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Jake And Lily

author: Spinelli, Jerry
Twins Jake and Lily have a very close relationship, but when they turn eleven, their parents give them separate bedrooms and Jake begins to spend time with a group of neighborhood boys.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: twins, brothers and sisters, individuality, bullying, friendship, siblings, bullies, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / social issues / bullying, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], identity, audiobooks

Dog Eat Dog

author: Marcionette, Jake
Sixth-grader Jake Ali Mathews is slowly settling in at his new school and has a new best friend, Michael, but a substitute teacher arrives who instructs by having her students help with a fledgling pet-grooming company, which strains his friendship and tests his growing popularity.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: juvenile fiction / social issues / bullying, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], humorous stories, brothers and sisters

This Raging Light

author: Laure, Estelle
Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
FIC
year:
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
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Magnificent Mya Tibbs

author: Allen, Crystal
Nine-year-old Mya is excited about participating in School Spirit Week, even making a pinky promise with her best friend Naomi to be her partner, but when she accidentally gets paired with the biggest bully in school, Mean Connie, Naomi is mad at Maya for breaking her promise, so she must learn to work with Mean Connie and try and get her friend back.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / school & education, schools, promises

My Kite Is Stuck!

author: Yoon, Salina
Collects three stories in which Big Duck, Little Duck, and Porcupine, who all have different personalities, work together to save their kite, help a friend feel included, and run a lemonade stand.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], juvenile fiction / animals / ducks, geese, etc, friendship, porcupines, ducks

A Tragic Kind Of Wonderful

author: Lindstrom, Eric
"A sixteen-year-old girl living with bipolar disorder learns to balance romance, friendship, and grief"--.
FIC
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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Binny Bewitched

author: Mckay, Hilary
After twelve-year-old Binny hides and then loses the money she found in the ATM, she asks her best frenemy Gareth to help her find the missing money so she can return it to the bank without attracting the notice of her neighbor, whom Binny believes is a witch putting spells on Binny and her family.
FIC
year:
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: families, lost articles, money, neighbors, family life, lost and found possessions, cornwall (england : county), england, juvenile fiction / animals / dogs, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X]

Mob School Survivor

author: Mann, Greyson
"Gerald Creeper Jr. is a self-proclaimed pacifist, but he finds himself in the war zone when he starts his first year at Mob Middle School.
FIC
year:
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: juvenile fiction / media tie-in, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X]

Two-faced

author: Oliver, Lin
When thirteen-year-old Charlie compromises her values to help Lauren, one of the popular girls, cheat on a test, her identical twin sister, Sammie, is inadvertantly pulled into the mess.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: cheating (education), conduct of life, sisters, twins, middle schools, schools, families, cheating, family life, school stories, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], california

A Taxonomy Of Love

author: Allen, Rachael
From age thirteen to nineteen, Spencer experiences an ever-changing relationship with Hope, the girl next door who helps him cope with his Tourette syndrome but likes his Neanderthal brother, Dean.
FIC
year:
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
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The Vanderbeekers And The Hidden Garden

author: Glaser, Karina Yan
"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gardening, families, neighbors, african americans, family life, neighborhood, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / lifestyles / city & town life, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], harlem (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.)

Ethan Marcus Stands Up

author: Hurwitz, Michele Weber
Told from multiple viewpoints, well-behaved Ethan Marcus sets off a protest and leads a team in inventing a device to help students tired of sitting all day.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: protest movements, inventions, school stories, contests, siblings, friendship, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / school & education, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], realistic fiction

Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth

author: O'connor, Sheila
"Desperate to keep her older brother from being drafted in the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Reenie strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mr.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770

Vanderbeekers To The Rescue

author: Glaser, Karina Yan
The Vanderbeeker children, ages six to thirteen, race to help save their mother's baking business from closure after it fails an inspection.
FIC
year:
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: family life, bakers, pets, african americans, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / lifestyles / city & town life, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship [X], juvenile fiction / business, careers, occupations, new york (n.y.)

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