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2014., Juvenile, Tundra Books Call No: REALISTIC F DEG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Perry decides to make an unconventional alphabet book with the help of her Gran, Honora Lee, and the other residents of the Santa Lucia rest home to help the residents connect with each other and their interests.
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c2009., Adolescent, Front Street Call No: Fic Doyle Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Kit, a young woman who lives on a dairy farm, becomes depressed and through it all develops a rare understanding of the depression her own mother endured over many years.
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c1994., Little, Brown Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Sara Moone, abandonded at birth and shunted from one foster home to another, finds that she cannot remain aloof from her latest family.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Perry Cook lives with his mother in the Blue River Co-Ed Correctional Facility due to the kindness of the warden. When a new district attorney finds out, Perry is forcibly placed in a foster home. Desperate to reunite with his mother, Perry tries to find out exactly why his mom was jailed in the first place, and in the process he learns what it means to truly be home.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby 'Red' Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red's heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she's quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother's chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs"--Amazon.
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2019., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Ruby "Red" Byrd has an explicable power over the wind that grows and diminishes with her emotions. When Ruby loses her addict mother to jail and her beloved grandmother to death, she bounces between foster homes until she lands with Celine and Jackson Grooves on their farm where they run a petting zoo. Celine understands Ruby's losses and eventually gets Ruby to settle into life there until Ruby's mother blows back into town and sweeps Ruby into her chaos. Now Ruby will have to search her feelings and find the family she wants--and needs.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Book, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: MYSTERY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl, convicted of murder as a child, serves her sentence only to be placed in a group home, where, upon her release, she must grapple with starting over and an unplanned pregnancy.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Book, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Young adult FIC JACKSON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl, convicted of murder as a child, serves her sentence only to be placed in a group home, where, upon her release, she must grapple with starting over and an unplanned pregnancy.
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2018., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Realistic FIC Jackson Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Mary Addison has spent the last six years of her life locked up in juvenile detention, convicted of killing a white baby who was left in the care of Mary's mother. Now fifteen, the African American teen finds herself pregnant and at risk of having her own child taken away. Desperate to keep her baby, Mary makes a startling confession--she did not kill the baby in her mother's care. But with a conviction hanging over her head, it might be hard to convince anyone she's telling the truth.
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Ã2017., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Book, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: MYSTERY Edition: 1st pbk. ed., 2018. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl, convicted of murder as a child, serves her sentence only to be placed in a group home, where, upon her release, she must grapple with starting over and an unplanned pregnancy.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Book, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Teen Fiction FIC JAC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Series Title: Project Lit 19-20Summary Note: Project LIT Book A young girl, convicted of murder as a child, serves her sentence only to be placed in a group home, where, upon her release, she must grapple with starting over and an unplanned pregnancy.
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[2020]., Primary, Tra.Publishing Call No: E OME Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "And the People Stayed Home is a beautifully produced picture book featuring Kitty O'Meara's popular, globally viral prose poem about the coronavirus pandemic, which has a hopeful and timeless message"--
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2016., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: HORROR FIC KUR Edition: 1st ed.: September Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sisters Silla, seventeen, and Nori, four, are trapped in their aunt's cursed manor and can only escape with the help of a mysterious boy.
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2016., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: HORROR Edition: 1st ed.: September Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sisters Silla, seventeen, and Nori, four, are trapped in their aunt's cursed manor and can only escape with the help of a mysterious boy.
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c1984., Lippincott Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Angel, released on probation to a foster family after being convicted of shoplifting, is anxious to make a fresh start and to be accepted by her new family and friends.
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c2004., HarperCollins Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home."
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[2005], c2004., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: FIC BOD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home.".
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2021., Adolescent, Vintage Español Call No: WORLD LANGUAGES FIC DEL Edition: SPANISH . Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Desde las calles de Stockton hasta las playas de Venice Beach, y hasta la frontera con México, Aquà estuvimos narra el viaje de autodescubrimiento de un niño que intenta perdonarse a sà mismo en un mundo implacable. Cuando sucedió, a Miguel lo enviaron al centro de detención juvenil. El juez lo sentenció a un año en una casa hogar para menores; dijo que tenÃa que escribir en un diario para que algún consejero pudiera tratar de entender su forma de pensar. El juez no tenÃa idea de que en realidad le habÃa hecho un favor a Miguel. Desde que sucedió, su madre ni siquiera habÃa podido mirarlo a la cara. Cualquier hogar que no fuese el suyo serÃa un lugar mejor para vivir. Pero Miguel jamás pensó que conocerÃa a Rondell y a Mong, y en todo lo que sucederÃa cuando huyesen. Solo pensó en llegar a la frontera con México, donde podrÃa empezar de nuevo. Olvidar a su mamá. Olvidar a su hermano. Olvidarse de sà mismo. Sin embargo, la vida no suele funcionar como uno cree. Y la mayorÃa de las veces, escapar te lleva de regreso al mismo lugar del que una vez huiste.--Publisher's description.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Twelve-year-old orphan Arcady copes with his difficult life in a Soviet children's home by spending as much time as possible playing soccer. When Ivan Ivanych, a man who lost his wife to the Stalinist purges, takes Arcady in and offers to coach him, it transforms both of their lives in profound ways.
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2012., Adolescent, St. Martin's Griffin Call No: Realistic Fic Jordan Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Devastated to find herself back in a group home after a peaceful year of living with loving foster parents, a Brooklyn teenager striving to become strong and independent soon falls prey to the dangerous affections of a good looking but shady young man.