Kids
Sal & Gabi break the universe
Carlos Alberto Hernandez
jFICTION Hernandez, Carlos Alberto
Kids
In order to heal after his mother's death, thirteen-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes.
The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden
Karina Yan Glaser
jFICTION Glaser, Karina Yan
Kids
"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"--
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Karina Yan Glaser
jFICTION Glaser, Karina Yan
Kids
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
Added by Anne W
The last last-day-of-summer
L. R. (Lamar R.) Giles
jFICTION Giles, L. R.
Kids
When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.
Added by Anne W
The birchbark house
Louise Erdrich
jFICTION Erdrich, Louise
Kids, Historical Fiction
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
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Out of my mind
Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) Draper
jFICTION Draper, Sharon M.
Kids
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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The lotterys plus one
Emma Donoghue
jFICTION Donoghue, Emma
Kids, LGBTQ+
Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
Added by Anne W
Beverly, right here
Kate DiCamillo
jFICTION DiCamillo, Kate
Kids
"Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't want to depend on anyone, and she definitely doesn't want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, she can't help forming connections with the people around her -- and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes" --
Added by Anne W
Louisiana's way home
Kate DiCamillo
jFICTION DiCamillo, Kate
Kids
Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night and tells her they need to leave home immediately, and this time Granny intends for them never to return.
Added by Anne W
Added by Anne W