JFIC Stand Alone Books


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Book cover for "The adventures of the Plott family"
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"Improve confidence in reading for struggling readers and children with dyslexia with this decodable chapter book collection filled with fun and exciting adventures; featuring six separate stories all in one big book! Follow the Plott family on a series of fun and exciting adventures in this series of chaptered stories perfect for independent reading practice or shared reading. For Ash and Mel, two 10-year-old twin girls, there is always fun to be...
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"At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain. Nisha, his twin sister, suggests...
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"Ashar is busy with the ice hockey team, studying to get into the best school, and hanging out with his friends. Shaheer and his father are always moving, following his dad's jobs. Shaheer has given up hope of finding a place where he can put down roots, a place that feels like home. The two boys have nothing in common. But when they meet on Shaheer's first day at his new school, it's like looking in a mirror. They quickly figure out that they're...
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"Have you ever wished you could step inside a story and change its outcome? Now you can! This adventure book gives you the power to make good choices for the characters and alter how the story plays out. Twins Tami and Sam have been celebrating their birthday together at Fantastic Frank's Fun Park for years, but this birthday is different. This is the year they turn teen and Tami wants to organize the ultimate best-ever birthday palooza. But it turns...
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In the middle of her parents' divorce, eleven-year-old Naomi and her brothers are sent to camp where children disappear and monsters stories are real.
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"Twins Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable, but since their parents divorced Raquel has become bossy and obsessive, while Lucinda has immersed herself in her ice skating lessons, and the pandemic and its enforced isolation has only made things worse; but then they are sent to their father's ranch in central California and while Raquel thinks that this is a chance to get their parents back together by driving his girlfriend away, Lucinda...
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"Twelve-year-old Anna Grimsbane journeys into monster-filled woods to save her brother, who has been cursed by a witch known as The Watcher"--
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"One twin died. One twin lived. But did the dead twin ever let go?"--Provided by publisher.
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4.5 stars
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"Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes"-- "Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes"--Publisher.
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2.3 stars
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When two princesses--twin sisters--travel to pay respects to their kingdom's dragon guardian, unexpected monsters appear, and tremors shake the earth. The Hidden Islands face unprecedented threats, and the old rituals are failing. With only their strength, ingenuity, and flying lion to rely on, can the sisters find a new way to keep their people safe?
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"In Galveston Bay, Texas, twelve-year-old twin sisters team up, despite drastically different personalities, to save their family from a bitter witch's curse"--
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On her first day in sixth grade Kyle Constantini punches a bully who is bothering Marcy, a deaf classmate--and so begins her tumultuous year at Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School, in a different school than her twin brother, with new friends, new enemies, andthe regional NAVS competition to come.
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5 stars
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Eleven-year-old Essie, who was abandoned as a baby and lovingly raised by four librarians, meets a mysterious boy whom she believes is her twin brother, but as she gets to know him better, she discovers nothing is as simple as it seems.
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Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one.
Book cover for "The many hauntings of the Manning family"
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Thirteen-year-old twin paranormal investigators Gabby and Trent face a terrifying challenge when a seance goes wrong and their mother disappears in a haunted theater, forcing them to confront a powerful demon and live up to their grandparents' ghost-hunting legacy.
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"Have you ever wished you could step inside a story and change its outcome? Now you can! This adventure gives you the power to make good choices for the characters and alter how the story plays out. Cami is heading off on the trip of a lifetime -- she's joining her mom, Dr. Evangeline Suarez, at an ancient Maya city in Yucatan State, Mexico. The only snag? She'll also be babysitting her two younger brothers. When the boys go missing and she potentially...
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"When a ghost won't leave Maddie Maverick alone, she must solve the mystery of a decades-long train crash to save her twin sister and her hometown"--
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Told in alternating voices, this novel follows twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter, who reluctantly partner up for Phoebe's figure skating competition when Dexter is cut from the hockey team.
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"When Kai's twin sister, Kishi, is stolen and killed by the legendary Ghost Whale, Kai sets out a long and dangerous adventure to bring her back to life"--
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"Three tweens with unique talents must team up to battle prehistoric zombifying monsters taking over a spooky mansion"--