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Kids at Work

Fictional stories about kids who work in their family's businesses. From cafes, to bookstores, motels, and bike shops, there are all kinds of different small businesses (and families running them) within these stories.

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  • Mia Tang is a young girl living with her parents in Southern California at the motel where they work. The family has immigrated to the US from China, and life is not exactly going as they planned.
    Book, 2018New York : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2018 — J YANG,K
  • Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town and takes over a small bookshop. Truly soon finds herself with a couple of mysteries, and she's determined to solve the case.
    Book, 2014New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014] — J FREDERICK,H
  • Book, 2014Boston : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] — J HARRIS,T
  • A mystery story set in Big Sur. Mattie's aunt owns a donut shop, and Mattie helps out whenever she can. One night, an owl taps on Mattie's window, and when she peers outside, she spies something suspicious. Mattie decides to investigate, but…
    Book, 2019Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2019] — J YARDI,R
  • Ever thought about how much work it takes to run an orchard? Jackson Jones and his cousins are about to find out when they take over running an elderly neighbor's apple orchard. They might make big bucks, or they might be in for more work than they…
    Book, 2010Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010 — J HAWKINS,A
  • Book, 2015New York : Scholastic Press, 2015 — J LORD,C
  • A fuel shortage has left many people without transportation, and Dewey Marriss' parents are among them. Dewey's parents are up north and stranded with no way back home to their kids. Dewey is managing the family's bike shop (which is busier than…
    Book, 2010New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2010 — J CONNOR,L
  • Coop helps his mom at her cafe and bookstore, and spends time riding bikes around town with his two closest friends. But small towns sometimes have dark secrets, and one from the past is about to be unburied ...
    Book, 2020Naperville : Sourcebooks Young Readers, [2020] — J Pbk SOUDERS,T
  • In the teen collection, but reads well for grades 7+.
    Book, 2012Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012 — Fiction KNOWLES,J
  • Book, 2013New York : Delacorte Press, c2013 — J VAWTER,V
  • Book, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] — J WIENTGE,K
  • Book, 2019New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — J DILLOWAY,M
  • Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] — J ALEGRE,R