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"A Studio Ghibli-esque work of Japanese translation “that lays bare the anxieties and desperation—and the small triumphs—of adolescence” (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Heaven. Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight. Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro’s days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
One World, Many Stories PreK - 2nd
SRC - Ages 0-5 Fiction
Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
One World, Many Stories PreK - 2nd
SRC - Ages 0-5 Fiction
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Carmela, finally old enough to run errands with her brother, tries to think of the perfect wish, while his wish seems to be that she stayed home.
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Flat Stanley volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The members of the Lambchop family react differently when a boistrous genie grants their wishes for fame, power, and the ability to fly.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She's living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved families. Mentally melting down as she...
8) The gift
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Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After meeting a magical old woman in a clearing in the woods and trading her daisy chain for the granting of a wish, a little girl grows into a young woman and the clearing begins to fill with the loveliest flowers, the most fragrant herbs, and the most perfect stones.
11) The wish list
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Meg Finn is in trouble. She's dead, but not at peace--she's in limbo, her good deeds perfectly balanced against her bad deeds; Heaven or Hell wait, a tip of the scale away. So she's back on Earth trying to tip the scale to the good by helping her last victim, and her former "partner" is also back, trying to force her to tip the scale to the bad.
Author
Series
Deadtime stories (Reissued) volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Lindsey and her friends play the wishing game "Bloody Mary" in front of a strange antique mirror, one by one their wishes start coming true, with horrifying results.
13) The Star Tree
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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“It is midnight on Midsummers Eve and Mirandas nightlight has gone out. She climbs on her rocking horse and makes a wish... And so begins a magical midnight journey with the great white owl, the little red hare, the big white bear, and the giant stag, all the way to the Tree of Constellations, where Miranda plucks one small star. The great white goose takes her safely home, where now the night light glimmers, star-like, as Miranda sleeps. “--Publisher....
14) Yes Day!
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A little boy gets everything he asks for on Yes Day, a special day that only comes once a year.
15) Páradais
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Two friends, fed up with their life circumstances, devise a dark plan to catapult their lives in a different direction.
"Nominada para el Man Booker Internacional 2022 «Fernanda Melchor explora la violencia y la desigualdad en esta novela brutal. Lo hace con una destreza técnica deslumbrante, oído absoluto para la oralidad y precisión de neurocirujana para la crueldad. Páradais es un breve e inexorable descenso al infierno». -Mariana Enríquez...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Sadie Thatcher's life has fallen apart in spectacular fashion. In one fell swoop, she managed to lose her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend-all thanks to her big mouth. So when a fortune teller offers her one wish, Sadie jumps at the chance to redo her awful year. Deep down, she doesn't believe magic will fix her life, but taking a leap of faith, Sadie makes her wish, opens her eyes, and . . . nothing has changed. And then, in perhaps her dumbest...
18) Sausages
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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