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1141. Shine on, Luz Véliz!
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Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
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"Shira and Esther are identical strangers living on opposite sides of town. Shira, daughter of a rabbi, dreams of a life onstage, while Esther wants to devote her life to her faith, so they switch places to pursue their dreams. Working together, they uncover the truth about their mysterious connection and prevent a beloved local theater from being destroyed"--Provided by publisher.
Shira dreams of a life onstage, and twin sister Esther wants to devote...
1143. Short
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4 stars
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Very short for her age, Julia grows into her sense of self while playing a munchkin in a summer regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz.
1144. Shouting at the rain
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4.3 stars
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Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a "regular family," especially after her best friend outgrows her.
1145. Sidekicked
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5 stars
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"Drew Bean might be a part of a secret organization for the training of superhero sidekicks, but that doesn't mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds.Drew is possessed of super senses--his hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell arethe most powerful on the planet--making him literally the most sensitive kid in school. And then there's his best friend, Jenna--their friendship would be complicated enough if she weren't able to...
1146. The sign of the beaver
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3.6 stars
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In the late eighteenth century, eleven-year-old Matt befriends an Indian boy of the Beaver clan who helps him survive alone in the wilderness.
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
1147. Simon sort of says
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4 stars
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Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
1148. The simple art of flying
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5 stars
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Alastair the African grey parrot is adopted by elderly dance-enthusiast and pie-baker Albertina Plopky and his sister, Aggie, by twelve-year-old Fritz, spoiling his plans to away fly with Aggie. Told in Alastair, Albertina, and Fritz's voices.
1149. Sing it like Celia
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"After her mother's sudden departure, twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez adjusts to her new life in an RV campground with her father, and finds her voice through new friendships and a love for Celia Cruz, the 'queen of salsa'"--
1150. A single shard
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3.5 stars
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Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
1151. Sisterhood of sleuths
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4 stars
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"When eleven-year-old Maizy finds a box of vintage Nancy Drew books, her mysterious discovery uncovers a truth from the past that will lead to self-discovery in the present, connecting three generations of women"--
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Life is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three younger sisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear of their cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - the Curse of Six Daughters. With the arrival of the mysterious Full Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls to steal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes. Willa goes after her, following a trail that leads into the dangerous Lost...
1153. Sisters of the Neversea
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2 stars
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In this magical, modern twist on Peter Pan, stepsisters Lily and Wendy are spirited away to Neverland by a mysterious boy and must find a way back to the family they love.
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Six misfits get stuck together in a middle school restroom and discover friendship. Includes playscript of the story.
Six misfits get stuck together in a middle school restroom and discover friendship.
1155. The skeleton flute
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As Sam learns his parents are separating, a stranger offers him a magic flute that will grant his greatest desire, but soon Sam discovers that while it worked on his parents, his two siblings have disappeared, as if they never existed.
1156. The sleepover
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Four girls have a sleepover but awaken to find a big mess and no memory of how it all happened.
1157. Slider
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5 stars
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Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza-eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother.
1158. A slip of a girl
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5 stars
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Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older sibling immigrate to America, and she and her father and sister with special needs are about to be evicted from their farm.
1159. Slouch
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As the tallest girl in the seventh grade, twelve-year-old Stevie receives unwanted attention that weighs on her self-esteem as she navigates family issues and struggles to stand tall on the debate team.
1160. Slugfest
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5 stars
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"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--