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1) Sisters
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Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2014
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2014
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2014
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2014
1 available
Description
Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all. Raina...
2) Drama
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Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction - World Languages
SPANISH J 741.5 TELGEM 2018
1 available
SPANISH J 741.5 TELGEM 2018
1 available
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Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
3) Ghosts
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2022
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2022
1 available
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2016
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2016
1 available
In Processing - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2016
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2016
1 available
Description
Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
4) Guts
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2019
2 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2019
2 available
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2019
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2019
1 available
Sierra View Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2019
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2019
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
5) Smile
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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2010
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2010
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after girl scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with the on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of...
6) Roller girl
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Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 JAMIES 2015
1 available
J 741.5 JAMIES 2015
1 available
Description
"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart"--
7) Cub
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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO COPELAND 2020
1 available
J BIO COPELAND 2020
1 available
Description
"Author and artist Cindy Copeland comes of age, discovers new talents, and finds her voice as a cub reporter at her local newspaper during the Watergate era"--
8) Nat enough
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Nat enough volume 1
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Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she might realize she's more...
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Sierra View Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 792.8028 SIE 2006
1 available
J 792.8028 SIE 2006
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 792.8028 SIE 2006
1 available
J 792.8028 SIE 2006
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 792.8028 SIE 2006
1 available
J 792.8028 SIE 2006
1 available
Description
The author describes how she first decided she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of six, and how that dream carried her from her home in Puerto Rico to dance class in Boston to performing with the New York City Ballet
10) Karen's witch
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Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
Karen Brewer's imagination gets the best of her when she decides that her neighbor, Mrs. Porter--who has wild gray hair, wears black robes, and has a garden full of mysterious herbs--must be a witch.
11) Real friends
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Friends (Hale) volume 1
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When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.
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Amelia rules! volume 8
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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 GOWNLE 2012
1 available
J 741.5 GOWNLE 2012
1 available
Description
"With her new spot on the cheerleading squad, Aunt Tanner's hoards of adoring fans, and Reggie's successful mission to mold young superheroes into productive--and cool--members of society, Amelia's sailing is remarkably smooth. But when Tanner disappears, humiliated by an ex-boyfriend's tell-all book, Amelia goes into full panic mode. And when she boards a bus on an epic journey to find Tanner--with frenemy Rhonda in tow, and a little help from a...
13) El deafo
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 362.4209 BELL 2020
1 available
J 362.4209 BELL 2020
1 available
Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 BELL 2014
1 available
J 741.5 BELL 2014
1 available
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 BELL 2014
1 available
J 741.5 BELL 2014
1 available
Description
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Baby-sitters Club (Graphic novels) volume 1
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Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
Kristy decides to form a Baby-sitters Club with her friends, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey, but they run into unexpected problems which threaten to break the club up.
"America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will...
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Making friends (Kristen Gudsnuk) volume 1
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Almost everything is going great for Dany. She and Madison are still best friends, she still has her magic sketchbook, and the new school year is looking up. But when Dany creates a duplicate of herself to secretly help with homework and raise her social status, the two of them accidentally unleash a magical dog that wreaks supernatural havoc on the town. Now, with the big school dance coming up, time is running short for Dany, Madison, and their...
16) Stargazing
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Downtown Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 WANG 2019
1 available
J 741.5 WANG 2019
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 WANG 2019
1 available
J 741.5 WANG 2019
1 available
Description
Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness.
17) Stepping stones
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Peapod farm series volume 1
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Jen did not want to leave the city. She did not want to move to a farm with her mom and her mom's new boyfriend, Walter. She did not want to leave her friends and her dad. As if learning new chores on Peapod Farm wasn't hard enough, having to deal with perfect-at-everything Andy might be the last straw for Jen. Besides cleaning the chicken coop, trying to keep up with the customers at the local farmers' market, and missing her old life, Jen has to...
18) New kid
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
2 available
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
2 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds-and...
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
Description
Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
20) Sunny side up
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Sunny side up volume 1
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"From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, graphic-novel memoir. Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, 'Sunny Side Up' is at once a compelling 'problem' story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world" --