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1) Genie meanie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
". . . an 8-year-old girl confronts a bully with the help of a genie she discovers has been living in a spice bottle her grandmother left her"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes. Nothing about the coastal countryside feels warm or familiar. But when Cyrus is stranded one evening by the tide, he finds help from an unlikely source."--
3) Black gold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When a neighbor gives Cyrus and Rudy California earthworms that transform compost into fertilizer, they become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the worms can be.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"On returning to their home after a massive wildfire, nine-year-old Jasmin and her seven-year-old brother, Hunter, thought the biggest surprise would be whether their fire-resistant house had survived. Jasmin and Hunter did not expect to find an orphanedbear cub stuck in the neighbors' well. Rescuing the tiny cub from the well was the easy part; now they need to care for it until the people from the bear-rescue sanctuary can make it safely through...
5) The peacock
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl's father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family's yard, much to her mother's dismay. The girl devises a plan to earn the peacock's trust and return it to its home at the zoo."--
6) Not for sale
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Cyrus sees a For Sale sign plunged into his front lawn, it's a complete and utter disaster. Usually, his younger brother, Rudy, is the scaredy-cat, but for the first time in his life, Cyrus is terrified.
7) High and dry
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca."--
9) Wild cards
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Matt's favorite card game, Monster Zap, is banned from the school, he and his classmates come up with a super solution to save them.
10) Genius Jolene
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Jolene enjoys a long road trip with her truck driver father, as she does every year, but this year it is different because her parents have separated and her father is with another man.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's time for the annual pet fair and the twins have been hard at work teaching their dog, Max, some new tricks. But on their way to the fairgrounds, they're offered not one, but two intriguing cases. Pets from the pet show have gone missing and their guardians are blaming each other for the disappearances. Meanwhile, Lark and Connor's frenemy, Sophie, thinks her house might be haunted and refuses to go inside. The twins split up to solve the mysteries,...
12) Lark takes a bow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this early chapter book, amateur detectives Lark and Connor Ba figure out which of their follow actors is playing pranks on the local theater company."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It's the third day of summer vacation, and Lark's halmoni--that's Korean for grandmother--has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. The only trouble is, they arrive to discover that Mrs. Robinson, the town librarian, has lost her key. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve the mystery of the missing key?"--Back cover.
16) Hush, puppy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this partially illustrated early chapter book and the third book in the Charlie's Rules series, eleven-year-old Charlie and his best friend, Amy, rescue a man from a swarm of bees and help an insecure Chihuahua regain his confidence."--
17) Skye above
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Skye has always had a fascination with flying. She'd love to be a pilot someday, like both of her parents, but deep down she really wishes she could be a bird. When Skye's parents take her to Costa Rica, she is thrilled about all of the beautiful exotic birds she'll get to see. What she doesn't realize is that her parents have three big surprises planned, and each will offer her a different opportunity to feel what it's like to fly....
18) Super switch
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Bailey Kaufman is nervous for their first day of school at the Hero Academy, the elementary school for young superheroes. Surrounded by classmates with incredible powers, like flying and super snot, Bailey isn't sure where they fit in. However, a new machine designed to help students discover and learn to control their powers might have the answers Bailey is looking for. It was created by Mr. Kaufman, the new principal and Bailey's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Lightning sparks a forest fire deep in the mountains near the town of Waterton. Days later, the sky is blue and the air is clear, so it doesn’t seem like an emergency, until crews of firefighters begin to arrive and townspeople start to prepare. Cricket and her friends watch deer and birds flee the forest and run right through town. But what about the slower animals? What about the porcupines and squirrels, the salamanders and snakes? Cricket...
20) Pasture bedtime
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this partially-illustrated early chapter book, 11-year-old Charlie tries his hardest to keep his life quiet and organized amid the chaos of life on the farm with his veterinarian mother"--
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