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Native Americans in Texas

Levy, Janey,


Includes index. Texas before the explorers came -- Native Americans through the eyes of Spanish explorers -- Native Americans of the Gulf Coast -- East Texas tribes -- South Texas tribes -- Native Americans of Central and West Texas. Text and illustrations discuss the history of Native Americans in Texas, describing a number of tribes in different regions and their relations with settlers.
Date Published:2010

The fourteenth goldfish

Holm, Jennifer L.


2016 Yearling Edition includes unpaged "Questions for discussion" and unpaged excerpt of "The third mushroom" / Jennifer Holm. Booklist starred, July 2014. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2014. Horn Book, October 2015. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Library Media Connection, January 2015. New York Times, August 2014. Pub Weekly, May 2014. School Library Journal, June 2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2014. Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
Date Published:2016

2016 Yearling Edition includes unpaged "Questions for discussion" and unpaged excerpt of "The third mushroom" / Jennifer Holm. Booklist starred, July 2014. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2014. Horn Book, October 2015. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Library Media Connection, January 2015. New York Times, August 2014. Pub Weekly, May 2014. School Library Journal, June 2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2014. Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.

Date Published:2016

Big shot

Kinney, Jeff,


Kirkus Review, December2021. "After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

Kirkus Review, December2021. "After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

Ghosts

Telgemeier, Raina,


Booklist starred, June2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July2016. Horn Book, April2017. Kirkus Starred, July2016. Library Media Connection starred, January2017. Pub Weekly, June2016. School Library Journal starred, June2016. Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Date Published:2022

Booklist starred, June2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July2016. Horn Book, April2017. Kirkus Starred, July2016. Library Media Connection starred, January2017. Pub Weekly, June2016. School Library Journal starred, June2016. Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.

Date Published:2022

Black bird, blue road

Pasternack, Sofiya,


Booklist, August2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October2022. Horn Book Starred, September2022. Kirkus Starred, July2022. Pub Weekly, July2022. "Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness--even facing the Angel of Death himself. Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on Rosh Hashanah, just one month away. So Ziva takes her brother and runs away to find doctors who can cure him. But when they meet and accidentally free a half-demon boy, he suggests paying his debt by leading them to the fabled city of Luz, where no one ever dies--the one place Pesah will be safe. They just need to run faster than The Angel of Death can fly"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, August2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October2022. Horn Book Starred, September2022. Kirkus Starred, July2022. Pub Weekly, July2022. "Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness--even facing the Angel of Death himself. Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on Rosh Hashanah, just one month away. So Ziva takes her brother and runs away to find doctors who can cure him. But when they meet and accidentally free a half-demon boy, he suggests paying his debt by leading them to the fabled city of Luz, where no one ever dies--the one place Pesah will be safe. They just need to run faster than The Angel of Death can fly"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

Old school

Kinney, Jeff,


Horn Book, October 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2015. Horn book guide, Horn book guide, Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?
Date Published:2015

Horn Book, October 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2015. Horn book guide, Horn book guide, Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?

Date Published:2015

Twilight

Hunter, Erin,


2015 Harper edition includes paged excerpt of book six, "Sunset." After the warrior cat Clans settle into their new homes, the harmony they once had disappears as the clans start fighting each other, until the day their common enemy--the badger--invades their territory.
Date Published:2015

House of robots

Patterson, James, 1947-


Includes unpaged excerpt from "I funny" / James Patterson and a sneak peak of "Public school superhero" / James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. "Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
Date Published:2014

Tut : the story of my immortal life

Hoover, P. J. (Patricia J.), 1970-,


Horn Book, April 2015. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Publisher's Weekly, July 2014. School Library Journal, September 2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2014. Granted the gift of immortality by the gods, King Tut, living as an eighth-grader in Washington, D.C., has been stuck in middle school for ages and to make things worse, evil General Horemheb, in league with the Cult of Set, is seeking revenge for his 3,000-year imprisonment at Tut's hands.
Date Published:2014

Horn Book, April 2015. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Publisher's Weekly, July 2014. School Library Journal, September 2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2014. Granted the gift of immortality by the gods, King Tut, living as an eighth-grader in Washington, D.C., has been stuck in middle school for ages and to make things worse, evil General Horemheb, in league with the Cult of Set, is seeking revenge for his 3,000-year imprisonment at Tut's hands.

