Language
English
Description
Thirty-six-year-old Gal Garner lives a regimented life. Her job teaching biology and her struggle with kidney disease keep her toggling between the high school, the hospital, and her home on a strict schedule. Only in her garden does Gal come alive, cross-pollinating roses in the hopes creating a brand-new variation of spectacular beauty. Then one afternoon Gal's teenaged niece Riley arrives, unannounced, and neither of them will ever be the same....
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Series
Momotaro ; 2
Language
English
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"To rid himself of nightmares, twelve-year-old Xander summons the baku, a mythical creature that eats dreams, but he goes too far and jeopardizes all his dreams as well as the dreams of his family and friends"--
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPubishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Struggling with grief over her uncle's death, twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals makes a discovery that could save her favorite astronomy spots in Zion National Park from the threat of a new housing development." --
