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82) Sticks
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Language
English
Description
With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best friend, a math genius, ten-year-old Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, despite his mother's reservations.
83) 12 again
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Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Patrick's mother is missing and unless he can get her back, he faces a life of waiting on his brothers.
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo-in-waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting tribute is to perform at the festival himself. The problem is, Norman's not the funny one. Jax was. There's also another, far more colossal objective on Norman's new plan that his single mom, Sadie, wasn't ready for: he wants to find the...
85) Nine
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a society where everyone gets nine lives and enjoys burning through them, Julian is attempting to hang on to his first life as long as possible to avoid the example set by his mother and the resulting sickness she has to endure.
Julian lives in a world where humans have nine lives. As you shed lives, you shed your awkward phases: one death is equal to one physical and mental upgrade. His mother burned through her first eight in just a few years,...
86) Milo walking
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow.
87) New to Drew
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Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Drew needs new clothes, his mother fixes hand-me-downs, making them special and "new to him," along with a very special addition.
88) I love you more
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Language
English
Description
In a book that begins at either side and ends in the middle, a little boy and his mother are taking a walk together when one asks "How much do you love me?" and the other provides a rhythmic response.
90) The suspect
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Series
Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Widow returns with a brand new novel of twisting psychological suspense about every parent's worst nightmare ... When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first...
91) One day
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt mother's ode to her baby boy, she shares her hopes and dreams for him as she envisions him exploring the world and blazing his own trail.
92) Little Wonder
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A mother sends her child off to explore the wonders of the undersea world in imagination.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Known as the Roadkill Kid due to his mother's job, middle schooler Jack becomes his mom's assistant as he deals with his parents' divorce, even though he just wants to finally talk to Zoe, his conservationist classmate with the bright green eyes"--
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
While accompanying his mother at the deli, Hank suffers a series of embarrassing accidents that cause teachers visiting the deli to go hungry, a situation that compels him to express his appreciation for his teachers' hard work.
95) The hug
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In The Hug, internationally renowned author David Grossman tells the moving story of the moment when Ben realizes that no two living creatures are alike-not his mother and father, their beautiful dog Miracle or the ants who march side by side at his feet and appear identical-and the loneliness he feels knowing that there is no one else quite like him in the whole world. But just as he is feeling the most alone he has ever felt, he is soothed by his...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was born in the US, it's hard to feel American now when he's terrified that his mother will be discovered -- and that they will be separated. When he sees his mother being escorted from her workplace by two officers, Jason feels completely alone. He boards a train with the hope of finding his aunt...
Author
Series
Zapato Power volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Vaslov is building a drone to help him take care of Starwood Park, but that is Freddie's job, and Freddie's mother has a new boyfriend, but can Zapato Power help him cope with change?
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Is anybody there? For Marcus Mullen, being a latchkey kid is no big deal. Every day after school, he picks up his key from its hiding place in the oak tree in the yard, and spends the afternoon working on his bike or cooking dinner for his mom and himself. It's been like that ever since his father died, and Marcus has never minded -- until the day his key isn't there. That's only the beginning. Food disappearing. Clocks and flashlights vanish. Suddenly...
100) I can explain
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A little boy trys to justify all his bad habits to his mother with increasing unlikely explanations.
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