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Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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After trying and failing to break her years-long curse of bad first days of school, eighth grader Vivian Lantz wishes for a do-over--and gets stuck reliving this year's horrible first day over and over again.
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Tor
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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Gerrold, a science fiction writer from California, adopts a son who has a slight behavioral problem. He believes himself to be a Martian. Gerrold begins the long, involving work of trying to earn the acceptance of Dennis, a hyperactive eight-year-old who desperately wants a father's love, but is so insecure he feels he must be an alien. Gerrold's semi-autobiographical memoir of the first two years with Dennis is a funny, endearing, heartbreaking,...
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Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
5) Skyscraping
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Philomel Books, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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In 1993 in New York City, high school senior Mira uncovers many secrets, including that her father has a male lover.
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English
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Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby--and the house is in chaos.
7) Love is love
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English
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"A boy becomes upset when he is teased for having two dads, but viewing his friend's family (with a mom and a dad) as not all that different from his own, he realizes the best way to counter the ridicule is to be proud of who his fathers are and know that it is love that makes a family." --
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Poppy/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Dan Cereill's life is turned upside-down when his father announces he is gay and leaves Dan and his mother with nothing, forcing them to move to an aunt's house, Dan to enroll in public school, and his mother to try to start a business, but the top thing on Dan's list is kissing Estelle, the girl next door.
9) Home at last
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?" --
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2021.
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English
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Snakebite, Oregon. The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Teenagers are disappearing, some turning up dead. All fingers seem to point to TV's most popular ghost hunters who have just returned to town. Arriving in Snakebite, Logan Ortiz-Woodley, daughter of TV's ParaSpectors, gets the feeling that there's more secrets buried here than they originally let on. Ashley Barton's boyfriend was the first teen to go...
12) The second story
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Series
Magic Misfits volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Growing up in an orphanage, Leila was bullied for being different. She turned her hardship into skill by becoming an escape artist--a valuable trait when belonging to a group of magical best friends. But when a famous psychic comes to town, Leila and her pals won't be able to escape the big mystery heading their way. Whether chasing mad monkeys or banishing ghosts from haunted hotels, these six friends will do their best to keep Mineral Wells safe--but...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a penguin costume, is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back to the store in the city.--Provided by Publisher.
16) The minor third
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Magic Misfits volume 3
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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New member Emily helps the Magic Misfits when a ventriloquist with a dastardly plan comes to town.
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Series
Magic Misfits volume 2
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Leila and the other Magic Misfits have the opportunity to perform with a famous stage psychic known as Madame Esmeralda, who may hold secrets to Leila's past.
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