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1322) The crossover
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
1323) Let's visit the doctor
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Visit the doctor with the characters from Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol in an all-new storybook that includes stickers!A trip to the doctor's office can be scary. Luckily, Marshall and the rest of Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol are here to explain what happens during a checkup and why there's nothing to worry about. Girls and boys ages 3 to 7 will love this full-color storybook, which includes more than 30 stickers.
1325) Babe & Me
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
With more than 2 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures bring the greatest players in history to life!
On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs–New York Yankees World Series, Babe Ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. According to legend, just before he hit, Babe pointed to the bleachers and boldly predicted he would slam the next pitch there.
Did he call the shot or didn't he? Witnesses never agreed....
1326) My Name is Not Friday
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gorgeously written account of a freeborn black boy sold into slavery during the Civil War; think 12 Years a Slave for young adults.
Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a new name -- Friday...
1327) All Bodies are Wonderful
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Language
English
Description
Through science, help prepare children for the big feelings that come with developing bodies.
From inspiring a sense of awe in the science of our bodies to understanding that bodies can be tricky, this book will help children learn how to be themselves and feel like they belong. Some children might feel like their body is different. But being different is completely natural . . . it's just science!
By teaching the principles of DNA, anatomy, nature...
Author
Language
English
Description
Wake up with God's wisdom and ground the day in grace
Teenage life is often full of trials and tribulations. Fortunately, the Lord is always there to offer guidance and support. This boys' devotional allows teens to place His message within the context of their own lives, helping them stay true to themselves as they embark on their journey to manhood.
The Morning Devotional for Teen Boys spurs readers to:
• Embrace a morning ritual-Young men...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Many of the baseball greats overcame huge challenges to be sports heroes-here are five inspiring stories of men who did just that. Baseball is considered America's pastime, but not all players grew up living the American dream. Babe Ruth, Jim Peirsall, Torii Hunter, Ron LeFlore, and Joe Torre sure didn't. Poverty, abuse, and addiction are a few of the issues they had to deal with as kids, but they turned their lives around to play the game they loved....
1330) Street Child
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Language
English
Description
The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr. Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.
When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.
Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends... only to be snatched away and made to work for...
Author
Language
English
Description
Expressing emotions can be a challenge, but the reward is far greater!
On Goddess Island, Halo has always been supported and loved by his friends. With his lightning powers, Halo knows how to do every technique to master the power of flame.
Drake struggles to perfect his powers of fire. With no support system, Drake doesn't know how to express his loneliness, and he lashes out and bullies Halo. Will Drake learn how to properly master both his powers...
1332) Salmon Survivor
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Language
English
Description
Salmon Survivor is a story about navigating loss and grief after the death of a parent or loved one. After Jack's father drowns unexpectedly in a fishing accident, he struggles with life returning to any sense of normalcy. Due to the loss of his favorite fishing partner, Jack gives up his love of fishing and journaling, until he is forced to travel from Pennsylvania to Alaska to meet his grandfather. Over the summer, Jack challenges himself to do...
1333) Donavan's Word Jar
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Language
English
Description
The classic story about the power of words.
Donavan Allen doesn't collect coins, comics, or trading cards like most kids. He collects words-big words, little words, soft words, and silly words. Whenever Donavan finds a new word, he writes it on a slip of paper and puts it in his word jar.
But one day, Donavan discovers that his word jar is full. He can't put any new words in without taking some of the old words out-and he wants to keep all his words....
1334) Jacked Up
Author
Language
English
Description
Saved! meets Tim Federle with just a dash of A.S. King in this hilarious and poignant debut about a teen stuck at Jesus camp.
It's bad enough that Nick's sister is dead, and, in some bizarre attempt to force him to confront his grief, his parents are shipping him off to Jesus camp. But he's also being followed around by Jack Kerouac, who's incredibly annoying for a genius.
If arguing with a dead beat poet doesn't qualify him for antipsychotics already,...
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Series
Language
Français
Description
Un mini-roman plein d'humour et de rebondissements !
Un nouvel élève doit arriver dans la classe de Hugues et Thomas. Tous les garçons de la classe espèrent que ce sera un garçon, histoire de rétablir un peu l'équilibre : ils ne sont que 4, pour 17 filles ! Mais le prénom du futur élève ne leur donne aucun indice : Camille convient autant à un garçon qu'à une fille ! Il faudra donc attendre que ce nouvel élève pointe le bout de son...
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Language
English
Description
What if heroes were celebrated for the power of their hearts instead of their swords? In this stunning anthology-elegantly presented in a green, clothbound hard cover with gold-toned metallic debossing-15 favorite fairytales have been retold for a new generation.
Meet King Arthur, who rules by listening to others, and Prince Charming, who really wishes people wouldn't typecast him, in this stereotype-busting follow-up to Power to the Princess....
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Language
English
Description
From award-winning author and illustrator Scot Ritchie comes this lively look at the journey of a West Coast tugboat towing a log boom, as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
"I'm helping Dad on the tugboat. We're going to tow a log boom to the sawmill on the river… I look out for ferries and other boats in the harbor… Then I see it - a deadhead!"
Follow a child and his father through their workday on a tugboat on the West Coast as they...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During World War II thousands of American servicemen were stationed overseas in various countries. It is in England that American GI Jack Ricker meets and marries an English widow with a nine-year-old son, Thomas. Thomas likes his new stepfather and he's hopeful about their future. But now with the war over, Jack is back in America. Thomas and his mother make plans to leave England and join him. Thomas is apprehensive about moving. He won't know anyone,...
1339) Dear Life, You Suck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"The shrinkadinks think I have a screw loose. Ain't playing with a full deck. Whacked-out wiring. Missing marbles." Irreverent, foulmouthed seventeen-year-old Cricket is the oldest ward in a Catholic boys' home in Maine-and his life sucks. With prospects for the future that range from professional fighter to professional drug dealer, he seems doomed to a life of "criminal rapscallinity." In fact, things look so bleak that Cricket can't help but wonder...
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English
Description
In this hilarious classic adventure, an innocent boy and his friends must stop a plot to topple the King of England.
Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the...
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