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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9781781121191 | Trick Or Treat | Swindells, Robert | Stoke Books | |
| 9781338540789 | True Tales of Animal Heroes | Allan Zullo | "Would you believe that some people's lives have been saved by animals? This is a fascinating book with stories about animals that have risked their lives to save the lives of their masters. Read about a dog that rescued two kids from a burning house, two wild elk save a boy from freezing in the mountains, a courageous cat fights off a deadly intruder, and two dolphins that saved a girl from a terrifying shark attack. Animal lovers will be amazed by the unbelievable tales in this book!"--Résumé de l'éditeur. | |
| 9781250309884 | Trust Exercise: A Novel | Susan Choi | WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Electrifying” (People) • “Masterly” (The Guardian) • “Dramatic and memorable” (The New Yorker) • “Magic” (TIME) • “Ingenious” (The Financial Times) • "A gonzo literary performance” (Entertainment Weekly) • “Rare and splendid” (The Boston Globe) • “Remarkable” (USA Today) • “Delicious” (The New York Times) • “Book groups, meet your next selection" (NPR)In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving “Brotherhood of the Arts,” two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed―or untoyed with―by anyone, especially not by their charismatic acting teacher, Mr. Kingsley.The outside world of family life and economic status, of academic pressure and of their future adult lives, fails to penetrate this school’s walls―until it does, in a shocking spiral of events that catapults the action forward in time and flips the premise upside-down. What the reader believes to have happened to David and Sarah and their friends is not entirely true―though it’s not false, either. It takes until the book’s stunning coda for the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place―revealing truths that will resonate long after the final sentence.As captivating and tender as it is surprising, Susan Choi's Trust Exercise will incite heated conversations about fiction and truth, and about friendships and loyalties, and will leave readers with wiser understandings of the true capacities of adolescents and of the powers and responsibilities of adults. | Henry Holt and Co. |
| 9780345477927 | Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Vol. 5 | Clamp | THE END OF A FAIRY TALE Following the trail of the stolen children of Spirit Town, Sakura is captured at the forbidden castle, where she encounters the golden-haired ghost! Syaoran and his friends–the sociable magician Fai D. Flowright, the master swordsman Kurogane, and the odd creature Mokona–must now penetrate the ancient stronghold in order to rescue Sakura and the missing children. Will they finally uncover the truth behind the legend of Princess Emerald? And will they recover another fragment of Sakura’s lost memory? | Del Rey |
| 9781338531633 | Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1) | Chris Lynch | scholastic | |
| Unoffical Minecraft Lab For Kids | ||||
| Until We Meet Again | ||||
| 9780399592553 | Untitled Brené Brown: - | Brown, Brené | In Atlas Of The Heart, Brown Takes Us On A Journey Through 85 Of The Emotions And Experiences That Define What It Means To Be Human. As She Maps The Necessary Skills And Lays Out An Actionable Framework For Meaningful Connection, She Gives Us The Language And Tools To Access A Universe Of New Choices And Second Chances - A Universe Where We Can Share And Steward The Stories Of Our Bravest And Most Heartbreaking Moments With One Another In A Way That Builds Connection. Over The Past Two Decades, Brown's Extensive Research Into The Experiences That Make Us Who We Are Has Shaped The Cultural Conversation And Helped Define What It Means To Be Courageous With Our Lives. Atlas Of The Heart Draws On This Research, As Well As Brown's Singular Skills As A Researcher/storyteller, To Lay Out An Invaluable, Research-based Framework That Shows Us That Naming An Experience Doesn't Give The Experience More Power, It Gives Us The Power Of Understanding, Meaning, And Choice. Brown Shares, I Want This To Be An Atlas For All Of Us, Because I Believe That, With An Adventurous Heart And The Right Maps, We Can Travel Anywhere And Never Fear Losing Ourselves. Even When We Have No Idea Where We Are.-- Brené Brown, Phd, Lmsw. | Random House |
| 9781416912057 | Unwind (1) (Unwind Dystology) | Shusterman, Neal | Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive. "Characters live and breathe; they are fully realized and complex, sometimes making wrenching difficult decisions. This is a thought-provoking, well-paced read that will appeal widely." School Library Journal, starred review "[A] gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller...could hardly be more engrossing or better aimed to teens." Publishers Weekly, starred review "[A] nail-biting, character-driven thriller." Horn Book magazineThe New York Times - Ned VizziniWhat keeps Unwind moving are the creative and shocking details of Shusterman's kid-mining dystopia. First, there are the Orwellian linguistic tricks. People who have been unwound are not "dead"—they are "in a divided state." Then there are the rules and rituals. Before being unwound, Lev is honored with a lavish "tithing party," which bears a strong resemblance to a bar mitzvah. The most terrifying scene is devoted to the unwinding itself. The author's decision to describe the process is a questionable one—a book's great unknown can leave the strongest impression on a reader—but he executes as precisely as the surgeons who perform the unwinding. Ultimately, though, the power of the novel lies in what it doesn't do: come down explicitly on one side or the other. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9781420503418 | Usain Bolt (People In The News) | George Cantor | This contemporary biography series profiles the lives of some of today's most prominent newsmakers; whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these well-known people garner public attention.; ; Offering insight into the lives of people who have made an impact in the modern era, People in the News volumes are sure to be of interest to students researching current topics and popular culture. Through quotations from the individual profiled as well | Lucent Books |
