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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Brian can think of a few places he'd rather spend his summer than with his aunt and uncle in Boring, Illinois. Jail, for example. Or an earplug factory. Anything would be better than doing summer school on a computer while his scientist dad is stationed at the South Pole. Boring lives up to its name until Brian and his cousin Nora have a fight, get lost, and discover a huge, wooden house in the forest. With balconies, turrets, and windows seemingly...
724) My Town/Mi Pueblo
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Two cousins live in two towns, separated by a river. But there is also a bigger divide--the US-Mexico border--which means they live in different countries. On the girl's side, English is the main language, and on the boy's it's Spanish. The cousins love their towns, and they love visiting each other's, where they notice some things are the same and some are wonderfully different, adding up to a vibrant world full of even more possibilities. Author...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A wildly over-the-top social satire reimagining the mad misadventures of iconic royal cousins King Ludwig and Empress Sisi, from the incomparable Jac Jemc"--
History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Caroline knows that in order to fight the British, her village desperately needs its shipyards and supply boats and she will do whatever it takes to keep them out of enemy hands, then later, while helping on her uncle's farm, Caroline discovers that the war brings dangers there, too.
727) Luna fortuna
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Fifth grader Luna Ramos has a great many cousins, mostly on her father's side, but one of them, Claudia, is a source of constant annoyance; their current feud begins when Luna is punished for locking Claudia in the restroom at another cousin's quinceanera--but when there's a bullying situation at school, Luna realizes that, despite their disagreements, cousins have to stand up for each other.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Smiley Bone, Fone Bone, and their Rat Creature pal, Bartleby, take a group of young scouts to a legendary landmark that the Bone cousins found when they were kids. They share stories around a campfire, spinning tales of trips to the moon, the delights of quiche, an imagined monster come to life, and an encounter with the two stupid Rat Creatures gone hilariously wrong!"--Provided by publisher.
731) Boys of blur
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When his stepfather moves them to Taper, Florida, in the Everglades, twelve-year-old Charlie discovers a secret world hidden within the sugar cane fields, as well as new family connections and friendships.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When his cousin Wagster comes for a visit, Houndsley is excited. Wagster is all adventure and enthusiasm and razzle-dazzle, and all his friends love him. Even Catina thinks Wagster is fun and good at everything, and pretty soon Houndsley is starting to feel a little bit invisible. But Houndsley and Catina are best friends, and certainly Cousin Wagster won't change that -- right? James Howe and Marie-Louise Gay have created a tender and funny story...
Author
Series
Creature from the seventh grade volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Shortly after spontaneously morphing into a giant mutant dinosaur, 12-year-old Charlie Drinkwater discovers he's not the only creature in town"--
734) Gótico
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are...
735) Pluck and perfection
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
In August 1965, twelve-year-old Eden's older cousin from Mississippi comes to visit her in Los Angeles, and while the Watts Riots erupt around them, they continue their investigation of the disappearance of Winter's father ten years ago.
738) Maisy's garage
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Little ones can help Maisy and her friends fix Cyril's car, which has broken down, in this interactive board book that has push, slide and play tabs on every spread"--