families

"Dory's older brother and sister won't play with her. But that's okay. Because Dory has other things to do... and LOTS of friends at home who think she is FANTASTIC. Then she meets a girl at school with a big imagination... Almost as big as DORY'S!"--Back cover.

Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.

"From the legendary author of Hatchet, a laugh-out-loud eco-friendly adventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down. Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his father's single-minded pursuit of an off-the-grid existence. His dad may be brilliant, but dumpster-diving for food, scouring through trash for salvageable junk, and wearing clothes fully sourced from garage sales is getting old. Increasingly worried about what schoolmates and a certain girl at his new school might think of his circumstances--and encouraged by his off-kilter best friend--Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to "retrain" his dad's mindset . . . a crackpot experiment that produces some very unintentional results. This is a fierce and funny novel about family, green-living, and untangling some of the ties that bind from middle-grade master Gary Paulsen"--.

The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion question.

"Spend the day with Bluey, Bingo, and their parents in their home! Play Hairdresser with Bluey, Rug Island with Bingo, and more in this colorful shaped board book"--.

Teased for having two fathers, a boy views his friend's traditional family as similar to his own and realizes he can counter the ridicule by taking pride in his fathers and the love that makes them a family.

"Tan Lee finds himself embroiled in an unusual love triangle, all while trying to defuse a heist, unravel a conspiracy, and navigate the most complicated babysitting assignment ever"--Provided by publisher.

When eighteen-year-old Jasper heads home for the holidays after a long absence, she must navigate secrets, old and new relationships, and simmering small-town tensions.

Overburdened with responsibilities at home and struggling with school work and toxic friends, fifteen-year-old Giddy embarks on an eleven-day challenge to confront the escalating challenges within her life and her own mounting anxiety.