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Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Edition
Young Readers
Language
English
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Description
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of...
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
69 p. ill. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Junie B. Jones receives a mushy gushy "valentime" on Valentine's Day, she tries to find out who in her kindergarten class is her secret admirer.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
Author
Series
Pretty little liars volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Best friends Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna find themselves under suspicion when the mysterious stranger named A tries to blame one of the girls for the death of their friend Alison and threatens to reveal the girls' darkest secrets.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 19
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
87 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Go Room One! It's time for the first-grade kickball tournament! Only, here's the problem. Junie B. has hurt her big piggy toe and she can't play on the team. So, now what? She definitely doesn't want to be a cheerleader. But wait! Maybe she could be in Sheldon's halftime show! Then all eyes would be on her! And she would be the star! Hurray! Hurray! Junie B-in the spotlight. What could possibly go wrong?.
89) Showing off
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her)--so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea.
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Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it. Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael Lopez's dazzling art reminds us that we...
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 3
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his friends unite to rescue Ollie, a boy who was turned invisible and made to live in the attics at Bloor's Academy more than a year ago, but they are hindered by a mysterious new student who lives with Charlie's aunts.
92) Rebel Angels
Author
Series
Gemma Doyle trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.
Author
Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 7
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Following their teacher's lead, Llama Llama speaks to Gilroy Goat and tells him he shouldn't act like a bully on the playground.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) col. ill. 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing the class her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--
Author
Series
Paladin prophecy volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fifteen-year-old boy who has spent his entire life trying to avoid attention finds himself in the middle of a millenia-old struggle between titanic forces when he is simultaneously recruited by an exclusive prep school and followed by sinister agents.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
68 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through a misunderstanding, Junie B. thinks that her new baby brother is really a baby monkey, and her report of this news creates excitement and trouble in her kindergarten class.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Charlie and the Children of the Red King must call upon all of their strength to defeat the darkness and finally learn the fate of Charlie's family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and the destiny of the Red King's heirs.
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