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1) Robot dreams
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
205 p. col. ill. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The enduring friendship between a dog and a robot is portrayed in this wordless graphic novel.
3) Brave
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard... Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social...
Author
Language
English
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Green Mountain Book Award 2023-2024
YA Featuring Sapphic/Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Women
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Books
Green Mountain Book Award 2023-2024
YA Featuring Sapphic/Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Women
Formats
Description
"After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffaloes and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars--at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter. Insightful, original, and hilarious,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) chiefly col. ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author describes how she first decided she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of six, and how that dream carried her from her home in Puerto Rico to dance class in Boston to performing with the New York City Ballet.
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
133 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These three ground-breaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology--and to our own understanding of ourselves."--Provided by publisher.
7) The snowman
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents a wordless book using over one hundred seventy-five picture frames to relate the story of the adventure shared by a little boy and the snowman he built in the yard.
Author
Series
Super diaper baby volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Irrepressible friends George and Harold create a new comic book superhero, Super Diaper Baby.
Author
Series
Low riders volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
111 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lupe, Flapjack, Elirio customize their car into a low rider for the Universal Car Competition to win the cash prize that will enable them to buy their own garage.
10) Odd duck
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Theodora the duck sets a good example for her friend Chad, but who is the odd duck?
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape! How did the brain evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, YOU? Get an inside look at the human brain, the most advanced operating system in the world... if you have the nerve!"--...
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
118 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The adventure starts when cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of Boneville and later get separated and lost in the wilderness, meeting monsters and making friends as they attempt to return home.
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 9
Publisher
Cartoon Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
232 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fone Bone and Thorn, trapped in a dungeon, manage to escape and join Thorn's grandmother in a battle against the rat creatures before leaving on a quest to find the Crown of Thorns and end the war.
19) Knife's edge
Author
Series
Four points volume 2
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old twin adventurers Cleopatra and Alexandra Dodge are reunited with their father and realize that two family heirlooms reveal the location of a treasure that is their birthright. When they set sail with Captain Tarboro on the Almira, they know they're heading into danger —the ocean is filled with new and old enemies, including their nemesis, the infamous pirate Felix Worley."--from publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From tea-serving robots in feudal Japan to modern rovers exploring Mars, robots have been humanity's partners, helpers, and protectors for centuries. Join one of the world's earliest robots, a mechanical bird named Pouli, as he explores where robots came from, how they work, and where they're going in this informative and hilarious new book! Ever dreamed of building your own best friend? It might be easier than you think!
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