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Kristy's Great Idea

Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin · back to the book

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Babysitters Club Collection #1

Ann M. Martin · 455 pages

Kristy's great idea -- Claudia and the phantom phone calls -- The truth about Stacey.

Nanny or CaregiverFemale FriendshipMiddle GradeCharming
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The Mysterious Howling

Maryrose Wood · 267 pages

Nanny or CaregiverCharmingMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Faith Hicks, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh · 128 pages

Friendship to the max! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together...and they’re not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way! Not only is it the second title launching in our new BOOM! Box imprint but LUMBERJANES is one of those punk rock, love-everything-about-it stories that appeals to fans of basicall

Female FriendshipGraphic Novel & MangaCharmingMiddle Grade
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn

Dana Simpson · 224 pages

A boy and his dog . . . a girl and her . . . unicorn? It all started when Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit a unicorn in the face. Improbably, this led to Phoebe being granted one wish, and she used it to make the unicorn, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, her obligational best friend. But can a vain mythical beast and a nine-year-old daydreamer really forge a connection? Indee

Female FriendshipCharmingGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle Grade
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Mary Poppins

P.L. Travers · 206 pages

An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeCharmingSeries Starter
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Smile

Raina Telgemeier · 213 pages

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeGraphic Novel & MangaCharming
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The Popularity Papers

Amy Ignatow · 206 pages

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeGraphic Novel & MangaSeries Starter
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Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery · 308 pages

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeCharmingFunny
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Giant Days, Vol. 2

John Allison

Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation," holiday balls, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of "academia," they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive.

Female FriendshipCharmingGraphic Novel & MangaFemale Lead
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Lumberjanes To The Max Edition, Vol. 1

Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis · 272 pages

Female FriendshipGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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Thea Stilton and the Dragon's Code

Thea Stilton, Geronimo Stilton · 158 pages

What is the Dragon's Code? I couldn't believe it when I, Thea Stilton, was invited to teach a journalism class at the prestigious Mouseford Academy! Once I arrived, I met five amazing students. And when another student disappeared, it was up to us to help solve the mystery. Holey Swiss cheese, it was an incredible adventure! NICKY is always in a good mood when she's outdoors. COLETTE is e

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeCharmingSeries Starter
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Bad Babysitter

Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm · 90 pages

"Babymouse discovers that babysitting is not as easy as it sounds"-- In order to earn some extra spending cash, Babymouse takes a job babysitting for a set of triplets and gets more than she bargained for. In order to earn some extra spending cash, Babymouse starts taking some babysitting jobs but soon discovers that babysitting is not as easy as it sounds. The coauthor is Matthew Holm. Book #19

Nanny or CaregiverGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle GradeFunny
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P.S. Longer Letter Later

Paula Danziger, Ann M. Martin · 237 pages

Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara-Starr's family moves to another state.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeCharmingSeries Starter
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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Lynne Jonell · 349 pages

When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeSeries StarterFemale Lead
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The Teashop Girls

Laura Schaefer · 264 pages

Fourteen-year-old Annie, along with her two best friends, tries desperately to save her grandmother's beloved, old-fashioned teashop in Madison, Wisconsin, while she also learns to accept the inevitability of change in life. Includes proverbs, quotations, and brief stories about tea, as well as recipes.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeCharmingSeries Starter
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Lumberjanes Vol. 2

Noelle Stevenson, Faith Erin Hicks · 128 pages

"Five girls become instant best friends when they go to camp and discover there is a lot more to the summer than learning to how to paddle a canoe. Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types is not your average summer camp and Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers. Between the river monsters, magic, and myths, this summer is only jus

Female FriendshipGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle GradeFemale Lead
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Wren to the Rescue

Sherwood Smith · 216 pages

With the help of a prince and an apprentice wizard, Wren strives to rescue her best friend, a princess named Tess, from the fortress of a wicked king.

Female FriendshipCharmingMiddle GradeFemale Lead
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Bink & Gollie

Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee · 88 pages

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

Female FriendshipCharmingMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever

Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 144 pages

Dawn has been hired to keep Whitney who has Down's syndrome company while her parents are out, but Whitney doesn't know that Dawn is being paid.

Nanny or CaregiverFemale FriendshipMiddle GradeSeries
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Jellaby

Kean Soo · 160 pages

CharmingGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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How Mirka Met a Meteorite

Barry Deutsch · 123 pages

Mirka is back, and this time she takes on a misguided meteor who's been set in motion by the troll and turned into Mirka's twin by the witch. Doppelganger Mirka is out to best the real girl. Our heroine will have to beat her own other self in a three-park challenge ... or be banished from Hereville!

CharmingGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle GradeFunny
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Lumberjanes #12

Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters

Female FriendshipGraphic Novel & MangaMiddle GradeFunny
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Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish · 63 pages

A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

Nanny or CaregiverCharmingSeries StarterFemale Lead
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Female FriendshipGraphic Novel & MangaSeries StarterFunny




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