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A group of foster children build a home of their own.
A ghost saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life shuffled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East Tennessee Children's Home, Maddie feels even less special. She longs for a place to call home. She even has a "book of houses"...
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"Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet. Still, her family's apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba's big laugh. But outside, everything is different - trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books. Back and forth, Shanti trudges between her two worlds. She remembers her village and learns her new town. She watches Bollywood movies...
6) A good place
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Bee, Ladybug, Beetle, and Dragonfly are looking for a good place to live. And they each want something different. Every time they find what seems like the perfect spot, they soon discover it's underfoot, near traffic, or otherwise not safe. How will these four friends ever find a good place?"--
10) Finding home
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English
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For Ashley, moving to Bloomington, Indiana, is especially hard but with time, prayer, a few surprises, and especially the love of her family, she finally feels at home. --
11) Moving house
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
When Joey and Chloe and their family are getting ready to move, their house decides it wants to go too.
12) Once upon a book
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A little girl named Alice opens on a book on a rainy day and travels around the world through its pages."--
14) Floating home
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Holt
Pub. Date
1996.
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English
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To look at her home in a new way for an art project, eight-year-old Maxine rides on a space shuttle, where she experiences the many thrills of takeoff and has the opportunity to indeed view her home, Earth, in an entirely new way.
16) Tar Beach
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English
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A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt story of the same name.
17) The road home
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow birds and woodland creatures as they journey to the nests and burrows they call home, past predators and other dangers." --
18) Polka-dot puppy
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English
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"After a long and unsuccessful search, Polka-dot Puppy finally finds a home" --from the publisher.
19) Birdie and me
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English
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"Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--
20) A house
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Bright illustrations paired with interactive call-and-response questions tell of what makes a house a home." --
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