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The lightning thief

Riordan, Rick,


Some copies with ISBN 9780786838653 and 9781484750346 may have Teacher's Edition on the cover and A Common Core Teacher's Guide to Percy Jackson and the Olympians at the back of the book. This guide contains information about the book, discussion questions, classroom activities and an exerpt from Magnus Chase and athe God's of Asgard. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2010

Some copies with ISBN 9780786838653 and 9781484750346 may have Teacher's Edition on the cover and A Common Core Teacher's Guide to Percy Jackson and the Olympians at the back of the book. This guide contains information about the book, discussion questions, classroom activities and an exerpt from Magnus Chase and athe God's of Asgard. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Date Published:2010

William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream


Presents a graphic novel representation of William Shakespeare's classic play "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and contains excerpts from the play's original dialogue.
Date Published:2005

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Seuss, Dr.,


Elementary school library collection, Phase I. Kirkus. A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds. Rhymes in simple worlds plus imaginative figures designed to encourage children to read.
Date Published:1988

Fullmetal alchemist. 17 /

Arakawa, Hiromu, 1973-,


"First published in Japan in 2007 by Square Enix Co., Ltd."--P. facing t.p. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover pages [4]. Translated from the Japanese. Translation of: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi. The Elric brothers, both injured in an alchemical ritual gone wrong, discover a terrible secret in the course of their efforts to find a cure, and Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong is presented with an offer that tests her ethics and resolve.
Date Published:2008

"First published in Japan in 2007 by Square Enix Co., Ltd."--P. facing t.p. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover pages [4]. Translated from the Japanese. Translation of: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi. The Elric brothers, both injured in an alchemical ritual gone wrong, discover a terrible secret in the course of their efforts to find a cure, and Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong is presented with an offer that tests her ethics and resolve.

Date Published:2008

Messenger : the legend of Muhammad Ali

Bernardin, Marc,


Junior Library Guild. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Legendary icon Muhammad Ali, known worldwide as "The Greatest", immortalized those words by becoming one of the most significant and celebrated athletes of the 20th Century. Now, his epic story is retold for the next generation as a stunning graphic novel.
Date Published:2023

Abuela, don't forget me

Ogle, Rex


Abuela's house -- To and from -- Gifts and fists -- An education -- Senior year -- There and back again -- Now. Booklist, August 2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, July 2022. Pub Weekly, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, October 2022. "Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2022

Abuela's house -- To and from -- Gifts and fists -- An education -- Senior year -- There and back again -- Now. Booklist, August 2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, July 2022. Pub Weekly, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, October 2022. "Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2022

The hate u give

Thomas, Angie,


Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback. Previously released by Harper Audio, ?2017. Title from Playaway label. Booklist starred, June 2017. School Library Journal starred, August 2017. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Date Published:2017

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback. Previously released by Harper Audio, ?2017. Title from Playaway label. Booklist starred, June 2017. School Library Journal starred, August 2017. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

Date Published:2017

I am Princess X

Priest, Cherie,


Best friends Libby Deaton and May Harper invented Princess X when they were in fifth grade, but when the car Libby is in goes off a bridge, she is presumed dead, and the story came to an end--except now, three years later, Princess X is suddenly everywhere, with a whole underground culture focused on a webcomic, and May believes her friend must be alive.
Date Published:2015

Four : a divergent collection

Roth, Veronica,


Booklist, August 2014. Publishers Weekly Annex, July 2014. A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
Date Published:2014

What about worms

Willems, Mo,


Booklist, March 01, 2020. Booklist, March 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2020. Horn book, May 2020. Horn Book, May 2020. Kirkus Review, March 2020. Kirkus, March 15, 2020. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2021. Publisher's Weekly, April 06, 2020. Publishers Weekly, April 2020. School library journal, March 2020. School Library Journal, March 2020. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, May 2020. Tiger unwittingly helps some worms overcome their fear of tigers with a well-placed, informative book, but will a wormy hug aid a fearful Tiger?
Date Published:2020

Booklist, March 01, 2020. Booklist, March 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2020. Horn book, May 2020. Horn Book, May 2020. Kirkus Review, March 2020. Kirkus, March 15, 2020. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2021. Publisher's Weekly, April 06, 2020. Publishers Weekly, April 2020. School library journal, March 2020. School Library Journal, March 2020. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, May 2020. Tiger unwittingly helps some worms overcome their fear of tigers with a well-placed, informative book, but will a wormy hug aid a fearful Tiger?

Date Published:2020

You'll be the death of me

McManus, Karen M.


Booklist starred, September 2021. Kirkus Review, September 2021. Publishers Weekly, October 2021. School Library Journal starred, December 2021. Estranged friends Ivy, Mateo, and Cal witness a murder while skipping school, and the only way they can solve it is by revealing what they have been hiding from one another--and themselves.
Date Published:2021

The home health aide handbook

Fuzy, Jetta Lee,


Includes index.
Date Published:2019

The awakening of Malcolm X

Shabazz, Ilyasah,


Sequel to X : a novel. Booklist, December 2020. Kirkus Starred, November 2020. School Library Journal starred, April 2021. While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.
Date Published:2021

As good as dead : the final to A good girl's guide to murder

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


Kirkus Review, September 2021. Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the two murder cases she solved, by the victims, by the attention her crime podcast garnered, and by the survivors, which is bad enough--but then it starts to feel like someone is watching her.
Date Published:2023

Good girl, bad blood

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


"Originally published in hardcover by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2020." "The sequel to 'A good girl's guide to murder. Junior Library Guild. School Library Journal, January 2021. "Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. The police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it's too late?"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2021

"Originally published in hardcover by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2020." "The sequel to 'A good girl's guide to murder. Junior Library Guild. School Library Journal, January 2021. "Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. The police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it's too late?"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2021

The secrets of ancient ritual sites : the Citadel of Machu Picchu and Stonehenge

Regas, Ricard,


Library Media Connection, August 2018. " ... details the significance of Stonehenge and Machu Picchu, the current theories about their usage in ancient times, and the aspects of these sites that are still steeped in mystery"--Amazon.
Date Published:2018

A good girl's guide to murder

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


"Originally published in paperback by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2019"--T.p. verso. Booklist, January 2020. Kirkus Review, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, December 2019. School Library Journal, December 2019. "As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

"Originally published in paperback by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2019"--T.p. verso. Booklist, January 2020. Kirkus Review, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, December 2019. School Library Journal, December 2019. "As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2020

How to survive your murder

Valentine, Danielle,


Junior Library Guild. Alice is sent back to the night of her sister's murder and has until midnight to figure out who the killer is or risk losing her sister forever.
Date Published:2023

Rising class : how three first-generation college students conquered their first year

Miller, Jennifer, 1980-,


"A true story"--Cover. Junior Library Guild. "This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year--and ultimately a global pandemic"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2023

And we rise : the Civil Rights Movement in poems

Martin, Erica (Halcyenda Erica),


Booklist, March 2022. Library Media Connection starred, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, January 2022. ". . . Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the 'Separate but Equal' ruling-and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Booklist, March 2022. Library Media Connection starred, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, January 2022. ". . . Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the 'Separate but Equal' ruling-and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023