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-- Forty-five pounds (more or less)By Barson, K. Ac2013., Viking Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Ann decides that she is going to lose 45 pounds in time for her aunt's wedding, she discovers that what she looks like is not all that matters"--
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-- Forty-five pounds (more or less)2013., Adolescent, Viking Call No: Realistic FIC Barson Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Ann Galardi tries to lose forty-five pounds before being a bridesmaid in her aunt Jackie's wedding with unexpected results.
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2017., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Adventure Fic Watson Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his younger brother's accident--one more event in a long list of awful life events--Caleb Tosh's mom walks out on the family. Sick of it all, Caleb retreats into the virtual-reality game he plays obsessively, The Boneyard. With everything in his real life so awful, Caleb's only happiness comes from that game, and before he knows it, his reality and virtual reality seem to become the same thing in his quest to Ascend and become Worthy.
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c2006., Adolescent, Harper tempest Call No: Realistic FIC Oates Oates Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother, fifteen-year-old Jenna undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery.
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c2006., Adolescent, Harper Tempest Call No: FIC OATES Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother, fifteen-year-old Jenna undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery.
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[2014]., Random House Call No: Realistic Fic Doctorow Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: From an undisclosed location to an undisclosed interlocutor, Andrew thinks, talks, and tells the story of his life--his loves and tragedies that have led him to this place--all the while commenting on modern American society and psychology.
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: FIC SMITH Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The world itself seems to bring together Henry, whose best friend died near their home in the mountains of Vermont, and Zavion, who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina, so that the boys can help each other heal.
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[2015], Pre-adolescent, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The world, itself, seems to bring together Henry, whose best friend died near their home in the mountains of Vermont, and Zavion, who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina, so that the boys can help each other heal.
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2009., Juvenile, Speak Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.
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1996., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: [Fic] Whi Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
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1996, Juvenile, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books Call No: HIS FIC WH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
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1996, Juvenile, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books Call No: HIS FIC WHI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
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By White, Ruth1971., Yearling Call No: FIC WHI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. Woodrow's cousin, Gypsy, lives next door, and the two children find they have much in common. But unlike Woodrow, who has accepted his mother's disappearance, Gypsy can't get over her father's death. That's when Woodrow tells Gypsy the truth about his mother. Twelve-year-old Gypsy struggles to understand the mystery of her Aunt Belle's sudden disappearance, and why her cousin, Woodrow, Belle's son, is acting so calm. When Woodrow finally reveals that he is keeping a secret about Belle, Gypsy begins to realize that people have different ways of facing the often painful truth of things.
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By White, Ruth1996., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Young adult FIC WHITE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
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c2005., Primary, HarperCollins Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: I can read!Summary Note: Sam's favorite thing about second grade is the class pet, a hamster named George Washington, so when the class goes on a field trip to a science museum, Sam cannot resist bringing George along.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Call No: FIC MCK Edition: 1st U.S. ed., 1st e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When she was eight, Binny had her father and Max, the best dog ever. But after her father's sudden death, money is tight, and Aunty Violet decides to give Max away. Binny knows she can't get her dad back, but she never stops missing Max, or trying to find him. Then, when she's 11, everything changes again.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First Margaret K. M Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Binny struggles to cope with her father's death and the loss of her beloved dog while she adjusts to a new home that might be haunted by her horrible Aunt Violet.
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Juvenile Call No: [Fic] Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "After their mama dies, Jack and Birdie find themselves without a place to call home. And when Mama's two brothers each try to provide one--first sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrick--the results are funny, tender, and tragic. They're also somehow . . . spectacular"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Birdie & meÃ2020., Pre-adolescent, Puffin Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Birdie & me[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Kathy Dawson Books Call No: TEEN FIC NUA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--Provided by publisher.