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2) The dot
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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
4) Wildoak
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Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard, in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.
5) Ava XOX
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Fifth grader Ava couldn't care less about Valentine's Day, until she learns that her friend, Chuck, whom hitherto she had thought of only as a friend, is dating Kelli, the new girl. Now Ava has to wonder if she actually loves Chuck or if she really does only think of him as a friend. Meanwhile, Pip needs to help Tanya, who is being bullied for her size.
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Hope Roberts is a confident eleven-year-old girl who plans to be an astrophysicist, and who loves swimming, Galaxy Girl comic books, her best friend Sam, and her two rescue dogs (not necessarily in that order); but then she starts middle school, and suddenly she cannot seem to do anything right--even science club is a problem because she and another girl, Camilla, get stuck with the boring part of the science project that they suggested, but Hope...
7) Imani's moon
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Little Imani of the Maasai people longs to do something great, like touching the moon, but the other children just laugh at her.