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1) Dreaming in color

Author

Florence, Melanie

Series

Orca soundings

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Description

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"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, a young teen is thrilled when she gets into art school but shocked to learn that some students feel she doesn't belong there."--

2) Lo Simpson starts a revolution

Author

Florence, Melanie

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

Description

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"Lo and Jazz have been best friends ever since Jazz defended her when Bobby Zucker called her a horse face in second grade. But lately Jazz has seemed more interested in bikinis, boys and bras (ugh), and Lo is still perfectly happy with her comic books and Doctor Who. When Jazz ditches Lo for the It Girls, Lo feels completely adrift...until she overhears someone talking about the latest FanCon. There are others like her! With help from her new friends,...

3) Just Lucky

Author

Florence, Melanie

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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"Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things... like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families...

4) Glass gardens: easy terrariums, aeriums, and aquariums for your home or office

Author

Florence, Melanie

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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Florence provides simple instructions to help you build a terrarium. You'll learn to create easy-to-maintain cacti and succulent terrariums. She also covers water terrariums (aquariums) and air terrariums (aeriums).

5) Legends of Funland

Author

Florence, Melanie

Series

Orca Currents

Pub. Date

2022.

Edition

High readability edition.

Language

English

Description

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"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, Buddy tries to impress his big brother by spending the night in a haunted theme park"--

6) The other side of perfect

Author

Florence, Melanie

Pub. Date

2024.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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When Autumn, a wealthy girl from an Indigenous family, comes across Cody face down in the laneway behind her house, beaten by his father, she lets him hide out in her dad's art studio, and as his story of neglect and abuse comes out, so does hers.

7) Stolen words

Author

Florence, Melanie

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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When a young girl discovers that her grandfather does not know his native Cree language because he was taken to live at a residential school when he was a boy, she sets out to help him learn the language.