Nora Raleigh Baskin

• Nov-2002
• / General Fiction
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Twelve-year-old Gabby Weiss is in the market for a stepmother. If only her father would cooperate, Gabby would have someone to tell her what is and isn’t happening to her body. For awhile her father’s girlfriend, Cleo, forms a bond with Gabby. Bu...

• May-2003
• / General Fiction
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After years of being shuffled from town to town and back and forth between her divorced parents, twelve-year-old Leah, now living permanently with her father and stepmother, finds it difficult to adjust to her new situation and the circumstances that...

• Feb-2005
• / General Fiction
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Basketball clinics, a revolving door of coaches, incensed parents, and the importance of the right sneakers--is that what the game is about? Told from the perspective of four unlikely friends, Nora Raleigh Baskin's poignant novel focuses on the actio...

• Aug-2006
• / General Fiction
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Thirteen-year-old Mia Singer thought that she had it all under control. Sure, her grades were slipping a little bit (well, really, more than a little), and she couldn’t explain her occasional compulsion to shoplift, but things weren’t that bad. T...

• Apr-2008
• / General Fiction
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Caroline's mom is Jewish, her dad isn't, and Caroline has never really thought of herself as any religion. But when her nana dies and leaves Caroline a Star of David necklace, Caroline begins to wonder about her heritage. If she starts going to synag...

• Sep-2008
• / Romance
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Four years, four months, and fifteen days ago, Natalie Gordon's mother walked out mid-sentence, before she finished what she was going to say. Now Natalie is traveling twenty-four hours on a bus to Florida to find her mother, to find herself, to find...

• Apr-2009
• / General Fiction
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Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world.Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts stories to the same online ...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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Julia and Eliza are family, but they're also best friends. They share everything, and now that Julia's mom has gone overseas to serve with the National Guard, Julia is going to spend the summer living with Eliza and her parents. If the situatio...

• Mar-2013
• / General Fiction
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A lyrical and deeply moving portrait of grief, blame, and forgiveness, and of finding the courage to confront your ghosts -- one truth at a time. As soon as she was under, Maggie heard the quiet, though every sound was amplified in her ears and ...

• Jul-2013
• / General Fiction
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An insightful exploration of middle school bullying from multiple perspectives, by the award-winning author of Anything But Typical. Elizabeth Moon grew up around dogs. Her mom runs a boarding kennel out of their home, so she’s seen how dogs beh...

• May-2014
• / Fantasy
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What if destiny leads you to your soul mate, but the laws of time conspire to keep you apart? If her parents had never divorced, Laura wouldn’t have to live in the shadow of Bruce, her mom’s unpredictable boyfriend. Her mom wouldn’t say thi...

• Jun-2015
• / General Fiction
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Ruby’s mom is in prison, and to tell anyone the truth is to risk true friendship in this novel from the author of The Summer Before Boys that accurately and sensitively addresses a subject too often overlooked. Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes is abou...

• Jul-2016
• / Literary
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From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers. Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was...

• Apr-2022
• / General Fiction
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When chance, or fate, throws two twelve-year-olds together on board a scientific research ship at the edge of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it’s not all smooth sailing!Jeremy “JB” Barnes is looking forward to spending the summer before seven...