Artesia Pollard's Library
Kenwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9781449494896 | Trapped in a Video Game (Book 2) | Dustin Brady | When Mark is sucked into the game "Go Wild", he becomes invisible which makes it that much harder for Jesse to find him. | Trapped in a Video Game |
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| 9781541224698 | Trapped In A Video Game Book Three | Dustin Brady | The robots are here, and they're not happy. At all. After accidentally releasing the robot villains from Super Bot World 3 into the real world, Jesse Rigsby's got to figure out a way to make everything right before anyone gets hurt. He'd usually rely on his friend Eric Conrad to help with this sort of thing, but Eric's gone missing. To find Eric, Jesse will have to survive rickety minecarts, sewer piranhas, mysterious men in suits and a 100-foot-tall robot named Goliatron. This is Jesse's most dangerous adventure yet because this time the video game is real. And in the real world, there are no extra lives. | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| 9780142404621 | Travel Team | Lupica, Mike | Puffin Books | |
| 9781562549480 | Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | Themes: Hi-Lo, adapted classics, low level classics, graphic novel. These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics. This masterfully written story of buried treasure, piracy, and swashbuckling on the high seas is an unforgettable adventure, filled with excitement for all ages. It begins in merry ol' England and entwines its way with intrigue and adventure to an exciting climax on an exotic tropical island. | Saddleback Educational Publishing |
| 9780142426500 | True Legend | Mike Lupica | #1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica makes his return to the basketball court! There's a reason teammates call him "True." Because for basketball phenom Drew Robinson, there is nothing more true than his talent on the court. It's the kind that comes along once in a generation and is loaded with perks--and with problems. Before long, True buys in to his own hype, much to the chagrin of his mother, who wants to keep her boy's head grounded--and suddenly trouble has a way of finding him. That is, until a washed-up former playground legend steps back onto the court and takes True under his wing. | Penguin |
| 9781338158939 | Urban Biologist, Danielle Lee | Kari A. Cornell | Learn how African American Danielle Lee's love of plants, animals, and rap music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger. Includes timeline and glossary. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780763627881 | Utterly Me, Clarice Bean | Lauren Child | "Fans of Child's irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine — as well as kids who have not yet had the pleasure of making her acquaintance — will devour her first chapter-book adventure." — Publishers WeeklyIt's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. In fact, Clarice Bean is starting to feel just like her favorite heroine: Ruby Redfort, schoolgirl detective. Clarice and her utterly best friend, Betty Moody, are planning to ace their book project about Ruby and win the class prize, until Betty disappears into thin air, and horrible teacher Mrs. Wilberton teams Clarice up with the naughtiest boy in school. Will her new partner ruin everything? Will Betty ever come back? And what on earth happened to the silver trophy everyone's hoping to win? Lauren Child brings her trademark wacky wit and eccentric visual energy to a full-length, fast-paced Clarice Bean episode that will charm even the most capricious reader. | Candlewick |
| 9780440239574 | What The Moon Saw | Laura Resau | An intimate, award winning story of immigrants and their families, the borders they cross, and the ties that bind us all together.Fourteen-year-old Clara Luna's name means "clear moon" in Spanish. But lately, her life has felt anything but clear. A letter has arrived from her grandparents in Mexico inviting her to stay with them for the summer. But Clara has never met her father's parents. All she knows is that he snuck over the border from Mexico as a teenager.When she arrives, she's stunned by how different her grandparents' life is from her own in the United States. They live in simple shacks in the mountains of southern Mexico, where most people speak not only Spanish, but an indigenous language, Mixteco. Their village of Yucuyoo holds other surprises, too—like the spirit waterfall, which is heard but never seen. And Pedro, a young goatherder who wants to help Clara find the waterfall. But as Clara discovers more about where she comes from, what will it mean for who she is now?What The Moon Saw is an enchanting story of family, home, and discovering your true self in the most unexpected place."Filled with evocative language that is rich in imagery and nuance and speaks to the connections that bind us all. . . . a thrilling adventure . . ."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred"Readers . . . will find themselves swept up in this powerful, magical story, and they’ll feel, along with Clara, ‘the spiderweb’s threads, connecting me to people miles and years away’."—Booklist, Starred | Yearling |
| 9780531175286 | When Birds Get Flu And Cows Go Mad!: How Safe Are We? (24/7: Science Behind The Scenes: Medical Files) | DiConsiglio, John | Say a patient dies from a terrible disease that no one can identify. That's a job for experts in infectious diseases. They'll study the patient's blood and body fluids. They'll examine where the victim lived. They'll try to identify the disease and stop it from claiming more lives. Want to know more? Peck Your Way Through This Book and Read About: how to tell if you have a normal flu-or a deadly bird flu; how a mad cow caused trouble in the Pacific Northwest; the most well-known modern-day pandemic; and whether you might just have what it takes to be an epidemiologist. | Franklin Watts |
| 9781338236675 | When Friendship Followed Me Home | Paul Griffin | Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as saying oodbye. Ben prefers to spend his time with the characters in his favorite sci-fi books...until he rescues an abandoned mutt from the alley next-door to the Coney Island Library. Scruffy little Flip leads Ben to befriend a fellow book-lover named Halley - yes, like the comet - a girl unlike anyone he has ever met. Ben begins thinking of her as "Rainbow Girl" because of her crazy-colored clothes and her laugh, pure magic, the kind that makes you smile away the stormiest day. Rainbow Girl convinces Ben to write a novel with her. But as their story unfolds Ben's life begins to unravel, and Ben must discover for himself the truth about friendship and the meaning of home. -- | Puffin Books |
| 9780316038638 | Where The Mountain Meets The Moon | Grace Lin | A Newbery Honor Book!A New York Times bestseller!An Al Roker's TODAY Show Book Club Pick!A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time!This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to SilverIn the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.Don't miss:Starry River of the SkyWhen the Sea Turned to SilverThe Year of the DogThe Year of the RatDumpling DaysChinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780757863646 | Wild Planet | Susan Brocker | Highlights the delicate balance in different ecosystems and presents the natural and introduced threats to some species. | |
| 9781476576855 | World War Ii Pilots | Michael Burgan | "Describes the role pilots played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher. | |
| 9781680210330 | Wormholes | John Perritano | Engage your most struggling readers in grades 3-6 with Red Rhino Nonfiction! This new series features high-interest topics in every content area. Visually appealing full-color photographs and illustrations, fun facts, and short chapters keep emerging readers focused. Written at a 1.5-1.9 readability level, these books include pre-reading comprehension questions and a 20-word glossary for comprehension support. Are there white holes in space? Who said space and time are the same? Why do wormholes exist? How fast does light travel? What if you could time travel? | Saddleback Educational Publishing |
| 9780545398244 | Zombie Dog | Clare Hutton | Becky's family has just moved next door to a creepy, abandoned house, but when mysterious howls, snarls, and an awful smell begins to come from the abandoned house Becky realizes there is something over there. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781595141774 | Zombiekins | Kevin Bolger | The little town of Dementedyville is as boring as they come--but a mysterious stuffed animal is about to liven things up . . .Stanley Nudelman buys Zombiekins at the yard sale of his neighbor, the Widow Imavitch. It looks cuddly and creepy-cute--but expose the TEDDY OF TERROR to moonlight, and strange things happen. . . .When Zombiekins gets loose at his school, Stanley finds himself in GRAVE danger. Because if his teacher Mr. Baldengrumpy discovers he turned the whole school into zombies, Stanley will be in detention till he's, like, 80!Can Stanley and his best friend Miranda save their schoolmates from eternal zombiefication? If not, will Mr. Baldengrumpy even notice? | Razorbill |