Elana K Arnold
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. And for as long as he can remember, the old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. That is, until a new family-with a particularly annoying girl his age-moves into the neighboring house and, without warning, cuts it down. Oak doesn't understand why her family had to move to Southern California. She has to attend a new school, find...
2) Damsel
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
Waking up in the arms of Prince Emory, Ama has no memory of him rescuing her from a dragon's lair, but she soon discovers there is more to the legend of dragons and damsels than anyone knows and she is still in great danger.
Author
Series
Just Harriet volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Harriet Wermer investigates more mysteries during her stay on Marble Island"--
4) Red Hood
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor book Damsel, returns with a dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power-and one girl's journey to regain it. You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are nearly naked. And the wolf is angry. Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel has lived a quiet life in a little house in...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt. The fish was very hot and very dry. But when Kiki put it in the bathtub, it started swimming, and growing, and speaking. "I want to grant you a wish for saving me," it said. Alas, this fish was only a fish of small wishes, and Kiki’s wish was too big. Unless there was a way for both their dreams to come true"--
Author
Series
Starla Jean volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Have you ever walked a chicken on a leash? Well, chicken expert Starla Jean will let you know first hand, it's not easy. But that doesn't stop Starla from taking her pet chicken, Opal Egg, and her baby sister, Willa, out on a stroll through the neighborhood. On their walk, they stumble upon a mysterious bead. And then another! Before they know it, there's a conundrum on their hands, and it's up to Starla and her friends to figure out just who exactly...
Author
Series
Boy called BAT volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
10) All by himself?
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Illustrates that we are all connected and that no one goes through life--or builds anything--all by themselves.
11) An ordinary day
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be extraordinary in this story about new life, death, and family"--
Author
Series
Boy called BAT volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Bat grows anxious as his third-grade year comes to an end and the time to release his pet skunk, Thor, out into the wild approaches"--
Author
Series
Boy called BAT volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life is pretty great. Hes the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the worldeven Janie, his older sister, is warming up to Thor. When Janie gets a part in the school play and cant watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes. Someone else has to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons, Janie is having sleepovers with her new friends, and Bat wants everything to go back to normal.
Author
Series
Just Harriet volume 3
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"There are some things you should know about Harriet Wermer. She used to lie a lot, but not anymore. Seriously, she only tells the truth now. Even though she hadn’t wanted to come to Marble Island in the first place, now she doesn’t want to leave. It's the truth. With her mom and new baby brother home from the hospital, it's almost time for Harriet to pack up and head home from Marble Island and all the friends she's made. But Harriet doesn't...
15) Just Harriet
Author
Series
Just Harriet volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble Island until she discovers a mystery involving her Dad from when he was a boy living on the island.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2025
Description
The bestselling Bat returns! Bat and the Business of Ferrets is the fourth title in National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold's heartfelt and widely acclaimed series featuring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum.
Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed "Bat") is about to start fourth grade—and unfortunately for him, everything is changing: There's a new teacher, a new classroom, new seats...and new rules. Mr.
...18) Far from fair
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Description
As far as twelve-year-old Odette Zyskowski is concerned, her parents have ruined her life by selling the house she and her younger brother have grown up in, getting an RV, and giving her some little mutt instead of the Labrador Retriever she wanted--but as they travel north to see her grandmother, Odette becomes aware of an even more frightening problem: her parents may be on the verge of a divorce.
Author
Series
Starla Jean volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Introducing Starla Jean! She's full of moxie, clever as a fox, and obsessed with catching a chicken she finds at the park. When Starla first sees the scrawny bird wandering around, she just knows they're destined for one another. Her dad says, 'If you can catch it, you can keep it,' and Starla Jean is not one to back down from a challenge." -- Macmillan.com.
20) Infandous
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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Seventeen-year-old Sephora, a surfer and artist who loves fairy tales and mythology, struggles with a secret so horrible she cannot speak it aloud, especially not to her beautiful, single mother, although they have always been unusually close.