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2) Tweet cute
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"Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming - mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger's massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper's side. When he isn't trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin's shadow, he's busy working...
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[2013]
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Colophon Letterford and her cousin Julian continue their quest to uncover their family's treasure as new clues lead them to Oxford, England, seeking to unravel a connection to Christopher Marlowe.
Colophon Letterford's life changed overnight when she uncovered Shakespeare's lost manuscripts. Now the authenticity of these manuscripts is in question...and the centuries-old family publishing business is in danger. In this exciting...
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Jupiter pirates volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
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English
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When you're a privateer, running a starship is a family business. And for Tycho Hashoone, his twin sister, Yana, and their older brother, Carlo, the family business is far from easy. For starters, they have to make a living however they can, all while dodging pirates and Earth's dreaded warships. They have to please the Jovian Union, an alliance of moons that provides the Hashoones their letter of marque against Earth's merchant fleet. But hardest...
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Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
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First edition.
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English
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Twins Bick and Beck Kidd and their family of professional treasure hunters race against mercenaries, rival treasure hunters, and a lumber baron through the jungles and mountains of Peru in search of Paititi, the legendary lost Inca city of gold, in hope of conserving the archaeological treasure and preventing deforestation of the rain forest.
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[2017]
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English
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When his family's restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.
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[2021]
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Nice guys finish first in this endearing story about a humble kid in a family of superheroes who discovers his superpower may not be what everyone (even him!) is expecting. Though Arnold works in the family superhero business, he isn't exactly a superhero. Unlike all his relatives, Arnold has no superpower. Everyone expects it will show up any day. Arnold believes that the only thing he's good at is taking phone messages. Then,...
9) Blaire
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Girl of the year. 2019: Blaire volume 1
American girl. Girl of the year 2019 volume 1
Girl of the year. 2019 Blaire volume 1
American girl. Girl of the year 2019 volume 1
Girl of the year. 2019 Blaire volume 1
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[2019]
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English
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Blaire helps with everything at her parents restaurant and farm. But with allergies it makes it hard to do. Her and her BBF get ready to make plans for the first weeding on the farm.
10) Salt and sugar
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"Olinda, Brazil. Lari Ramires's family's bakery, Salt, has been at war with the Molinas' bakery across the street, Sugar, for generations. When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lari's world turns upside down. Then a big supermarket chain moves to town, forcing many of the small businesses to close. Determined to protect her home, Lari does the unthinkable: she works together with Pedro Molina to save both of their bakeries. She learns she doesn't...
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Nightmare thief volume 1
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[2021]
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English
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When Maren breaks the strict rules of her family's dream shop to help her comatose sister, she is caught and blackmailed by a woman with evil plans for the town of Rockpool Bay.--
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English
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Twelve-year-old Pearl Li tries to gain her family's acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her crocheted amigurumi dolls.
Pearl Li is ready to spend the summer before seventh grade hanging out with her two best friends, crocheting the cutest amigurumi dolls, and visiting her favorite tea shop, Boba Time. Its quirky owner, Auntie Cha, is the only adult Pearl can confide in about her art--if only her tech-obsessed family would understand...
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Donut dreams volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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Simon Spotlight hardcover edition.
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English
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"Lindsay Cooper is about to start middle school. In her free time, she works at her family's restaurant, The Park View, handing out the world's most delicious donuts at the Donut Dreams counter. Her grandmother started the counter as a way to send Lindsay's dad to college, and Lindsay wants to use her job the same way--to make her dream of going to school far away from her small town a reality. Home feels different ever since Lindsay's mom passed...
14) Funeral girl
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[2022]
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English
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"When Georgia revives the spirit of a recently deceased classmate at her family's funeral home, she's forced to sort out her complex feelings about grief and mortality"--
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Working at her family's independent bookstore during the summer before she leaves for college, Madeline Moore is determined to make the store succeed when she discovers that her crush, Jasper, works at the competing chain bookstore across the street.
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2021.
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Evie's family runs a Jewish funeral home and she enjoys helping out. She doesn't normally interact with the grieving family, but one day she befriends Oren, a boy overwhelmed by grief after an awful accident. Oren hasn't spoken a word since, but Evie is set on helping him deal with his loss and discover his voice again.
17) Loveboat reunion
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Loveboat Taipei volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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After their disastrous summer in Taipei, Sophie Ha and Xavier Yeh must come together once more to help each other pursue the futures they want.
19) Karthik delivers
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2022.
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English
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One summer during the Financial Crisis, fourteen-year-old Karthik Raghavan makes deliveries for his father's ailing Indian grocery, but he is secretly cast in a play about the young Leonard Bernstein. Includes author's note.
20) Remember me gone
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2022.
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Lucy Miller's family has been erasing people's heartaches and tragic memories for decades, but after an encounter with Marco Warman--a local boy Lucy has always wondered about and who seems to know more than he should--Lucy begins to question her family's legacy and her role in it.
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