Bethanie Hargett-Slack's Library
West Creek High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780786869442 | Hope Through Heartsongs | Mattie J. T. Stepanek | The award-winning bestselling poetry of 11-year-old Mattie Stepanek has touched the lives of hundreds and thousands of people. From Heartsongs, to Vietnam War Memorial, to Prayer for a Journey, Mattie has written movingly and courageously about life and death, love and loss, faith and hope, innocence and joy. His struggle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy has given him wisdom and insight, and his life, work, and message have been recognized by Oprah, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, ABC TV's Good Morning America, People, NBC TV's the Today show, and C- PAN's BookTV. | Hyperion |
| 9781565129757 | How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Julia Alvarez | Named A Great American Novel by The Atlantic!From the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is "poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." (The New York Times Book Review)Don't miss Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, available now!Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez’s beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters—Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía—and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father’s role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming U.S.A., their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try find new lives: by straightening their hair and wearing American fashions, and by forgetting their Spanish. For them, it is at once liberating and excruciating to be caught between the old world and the new. Here they tell their stories about being at home—and not at home—in America."Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review"A clear-eyed look at the insecurity and yearning for a sense of belonging that are a part of the immigrant experience . . . Movingly told." —The Washington Post Book World | Algonquin Books |
| 9780439316347 | I Spy Year Round Challenger: A Book Of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo | Search-and-find riddles paired with amazing photographs will captivate kids of all ages in the bestselling I Spy series.Think you know every I Spy book out there? Think you've found every last bauble, bow, striped cat, and cloudy ship? Think again! Jean Marzollo has written her most challenging riddles yet to accompany Walter Wick's fabulous photographs culled from the original I Spy books. You've never seen I Spy like this! | Cartwheel Books |
| 9781404819801 | If You Were A Noun (Word Fun) | Dahl, Michael | Picture Window Books | |
| 9781404826397 | If You Were A Pronoun (Word Fun) | Loewen, Nancy | Picture Window Books | |
| 9781404819818 | If You Were a Verb | Michael Dahl | Explains what verbs do and provides examples of them. | Capstone Classroom |
| 9781404819825 | If You Were An Adjective (Word Fun) | Dahl, Michael | Picture Window Books | |
| 9781404819832 | If You Were An Adverb (Word Fun) | Michael Dahl | Provides an introduction to adverbs. Includes an activity. | Picture Window Books |
| Into The Wild | ||||
| 9780545289597 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O'Dell | Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life. | |
| Jamaica Inn | ||||
| John Bunyan's A Pilgrim's Progress | ||||
| John Steinbeck: Bloom's Modern Critical Views | ||||
| 9780545347372 | Joseph Stalin | Sean McCollum | Stalin Turned The Soviet Union Into A World Power--at An Unimaginable Cost. He Uprooted Millions Of Peasants And Starved Millions To Death. | |
| 9780525580065 | Just Mercy (Adapted For Young Adults): A True Story Of The Fight For Justice | Stevenson, Bryan | Lawyer And Social Justice Advocate Bryan Stevenson Offers A Glimpse Into The Lives Of The Wrongfully Imprisoned And His Efforts To Fight For Their Freedom. | Ember |
| 9781604330281 | Kids Meet The Presidents | Paul Rodhe, Paul Beatrice | Children will step into history and look at the United States with new eyes when they pore through this fun collection of presidential portraits, all enhanced with die-cuts. It’s the perfect introduction to the nation’s leaders: each one receives a double page spread enhanced with intriguing historical background, presented as if the president were actually addressing the reader personally. And this will be the first complete, comprehensive presidential book on the market, encompassing everyone from George Washington through 2008’s President-elect.Kids will have an entertaining and educational experience as they become acquainted with the unique people who made the United States what it is. | Applesauce Press |
| 9780531175361 | Killer Lipstick: And Other Spy Gadgets (24/7: Science Behind The Scenes: Spy Files) | Rauf, Don | Franklin Watts | |
| 9781597899758 | Landon Snow And The Volucer Dragon | R. K. Mortenson | Landon Snow and his sisters are falling headlong into another fantastic adventure. But they're not alone. This time, a strange boy named Max has slipped into the parallel world with the Snows. Tran | Barbour Books |
| 9780486456768 | Leaves Of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry) | Walt Whitman | In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture of the time, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter. Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and praising the senses and sexual love, the monumental work was condemned as "immoral." Whitman continued evolving Leaves of Grass despite the controversy, growing his influential work decades after its first appearance by adding new poems with each new printing.This edition presents the original twelve poems from Whitman's premier 1855 publication of Leaves of Grass. Included are some of the greatest poems of modern times: "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and "There Was a Child Went Forth" (which in the first editions of Leaves of Grass were still nameless), works that continue to upset conventional notions of beauty and originality even today. | Dover Publications |
| 9780531205013 | Leopold II: Butcher Of The Congo (Wicked History) | Olson, Tod | Franklin Watts |