Date Published:2014

The dark secret

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


2013 Scholastic Press edition includes dragon illustrations by Joy Ang. 2014 Scholastic edition includes unpaged exerpt of Book Five, "The brightest night." When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.
Date Published:2014

2013 Scholastic Press edition includes dragon illustrations by Joy Ang. 2014 Scholastic edition includes unpaged exerpt of Book Five, "The brightest night." When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.

Date Published:2014

Medusa Jones

Collins, Ross,


In ancient Greece, Medusa Jones, a Gorgon, and her friends, Mino the Minotaur and Chiron the centaur, are mocked and sneered at by the other Acropolis Academy children whose parents are kings and gods, but when they go on a school camping trip together, the "freaks" become true heroes.
Date Published:2008

Fantasmas

Telgemeier, Raina,


Translation of: Ghosts. Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Date Published:2017

American tall tales

Osborne, Mary Pope,


A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.
Date Published:1991

Katie Friedman gives up texting! (and lives to tell about it.)

Greenwald, Tom,


"Charlie Joe Jackson's best friend Katie Friedman is tough, but can she convince her fellow middle schoolers to give up their phones for a week?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

The hero twins : against the lords of death : a Mayan myth

Jolley, Dan,


Includes bibliographical references (pages 47) and index. The hero twins and the ball game -- The lords of Xibalba -- Dark house -- Razor house and cold house -- Jaguar house and fire house -- Bat house -- The final game. A graphic novel adaptation of the Mayan myth in which Hunahpu and Xbalanque, twins blessed with special powers by the gods, are challenged to a game of Pok-Ta-Pok by the rulers of the land of the dead.
Date Published:2008

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47) and index. The hero twins and the ball game -- The lords of Xibalba -- Dark house -- Razor house and cold house -- Jaguar house and fire house -- Bat house -- The final game. A graphic novel adaptation of the Mayan myth in which Hunahpu and Xbalanque, twins blessed with special powers by the gods, are challenged to a game of Pok-Ta-Pok by the rulers of the land of the dead.

Date Published:2008

El bioma marino

Smithyman, Kathryn, 1961-,


Includes index. Translation of: The ocean biome. Examines the four zones of marine biomes, their plants and animals, coral reefs and estuaries, the importance of the oceans to the Earth, and why they are in danger.
Date Published:2007

The unteachables

Korman, Gordon,


Booklist. Publisher's Weekly. School Library Journal. Booklist, October 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2018. Kirkus Review, October 2018. Publishers Weekly, October 2018. Publisher's Weekly, October 2018. Resource Links, April 2019. School Library Journal, November 2018. Teacher Librarian, June 2019. "'The Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption"--Publisher.
Date Published:2020

Booklist. Publisher's Weekly. School Library Journal. Booklist, October 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2018. Kirkus Review, October 2018. Publishers Weekly, October 2018. Publisher's Weekly, October 2018. Resource Links, April 2019. School Library Journal, November 2018. Teacher Librarian, June 2019. "'The Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption"--Publisher.

Date Published:2020

The getaway

Kinney, Jeff,


Booklist, January 01, 2018. Horn Book, November 2018. Horn book guide, Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation.
Date Published:2017

Twins

Johnson, Varian,


Booklist starred, July 2020. Horn Book Starred, November 2020. Horn book, November 2020. Kirkus starred, September 01, 2020. Kirkus Starred, September 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, October 2020. School library journal starred, October 01, 2020. School Library Journal starred, October 2020. "Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there's nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Booklist starred, July 2020. Horn Book Starred, November 2020. Horn book, November 2020. Kirkus starred, September 01, 2020. Kirkus Starred, September 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, October 2020. School library journal starred, October 01, 2020. School Library Journal starred, October 2020. "Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there's nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2020

Falling short

Cisneros, Ernesto,


Junior Library Guild. "Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won't change things at home--not without each other's help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on the school's basketball team. But will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short?"--From the publisher's web site.
Date Published:2022

Junior Library Guild. "Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won't change things at home--not without each other's help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on the school's basketball team. But will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short?"--From the publisher's web site.

Date Published:2022