| 9780593356821 | Velvet Was The Night | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a simmering historical noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome enforcer, and the mystery of the missing woman they’re both desperate to find.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, New York Public Library, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, BookPage, She Reads, Library Journal • “An adrenalized, darkly romantic journey.”—The Washington PostMexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighbor, the beautiful art student Leonora, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman—and journeying deeper into Leonora’s secret life of student radicals and dissidents.Mexico in the 1970s is a politically fraught land, even for Elvis, a goon with a passion for rock ’n’ roll who knows more about kidney-smashing than intrigue. When Elvis is assigned to find Leonora, he begins a blood-soaked search for the woman—and his soul.Swirling in parallel trajectories, Maite and Elvis attempt to discover the truth behind Leonora’s disappearance, encountering hitmen, government agents, and Russian spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noir, where life is cheap and the price of truth is high. | Del Rey |
| 9780768923056 | Vocab Rock! Musical Preparation For The SAT And ACT: 12 Songs On CD | London, Keith, Osleeb, Rebecca | Don't judge this book by its cover alone, listen to the CD! From Defined Mind, Vocab Rock brings real music, from hip-hop to alternative, to SAT and ACT test prep. Students can groove to tunes from independent recording artists and then use the lyrics, definitions, and exercises included in the book to really learn, and remember the new vocabulary found in the songs. Who says you have to turn down the music to study for the SAT! Features and Benefits include: 300 SAT/ACT level vocabulary words found in 12 songs on CD Original music written and performed by independent recording artists from the NYC club scene 5 exercises per chapter to help students really learn and build comprehension | Peterson's |
| 9780064405171 | Walk Two Moons | Sharon Creech | "How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold--the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion. | Harper Collins |
| Wanted! Frank And Jesse James - The Real Story | ||||
| 9781565125605 | Water For Elephants: A Novel | Gruen, Sara | Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell. Jacob was there because his luck had run out—orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive "ship of fools." It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act—in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival. Surprising, poignant, and funny, Water for Elephants is that rare novel with a story so engrossing, one is reluctant to put it down; with characters so engaging, they continue to live long after the last page has been turned; with a world built of wonder, a world so real, one starts to breathe its air. | Algonquin Books |
| 9781524717629 | Welcome To Wonderland #4: Beach Battle Blowout | Grabenstein, Chris | P.T. and Gloria need a great plan to ensure the Wonderland can beat a slick new attraction in the Fun In The Sun contest. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9781684642991 | What A Wonderful Phrase | Nicola Edwards | Have You Ever Wondered Why We Talk About Buttering Someone Up Or Where The Phrase Raining Cats And Dogs Comes From? Explore These And 27 More Idioms From Around The World In This Voyage Of Cultural Discovery, Loaded With Fascinating Facts And Beautiful Illustrations. | Kane Miller |
| 9781610677226 | What A Wonderful Word | Nicola Edwards | Have You Ever Wished There Was A Name For A Person Who Asks Too Many Questions? Or A Word For The Way You Hesitate When You've Forgotten Someone's Name? This Handpicked Collection Of Untranslatable Words From All Over The World Celebrates The Magic Of Language, With Gorgeous Original Artwork And Fascinating Facts About Each Word And The Culture It Comes From--back Cover. | Kane Miller Books / EDC Publishing |
| What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda And The New Face Of American Politics | ||||
| 9780306826405 | Where Hope Comes From: Poems Of Resilience, Healing, And Light | Nikita Gill | **The Sunday Times Bestseller**Instagram superstar and poet Nikita Gill returns to her roots with her most personal collection yet, including more than twenty poems exclusive to the US edition.I took my worries outand laid them carefully on the kitchen table.Then began the slow but rewarding taskof fixing everything that needed more love.Nikita Gill shares a collection of poems crafted as the world went into lockdown, tackles themes such as mental health and loneliness, and the precarity of hope. Through the life cycle of a star, she invites the reader to feel connected to the universe, taking us on a journey through the five stages of grief to the five stages of hope.This collection includes the phenomenal “Love in the Time of Coronavirus,” which was shared across social media over 20,000 times, as well as Gill's poems of strength and hope, “How to Be Strong” and “Silver Linings.” Where Hope Comes From is fully illustrated with beautiful line drawings by the author.All because everything is forbidden now,I want to go up to the top of the Eiffel Towerand sing at the top of my lungs. | Hachette Books |