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By Yang, Kelly2018., Pre-adolescent, Thorndike Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: Large print edition. Availability:2 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Thorndike Press large print mini-collections.Summary Note: Mia Tang and her immigrant parents are not exactly living the American dream since moving here from China--they live in the Calivista Motel, and Mia must tend to its guests. Her parents, meanwhile, have been hiding illegal immigrants in the motel's empty rooms, risking the wrath of the owner, Mr. Yao. On the personal life front, Mia wants to become a writer, but her mother is being very discouraging because she is better at math and English is not her first language. No matter what, however, Mia vows to follow her dreams.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Thorndike Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: Large print edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Thorndike Press large print mini-collections.Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski records his thoughts into his iPod in the hopes that one day aliens will listen to it and have a true perspective of what life on Earth was really like. Determined to help the iPod fall into the hands of extraterrestrials, Alex sets off alone with his dog to travel from Colorado to New Mexico where he plans to send it into space at the Southwest High-Altitude Rocket Festival. The people he encounters along the way help him learn more about himself and life than he ever imagined.
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-- Vanderbeekers of One Hundred Forty-First Street2018., Pre-adolescent, Thorndike Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: Large print edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Thorndike Press large print mini-collections.Summary Note: 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.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Thorndike Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: Large print edition Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Thorndike Press large print mini-collections.Summary Note: Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
