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2) The river
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Brian's saga volume 2
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English
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Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists...
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2008.
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English
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Hi! Trixie here. Did you know that the thing I've always wanted most in the world is a pony. It's my biggest wish and my dreamiest dream. And did you ever hear the words 'Be careful what you wish for, it might come true' No, I didn't understand it either. But I do now.
7) Frindle
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English
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
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Horrible Harry volume 3
Language
English
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Horrible Harry of classroom 2B cuts back on his mischievous pranks after falling for Song Lee.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
On his last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker--spinning a remarkable and deeply absorbing tale of heart-stopping escapes, loves unrequited and won, madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi. But overshadowing all is the miraculous and terrible Great War--an almost surreal parade of horrors that devastated and defined Alessandro, yet enabled him to experience fully...
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Trials of Apollo volume 2
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English
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Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous--and...
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Series
His dark materials volume 1
Pub. Date
[1999, c1995]
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
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Series
Hank Zipzer volume 1
Language
English
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Back to School Reads - JF
Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
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Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery. He talked of visiting Heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born.
18) The mist
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Pub. Date
1985.
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English
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A tale of monsters, a psychological thriller. From the collection "Skeleton crew."
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
No one has enough time. Almost everyone agrees that achieving a better work/life balance is worth striving for. Yet hardly anyone actually does anything about it. Why? Because it all seems too hard. How do you find more time for getting the things that really matter when you have to pay the mortgage, battle peak hour and earn enough money to support yourself and your family? How to Balance Your Life will help you identify the obstacles that stand...
20) The Iliad
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English
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Presents Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.
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