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Enchanter's child volume 2
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English
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"One is One, Two is One, Tau is Three. Alex is on a mission to destroy the Twilight Hauntings, monstrous Enchantments created to destroy Enchanters and their children. And to do so she must find the very thing that created them--a magical talisman called the Tau. As she travels, Alex hones her magical skills and learns that even family and friends can surprise her." -- Back cover.
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Jemma, who has severe cerebral palsy, must grapple with dark truths that only she knows, and is unable to communicate.
Jemma knows who the murderer is-- because he told her. He thought his secret was safe because her severe cerebral palsy won't let her speak or move. When a new technology means she may be able to communicate and reveal all she knows, Jemma no longer feels powerless. But now she's in a race against time. The killer...
3) City spies
Author
Series
City spies volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets sara released from jail but also offers her a chence to make a home for herself withing a secret team of your MI6 agents....
Author
Series
Enchanter's child volume 1
Language
English
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"Alex has a set of Enchanted cards. When she flutters her fingers above them, something magical happens: the cards come alive and create moving pictures of what is now and what is yet to come. But Enchantment is illegal in the city of Luma, and those who practice it are imprisoned forever in the Vaults--dark dungeons deep below the city. When Alex is betrayed by her foster sister Zerra, she knows she is in great danger. With the help of her little...
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Series
Love like sky volume 2
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English
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When eleven-year-old Georgie and her sister Peaches relocate to Bogalusa, Louisiana, with their mother to help their Great Aunt Vie, Georgie becomes involved in the search for the truth about her new friend Markie's mother.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old foster kid Mo finds a handmade cookbook filled with someone else's family recipes, she collects the stories behind them and builds a website to share them, secretly hoping a long-lost relative will find her and give her a family recipe all her own.
10) Strays like us
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English
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Twelve-year-old Winifred is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.
11) What I carry
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English
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"Growing up in foster care, Muir has lived in many houses. And if she's learned one thing, it is to Pack. Light. Carry only what fits in a suitcase. Toothbrush? Yes. Socks? Yes. Emotional attachment to friends? foster families? a boyfriend? Nope! There's no room for any additional baggage. Muir has just one year left before she ages out of the system. One year before she's free. One year to avoid anything--or anyone--that could get in her way. Then...
12) Forbidden city
Author
Series
City spies volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After taking down a mole within their organization, the City Spies are ready for their next mission--once again using their unique skills and ability to infiltrate places adults can't. The sinister Umbra has their sights set on recruiting a North Korean nuclear physicist by any means necessary, and the City Spies plan to keep an eye on his son by sending Paris to the chess prodigy's tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney's embedded...
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English
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Rynn was born with a hole in her heart--literally. Although it was fixed long ago, she still feels an emptiness there when she wonders about her birth family. As her relationship with her adoptive mother fractures, Rynn finally decides she needs to know more about the rest of her family. Her search starts with a name, the only thing she has from her birth mother, and she quickly learns that she has a younger sister living in foster care in a nearby...
Author
Series
Misewa saga volume 4
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
While exploring World's End, an area in Aski they've just discovered, Morgan and Emily delight in their developing relationship, while Eli struggles to understand his new-found power: the ability to locate a portal. A shocking turn of events leads them to a new village, Ministik, where the animal beings who live there are going missing. Horrified to discover who is responsible, the children vow to help and turn to friends, old and new. But it's getting...
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Series
Outlaws of time volume 2
Language
English
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"Sam Miracle never thought that his future could lie in the past. But after leaping through centuries at the side of a mystical time walker, Sam and his best friend, Glory, know that the next morning's sun could belong to yesterday as easily as tomorrow. But no day is safe. Since the Vulture escaped, Sam and Glory's greatest nemesis has left no time nor place unmarked by his path of destruction. At least Sam and Glory have Peter, the youngest version...
17) Hideout
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"The son of a Mississippi policeman finds a boy living in hiding in the wilderness and tries to help him without giving away his secret"--
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Language
English
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What if art could come alive and guide you home? Twelve-year-old foster child Nova longs to find her one true home. When jealousy of her art ability upends her most cherished placement, Nova's dropped in the middle of nowhere to live with painter Mr. Russell in his ramshackle farmhouse. While exploring, Nova sneaks into the attic and discovers a magical easel that brings paintings to life. She puts her art skills to the test and gets caught in a whirlwind...
19) Scarlet ibis
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When a fire leaves twelve-year-old Scarlet in a different foster home than her autistic little brother, she does everything she can to find her way back to him--even if it means sacrificing a better life for herself"--
20) The great bear
Author
Series
Misewa saga volume 2
Publisher
Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time. Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues--Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan has to make an important decision about her birth mother. They turn to the place where they know they can learn the most, and make the journey to Misewa to visit their animal friends. This...
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