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By Oshiro, Mark2018., Juvenile, TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES Call No: REALISTIC F OSH Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: [Fic] Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While her father is at war, five-year-old Rosalie is a captain on her own secret mission. She wears the disguise of a little girl and tracks her progress in a secret notebook. Some evenings, Rosalie's mother reads aloud Father's letters from the front lines, so that Rosalie knows he is thinking of her and looking forward to the end of the war and to finally coming home. But one day a letter comes that her mother doesn't read to her, and Rosalie knows her mission must soon come to an end.
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Ã2014., General, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 741.5 ALE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 741.5 Graphic Novel ALEXANDER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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Ã2014., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: GRAPHIC NOVELS Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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[2017]., Juvenile, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: [Fic] Pea Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Moira Moriarty calls upon the clever Sherlock Holmes, her brother James's roommate at school, to help solve the mystery of her father's death, leading them to a secret sect, a rare jewel, and a friendship torn asunder.
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-- Eb and Flow[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Crown Books for Young Readers Call No: REALISTIC F BAP Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony 'Eb' Wilson and De'Kari 'Flow' Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2006., Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A rising high school baseball star faces his most difficult challenge when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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By Lupica, Mikec2010., Pre-adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
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-- Hot house.By Lynch, Chrisc2010., Adolescent, HarperTeen Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now bear.
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2016., Primary, Flying Eye Books Call No: [E] Edition: Second edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Two young children and their mother must escape the dangers of war, but before them lies a journey.
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2006, Pre-adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her mother and younger sister are killed in a house fire, eleven-year-old Cara struggles to find a way to deal with her emotions and to reach out to her grieving father.
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By Lupica, Mike[2016], Pre-adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: JUV032030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.
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By Lupica, Mike[2016], Pre-adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: FIC LUPICA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.
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[2023]., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: SUSPENSE FIC MOO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn't uncommon and no one dares stay in the library after dark. And Este Logano enrolls with the hopes of finding her dead father. Not literally, of course. She doesn't believe in ghosts. Going to her dad's school just seems like her best hope at figuring out who he was. But then Este meets Mateo, who is maybe--probably--definitely--a real ghost. And an annoying one at that. When Mateo frames Este for the theft of a rare book from the library's secret spire and then vanishes, Este will have to track him down or risk being expelled and leaving Radcliffe early just like her father did. Except following in her father's footsteps might be more dangerous than Este ever anticipated. As she investigates the library with its secret passageways, hidden tunnels, and haunted halls, she learns that the student disappearances aren't just myth. And if she isn't careful, she'll be next"--
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[2016], Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: FIC Har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, fourteen-year-old Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal, and discovers a tree that feeds upon lies and gives those who eat its fruit visions of truth.
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[2018], Primary, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming grief... Perhaps with time, patience, and their father's gentle words in their hearts, hope will spark once more.
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-- Happy familyBy Burke, Cliff[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: FIC BURKE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And Theo is an indoor animal. Then, Theo's dad hits him with a whopper of a surprise--an auditioning-to-be-his-stepmom girlfriend. Theo must find a way to face his grief and talk to his dad before his family is forever changed.
