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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
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Publisher
Symphony Space, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
NEW!
New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young, contemporary writers – Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Aleksandar Hemon, as performed by terrific stage and screen actors. All four writers have a unique perspective on the American experience which is reflected in their work.
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead — no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter.A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions,...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Younger children will be engaged by Red Is a Dragon, as a young girl finds a rainbow of colors in her everyday life. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
5) Not My Girl
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders' school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes towards her waiting family - but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can't be her daughter. "Not my girl!" she says angrily.
Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish....
6) Viking Tales
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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Jennie Hall is most noted for her fascinating travel memoirs of the late eighteenth century. She produced vibrant narratives and brilliantly vivid descriptions that have made her popular among readers who wish to be transported into another area or time period. Her "Viking Tales" is an excellent example of that. The story follows the life of the Viking Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It focuses on the Vikings' eagerness for...
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English
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The author of A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg and Pecked to Death by Ducks gives new meaning to the words "going to extremes" in this exhilarating—and frequently hilarious—collection of adventure travel writing. "Cahill . . . (writes) with the precision ofJohn McPhee and Joan Didion tempered by a Monty Pythonesque sense of the absurd."—San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Publisher
ABRAMS, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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The revised and expanded instant New York Times bestseller from the breakout star of Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition and Dance Moms.
You might recognize firecracker JoJo Siwa from Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, or maybe you fell in love with her on Dance Moms. JoJo's nonfiction middle-grade debut is the next generation's version of a real-life Cinderella story: Nebraska girl becomes Hollywood's belle...
You might recognize firecracker JoJo Siwa from Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, or maybe you fell in love with her on Dance Moms. JoJo's nonfiction middle-grade debut is the next generation's version of a real-life Cinderella story: Nebraska girl becomes Hollywood's belle...
11) Treason: A Novel
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Series
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Major Brooke Grant must track down the double agent who is infiltrating the U.S. government in this international thriller from influential politician Newt Gingrich and Pulitzer Prize finalist Pete Earley.
Brooke Grant has been waging war against terrorism since her parents were murdered during 9/11, keenly aware that violence transcends borders. But after a coordinated attack on the president at a Washington power broker's funeral, she...
Brooke Grant has been waging war against terrorism since her parents were murdered during 9/11, keenly aware that violence transcends borders. But after a coordinated attack on the president at a Washington power broker's funeral, she...
12) A Boy's Will
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Language
English
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A Boy's Will (1913) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Published in London and dedicated to the poet's wife, Elinor, A Boy's Will, which received enthusiastic early reviews from both Ezra Pound and W.B. Yeats, launched Frost's career as America's leading poet of the early-twentieth century. Invoking such figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, and Thomas Hardy, Frost ties himself to tradition while establishing...
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Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. '"Same old Bill, eh Mable!"' is a cute comic work that takes the form of letters sent to a lover by an American soldier in the First World War and is a follow up to 'Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie'. It is illustrated with wonderful cartoon drawings by G. William Breck. This book is part of the World War One...
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Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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"China and the Chinese" by Herbert Allen Giles. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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Under a pseudonym Timothy Sparks, the then 24 years old Dickens wrote a pamphlet entitled Sunday Under Three Headsin which he defended the people's right to pleasure, opposing a plan to prohibit games on Sundays. The pamphlet was dedicated (without permission) to the Bishop of London. It was published by Chapman and Hall on Friday, 8 July 1836. The full title is Sunday Under Three Heads. As it is; As Sabbath Bills would make it; As it might be made....
16) Casa de campo
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Publisher
ALFAGUARA
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
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Casa de Campo es la obra maestra de Donoso y tal vez una de las grandes obras de la narrativa en lengua castellana. "El horizonte cultural de la novela es complejo y por momentos fascinante. Donoso volcó aquí su conocimiento apasionado de la pintura, de la música, de la literatura, de la historia europea e hispanoamericana", dice Jorge Edwards en el prólogo de este libro. Y agrega más adelante: "la voz del autor, el recurso al artificio narrativo,...
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Publisher
eBooksLib
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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It is not my intention to write a treatise on apiculture, or on practical bee-keeping. Excellent works of the kind abound in all civilised countries, and it were useless to attempt another. France has those of Dadant, Georges de Layens and Bonnier, Bertrand, Hamet, Weber, Clement, the Abbe Collin, etc. English-speaking countries have Langstroth, Bevan, Cook, Cheshire, Cowan, Root, etc. Germany has Dzierzon, Van Berlespoch, Pollmann, Vogel, and many...
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Alba Editorial
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
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La vida de Pingüino es muy complicada. En la Antártida hace muchísimo frío. Y no le gustan ni la nieve ni el frío. Tampoco le gusta ir a pescar porque los depredadores le intentan cazar, ni ser igual que los demás pingüinos y, para colmo, le gustaría volar, pero no puede... Pero cuando una morsa se acerca a él y le explica todas las cosas buenas que le rodean y lo afortunado que es en realidad, Pingüino reflexiona y se da cuenta de que
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Español
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PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO 2020
De humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de árboles, de plástico y de luz...
Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.
Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefacto que inventamos para que las palabras pudieran viajar en el espacio y en el tiempo....
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Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc
Language
English
Description
Using quotes from some of his beloved speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes to life in stunning collage art and vibrant watercolor paintings in this profound and important biography about beliefs and dreams and following one's heart. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his own words, will inspire and affect you, too.
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book; Coretta Scott King Honor Book; ALA Notable Book; ALA Notable Audio Recording; Storytelling World
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