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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Arriving on the American prairie in the hope of making a new home, Nora, a little girl from Russia, struggles with loneliness until Papa brings her a dozen chicks and two geese who follow Nora everywhere she goes
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Valancy Stirling, an inhibited twenty-nine-year-old spinster, undergoes a total personality change when a doctor tells her she has no more than one year to live. Oppressed by family and small-town prejudice, her apparently imminent death gives her the courage to assert herself and seek love.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim. Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made difficult when she is revealed as a fraud: she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an...
5) The islander
Author
Publisher
DK Ink
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. At least, that's what his coworkers believe. Andrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella...
10) Elsie's bird
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
13) Lucy's advice
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though she thinks Charlie Brown is a hopeless case, Lucy the "psychiatrist" is still willing to give him advice--for five cents a visit.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy know that an angel's work is never done, especially during a time as wondrous as New Year's Eve. With an apprentice angel, Will, under their wings, they descend upon Times Square in New York City eager to join in the festivities. And when Will spies two lonely strangers in the crowd, he decides midnight is the perfect time to lend a heavenly helping hand. Lucie Farrara and Aren Fairchild meet after bumping into each other--seemingly...
15) Little dog, lost
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A boy, a dog, and an old man are lonely before the boy plans a rally, the dog looks for a boy, and all the townspeople run to the old man's aid when lightning strikes his home and something miraculous happens.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.
17) I love to cuddle
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lola the hamster is lonely when her parents go out, so she builds an island of soft, snuggly things to make herself feel better.
Author
Series
Wind Dancers volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Four tiny, flying horses suddenly come into being, blown out of a dandelion by a lonely girl, and set out to discover who they are and what they are supposed to do with their magical powers.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Unable to process the grief of losing his parents and brothers in a tragic ferry accident, Arvid Jansen, now divorced and living dangerously, is forced to come to terms with the fact that someone still needs him when his daughter reaches out to him for help.
20) The storm whale
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they return the whale to the sea. And from that day on, the boy learns that the father can be a good listener too"--
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