Sharon Creech
1) Ruby Holler
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Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
3) Heartbeat
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Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
4) Bloomability
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When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place within it.
5) The Wanderer
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Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
6) Moo
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After living in New York City her entire life, twelve-year-old Reena and her family unexpectedly move to Maine. And when Reena's parents volunteer her and her brother to work for their eccentric new neighbor Mrs. Falala and her troublemaking cow Zora, Reena knows her life will never be quite the same.
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This heartwarming tale of love, life, and friendship by the Newbery Medalist tells the story of how Granny Torrelli's warm words and secret recipes mend a rift between 12-year-old Rosie and her best friend.
With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.
10) Entre dos lunas
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Noguer y Caralt
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2002, c1996
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.