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Author
Series
Neapolitan novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Since the publication of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the Neapolitan novels, Elena Ferrante's fame as one of our most compelling, insightful, and stylish contemporary authors has grown enormously. She has gained admirers among authors--Jhumpa Lahiri, Elizabeth Strout, Claire Messud, to name a few--and critics--James Wood, John Freeman, Eugenia Williamson, for example. But her most resounding success has undoubtedly been with readers, who have...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic In Five Years returns with a moving and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. "When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. To make matters worse, the mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: two weeks in Positano. Katy has been waiting years...
24) Invisible lizard
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Napoleon the chameleon tries to make friends with animals that live near him in the jungle, but has a hard time being seen.
Author
Series
Frog and Toad books volume 2
Publisher
HarperFestival
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he decides to shrink his name to the shorter, simpler Zim, but when his new friend Elly sees him for who he truly is, Zimdalamashkermishkada finds the confidence to step proudly into his long name.
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Language
English
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Description
"As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays--Maryam to her sister's impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family for the first time--neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they'll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam's life, Saif, wasn't sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops....
28) Sophie's squash
Author
Series
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A young girl befriends a squash.
29) Chosen ones
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons-and reconsider what it means to be a hero. . . by destiny or by choice"--
30) Always, Abigail
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment."
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It's just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty...
32) Buddy and Earl
Author
Series
Buddy and Earl volume 1
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Buddy, a dog who likes to play by the rules, meets Earl, a hedgehog who knows no limits, they set off aboard a pirate ship for an imaginative journey together.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's been a minute-or five years-since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out. Though not for a lack of trying. Over the years they've reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old...
36) The outcasts
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Hal, who does not fit into Skandian society, ends up in a brotherband, a group of boys learning the skills that they need to become warriors, with other outcasts, and they compete with other brotherbands in a series of challenges.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A stunning new novel from the author of A Children's Bible, a National Book Award finalist and one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020. Over twelve novels and two collections Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist. Hailed as "a writer without limits" (Karen Russell) and "a stone-cold genius" (Jenny Offill), Millet makes fiction that vividly evokes the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction. Her exquisite...
38) True to form
Author
Series
Katie Nash novels volume 3
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Author
Series
Waffle hearts volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lena is Trille's best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you've got a best friend like Lena.
Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it's coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding down the steepest and iciest hill with a chicken, there is always a thrill—and sometimes an injury—to be had. Trille loves to share everything
40) The happy lion
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Language
English
Description
When the door to his house at the zoo is left open a lion decides to visit his friends, but he quickly learns that people are not nearly as polite or friendly in town as when they visit him at the zoo.
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