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  • Who Do I Look Like? by Mary Schulte

    Who Do I Look Like?

    Mary Schulte

    A young girl finds that she looks a little like everyone in her family, but mostly like herself.

  • Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

    Whoever You Are

    Mem Fox

    Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.

  • Who's in a Family? by Robert Skutch

    Who's in a Family?

    Robert Skutch

    Who is in a family, and in particular, who is in your family? Chances are, your family is unique, like no one else's, and that's just fine!

  • Who's In My Family?: All About Our Families by Robie H. Harris

    Who's In My Family?: All About Our Families

    Robie H. Harris

    Nellie and her little brother Gus discuss all kinds of families during a day at the zoo and dinner at home with their relatives afterwards.

  • Why Am I Different? by Norma Simon

    Why Am I Different?

    Norma Simon

    Portrays everyday situations in which children see themselves as "different" in family life, preferences, and aptitudes, and yet feel that being different is all right.

  • Why Don't I Have a Daddy? A Story of Donor Conception by George Anne Clay

    Why Don't I Have a Daddy? A Story of Donor Conception

    George Anne Clay

    As the little lion cub notices all different types of families, he starts to question his own family. His family consists of his mother and him. The little cub learns that while there is no "daddy" in his family, there is a donor lion who made his life possible. Through his mother's love and nurturing, the lion cub understands how special he and his family are.

  • Why Johnny Doesn't Flap: NT is OK! by Clay Morton and Gail Morton

    Why Johnny Doesn't Flap: NT is OK!

    Clay Morton and Gail Morton

    Johnny is different. He is never exactly on time, he can't seem to stick to a routine and he often speaks in cryptic idioms. Johnny is neurotypical, but that's OK.

  • Why Me?: Entering Foster Care by Pamela Jackson

    Why Me?: Entering Foster Care

    Pamela Jackson

    This book is all about entering Foster Care.

  • Why Mole Shouted and Other Stories by Lore Segal

    Why Mole Shouted and Other Stories

    Lore Segal

    Young Mole and his grandmother live together and get along well enough most of the time, but in each of these four stories there is an exception to the rule

  • Wide Awake by David Levithan

    Wide Awake

    David Levithan

    In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world.

  • Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

    Wild Beauty

    Anna-Marie McLemore

    Love grows such strange things. Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered fabulous reviews and was a finalist for the prestigious YALSA Morris Award, and her second novel, When the Moon was Ours, was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Now, in Wild Beauty, McLemore introduces a spellbinding setting and two characters who are drawn together by fate―and pulled apart by reality. For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens. The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.

  • Wild Blues by Beth Kephart

    Wild Blues

    Beth Kephart

    Thirteen-year-old Lizzie relates, through a victim statement, her harrowing journey through the Adirondacks seeking her disabled friend, Matias, who was kidnapped by escaped convicts.

  • Wild Life by Cynthia C. DeFelice

    Wild Life

    Cynthia C. DeFelice

    When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in a small town in North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.

  • Wildthorn by Jane Eagland

    Wildthorn

    Jane Eagland

    Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove is locked away in the Wildthorn Hall mental institution, where she is stripped of her identity and left to wonder who has tried to destroy her life.

  • Will by Maria Boyd

    Will

    Maria Boyd

    Seventeen-year-old Will's behavior has been getting him in trouble at his all-boys school in Sydney, Australia, but his latest punishment, playing in the band for a musical production, gives him new insights into his fellow students and helps him cope with an incident he has tried to forget.

  • Willful Machines by Tim Floreen

    Willful Machines

    Tim Floreen

    In a near-future America, a sentient computer program named Charlotte has turned terrorist, but Lee Fisher, the closeted son of an ultraconservative President, is more concerned with keeping his Secret Service detail from finding out about his developing romance with Nico, the new guy at school. But when the spider-like robots that roam the school halls begin acting even stranger than usual, Lee realizes he is Charlotte's next target.

  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green

    Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    David Levithan and John Green

    When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

  • William's Doll by Charlotte Zolotow

    William's Doll

    Charlotte Zolotow

    More than anything, William wants a doll. He enjoys the other toys his father gives him, like a basketball and a train set, but he still wants a doll. William's grandmother is the only one who really understands his wish.

  • Willow and the Wedding by Denise Brennan-Nelson

    Willow and the Wedding

    Denise Brennan-Nelson

    Bullied as a gay teenager, especially while performing in a high school musical, Uncle Ash, who is marrying his boyfriend, refuses to dance at his wedding, but flower girl Willow is determined to change her favorite uncle's mind.

  • Willow King by Chris Platt

    Willow King

    Chris Platt

    Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.

  • Willow King: Race the Wind by Chris Platt

    Willow King: Race the Wind

    Chris Platt

    Determined to ride her horse in the Kentucky Derby despite her physical handicap, Katie overcomes great obstacles and even helps a blind girl face her own kind of challenge.

  • Wintering Well by Lea Wait

    Wintering Well

    Lea Wait

    Twelve-year-old Will Ames and his sister Cassie go to stay with their sister in nearby Wiscasset, Maine, after a disabling accident ruins Will's plans for a career in farming.

  • Wired Man and Other Freaks of Nature by Sashi Kaufman

    Wired Man and Other Freaks of Nature

    Sashi Kaufman

    Ben has to wear hearing aids, but being inseparable from the super-popular Tyler allows him to think of himself as normal. But Tyler blows him off senior year and Ben needs to rethink who he is--and who Tyler is.

  • Wishing for Kittens by Ursula Ferro

    Wishing for Kittens

    Ursula Ferro

    Tanny the cat was old enough to be a mother. Rachel (seven-and-a-half years old) asked her moms, "Couldn't we let Tanny have kittens just once?" What would the family do if they had a house full of too many kittens?

  • Wishworks, Inc. by Stephanie Tolan

    Wishworks, Inc.

    Stephanie Tolan

    When he is granted his wish for a dog from Wishworks, Inc., third-grader Max is disappointed to find that his new pet is nothing like the dog of his imagination.

 

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