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1) Endangered
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Ape quartet volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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Twelve-year-old Coral is excited to be going on an October elk hunt with her father in the Colorado mountains, but when he announces that he is getting remarried she is upset and angry with him--but when a big storm rolls in and her father is injured by his skittish horse she has to put aside her feelings and fears and concentrate on making it down the mountain safely.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"Darika 'Rika' Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother’s estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feels…different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening! Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders...
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Amber Brown volume 4
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Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.
7) Hatchet
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Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Brian is forced to crash-land the plane in a lake--and finds himself stranded in the remote Canadian wilderness with only his clothing and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present before his departure.
Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly...
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My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto.I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job.As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name, Amber's not feeling molto bene (very good) about making friends at her new school.But the hardest thing about being Amber is that a part of her is missing. Her dad. He left when she was little...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia's struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried. So she decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy. But when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that her mother has been keeping secrets.
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Monsterstreet volume 4
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The best summer of Harper's life might be her last. On the way to camp Moon Lake, the most magical summer camp on earth, all Harper can think about is her parents' looming divorce. Soon enough, though, the outdoor movie theater, the water park, and the chocolate buffet begin to work their magic on her. But then campers start to disappear, and Harper notices the counselors acting unusual. The cheerful facade of the camp falls apart to reveal strange...
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Cupcake diaries volume 13
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For as long as Katie can remember, it's just been her and her mom. But that's about to change. First her mom gets a boyfriend. And then Katie gets an email from her dad, whom she's never met, saying he wants to get together. Katie's not sure she's ready for so much change in her life. With so much happening at once, Katie's counting on her friends in the Cupcake Club to help her find the sweet side of what seems like a sticky situation.
16) Out of my shell
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
On Anna Maria Island, Florida, with her mother and younger sister, Lanie, for the summer vacation, twelve-year old Olivia is upset by her parents' divorce, especially as she has always been closest to her father who is not with them this year; she plans to lie low and nurse her hurt and anger--until she learns that the local population of sea turtles is threatened by her neighbor's beach house and realizes that she has to do something about it.
17) My two homes
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Lenny follows Skye for a school project and learns about her life with two homes.
18) You can run
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Robyn Hunter mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Robyn learns difficult truths about Trisha Hanover's life and finds herself in danger while investigating the disappearance of the teen who ran away from home.
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 23
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Since her parents' divorce, Dawn lives in Connecticut with her mother while her brother and father are in California, but after a week's vacation in sunny, healthy southern California, Dawn isn't sure she wants to return to the East Coast.
20) Rebound time
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Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Twin girls Sarit and Allie have always been coached in basketball by their father, but now that their parents are divorced and he has moved away, Sarit is unhappy playing on the school team, and resentful that her sister still enjoys the game.