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(0)Debbi Michiko Florence
Author
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Keiko, Audrey, and Jenna have always been best friends, and Keiko desperately wants it to stay that way, but now they are starting seventh grade, and everything seems to be changing; Audrey is obsessed with the idea of them all securing boyfriends, but when she and Jenna focus on the same boy their friendship starts to break apart--and then Keiko finds herself attracted to Audrey's brother, Conner (who has generally been cast as the enemy), and suddenly...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When boyfriend Elliott breaks up with Jenna Sakai before Christmas break, she just about convinces herself that relationships are for suckers and she is better off without them; but unfortunately she finds herself in competition with Elliott for a journalism scholarship, and worse her first assignment for the newspaper club is to write a personal essay, which is difficult when you are someone who prefers to keep your emotions bottled up--and than...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
520L
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he's still got enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning till night" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
520L
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tiki the cockatoo is the Takano family's newest foster pet and thanks to her ear-splitting screeching, the entire neighborhood knows it! Eight-year-old Kaita has to pull out all the tricks to keep the feathered squawker calm and content and find Tiki a forever home before everyone goes crazy!" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
62 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kaita Takano and her family know all about fostering dogs and cats, but what about reptiles? How will they find a forever home for a bearded lizard who loves being pampered like a queen? --
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What do you do with a gentle Great Dane who's the size of a cow but acts like he's no bigger than a mini dachshund? If you're eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family, you shower the dog with love and do everything you can to find him a forever home" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Annie and Apple are two very cute hamsters from the animal shelter who are being fostered by eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her family. Kaita can't wait to find forever homes for the inquisitive furballs--but first, she has to find them!
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
62 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A new foster pet, someBUNNY special, has arrived at the Takano house, and eight-year-old Kaita is over the moon! But Roo isn't lick-your-face friendly like the dogs Kaita's used to fostering, and she soon wonders if she'll ever be able to break the ice and find the skittish mini lop a forever home" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
64 pages : colour illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
All of Razor's playful, super-friendly littermates are being adopted, one right after the other. But not Razor. How do you find THE shyest kitten in the world his forever home? That's the big question eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family need to answer in this illustrated, sweet-natured, tabby-filled chapter book narrated by Kaita herself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Since the Takano family's new foster pet, Murray the ferret, arrived at their house, all sorts of things have gone missing: shoes, jewelry, keys, coins... Although eight-year-old Kaita enjoys solving the mysteries, she worries that finding a forever home for the lovable furry bandit will be near impossible!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
35 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy and her dog, Toto, rely on her friends in the Land of Oz to help her find the ideal birthday present for her new Munchkin friend, Milton.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's.
14) Sweet and sour
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For as long as she can remember, Mai has spent every summer in Mystic, Connecticut visiting family friends. And hanging out with her best-friend-since-birth, Zach Koyama, was always the best part. Then two summers ago everything changed. Zach humiliated Mai, proving he wasn't a friend at all. So when Zach's family moved to Japan, Mai felt relieved. No more summers together. No more heartache. But this year, the Koyamas have returned and the family...
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 3
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jasmine worries that she will be the only one with no talent to share in the school talent show until her mother brings out her taiko drum.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsibile enough for a pet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Susannah Mikami dreams of becoming a famous sushi chef like her dad. And this summer, she plans to learn everything about his traditional kitchen. Only he refuses to teach her, and won't tell her why. Is it because he doesn't want her to embarrass him in front of the documentary crew filming at his restaurant? Or worse, because she's a girl? Either way, Sana decides he's not the only one who can keep secrets. So when she meets Koji, a cute boy who...