Jessica Smith's Library
West Creek Elementary
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| 9781338567373 | Rebel Girls Lead 20 Tales Of Extraordinary Women | Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo | " ... the stories of powerful leaders past and present."--Preface | Scolastic Incorporated |
| 9781338053807 | Restart | Gordon Korman | When Chase returns to middle school after falling off the roof and losing his memory, he learns that the person he was before the amnesia is not someone he likes. | |
| 9781338246032 | Restart | Gordon Korman | scholastic | |
| 9780545862097 | Return To Sender | Julia Alvarez | Key Features Description After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected to her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it. 2010 Pura Belpre Author Award Book After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected to her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it. 2010 Pura Belpre Author Award Book Product Details Item #: NTS586209 ISBN13: 9780545862097 Format: Paperback Book Pages: 336 Genre: Realistic Fiction Grades: 6 - 9 Lexile® Measure: 890L Guided Reading Level: GR Level Z DRA Level: 70 ACR Level: 5.5 Return to Sender Paperback Book 6.71 Out Of Stock Out Of Stock Email me when back in stock Top {{#if inStock}} {{#if isSubscribe}} {{button.label}} {{else}} {{button.label}} {{/if}} {{/if}} {{#if isOutofStock}}{{oosMessage}} {{#if isTSO}}Email me when back in stock {{/if}} {{/if}} {{#if isLearnMore}} {{#if learnMoreUrl}} {{button.label}} {{/if}} {{#if learnMorePhone}} Contact Us{{learnMoreNumber}} {{/if}} {{/if}} x {{query}} in All ({{match.model.model}}) {{query}} in {{facet.myHashMap.value | facetValue}} ({{facet.myHashMap.count}}) What can we help you find? Search PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE TM ® & © 2021 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. if(_satellite) {_satellite.pageBottom();} commonUtil.enableMouseflow(); Key Features Item #: NTS586209 ISBN13: 9780545862097 Format: Paperback Book Pages: 336 Genre: Realistic Fiction Grades: 6 - 9 Lexile® Measure: 890L Guided Reading Level: GR Level Z DRA Level: 70 ACR Level: 5.5 | scholastic |
| 9780439898843 | Rosa | Nikki Giovanni | The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today. She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask "Auntie, are you going to move?" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She said, "No." An inspiring account of an event that shaped American history. Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture-book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective. | |
| 9780439443838 | Rules | Cynthia Lord | Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781338537499 | Schomburg | Unknown Author | A captivating picture book biography of an Afro-Puerto Rican law clerk who curated an archive honoring black culture. 'A triumphant portrayal of both the collector and his collection.' -SLJ, starred review | Scholastic, Inc. |
| 9780763621162 | Shakespeare Bats Cleanup | Ronald Koertge | A straight-talking, fourteen-year-old first baseman, benched by mono, decides to take a swing at writing poetry in Ron Koertge's clever, compelling new novel written in free verse. Their pitcher walks our leadoff man. Greg moves him up to second with a perfect sacrifice. Fabian loops one into right. I'm up. Two on, one out. I'm the cleanup man. My job is to bring these guys home. MVP Kevin Boland gets the news that he has mono and won't be seeing a baseball field for a while, and he suddenly finds himself scrawling a poem down the middle of a page in his journal. To get some help, he cops a poetry book from his dad's den. Before Kevin knows it, he's writing in verse about stuff like, Will his jock friends give up on him? What's the deal with girlfriends? Surprisingly enough, after his health improves, he keeps on writing - about the smart-talking Latina girl who thinks poets are cool, even about his mother, whose death is a still-tender loss for which he finally finds the words. Written in free verse with examples of several poetic forms slipped into the mix, including a sonnet, haiku, pastoral, and even a pantoum, this funny, poignant story by a master of dialogue is an English teacher's dream - sure to hook poetry lovers, baseball fanatics, mono recoverers, and everyone in between. | Candlewick Press |
| 9781338149029 | She Dared: Bethany Hamilton (She Dared) | Jenni L. Walsh | Meet Bethany. Get inspired.Growing up in Hawaii, Bethany Hamilton loved to surf. But one day, she was in her favorite place, out on the waves, when a tiger shark suddenly attacked. Thirteen-year-old Bethany lost her left arm.As she fought to recover, Bethany wondered: Would she ever surf again?Follow Bethany as she got back on her board and fearlessly chased her surfing dreams. With the strength of her family and faith behind her, Bethany knew she could become not only a professional athlete, but a champion and a role model.This highly accessible and narrative biography includes full-color photos and educational info! | Scholastic Nonfiction |
| 9780545620215 | She Sang Promise | Jan Godown Annino | scholastic | |
| 9780439341455 | Sideways Stories From Wayside School | Louis Sachar | Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. | |
| 9781338169935 | Slacker | Gordon Korman | When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or not. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338593662 | Sleepover Surprise: Wish Upon A Sleepover | Suzanne Selfors | A group of misfits has a sleepover that involves a scavenger hunt and slightly magical soup in this story of newfound friendship in unexpected places. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780439353625 | Socks | Beverly Cleary | The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household. | |
| 9780545102711 | Suitcase | Mildred Pitts Walter | A classic coming-of-age story about Xander, an eleven-year-old boy who triumphs in the face of doubt. With lively interior illustrations as well as a new, cooler cover, exciting sports scenes, and a positive message, Suitcase should score big with boy readers everywhere. | Scholastic INC |
| 9780545206983 | The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 | Lauren Tarshis | Visiting his favorite Hawaiian beach when Japanese forces suddenly attack Pearl Harbor, 11-year-old Danny Crane struggles through the smoke, destruction and chaos to make his way back home. By the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Simultaneous. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781954839144 | The Call Of The Wild (Reader's Library Classics) | Jack London | There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival and adaptation as he learns the ways of the wilderness.Set in the Klondike region of Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild showcases the transformation of a canine as he learns to adapt to what life has given him, fair or not. | Reader's Library Classics |
| 9780439930635 | The Champ The Story Of Muhammad Ali | Tonya Bolden | Muhammad Ali is one of the world's best-known figures, and this incredible biography delves into precisely why. From his unlikely beginnings as a skinny, young Cassius Clay learning to box at a local gym to becoming the heavyweight champion of the world at the famous "Rumble in the Jungle," where even the skies let loose with rain right after his victory, Ali has captivated the world. Tonya Bolden's careful research and elegant telling, paired with R. Gregory Christie's incredible paintings, make this a book that will inform and inspire readers of all ages. | A.A. Knopf |
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| 9781442466388 | The Foolish Tortoise | Richard Buckley | The beloved story of The Foolish Tortoise, illustrated by Eric Carle, comes to life in this interactive book and CD package.The foolish tortoise is tired of being so slow. He decides that the easiest way for him to move faster is to get out of his heavy shell. The only problem is, once he leaves his home, he’s too scared to walk anywhere! This silly tortoise learns the hard way that there’s no place like home. Children and adults alike will enjoy this classic tale of self-discovery, whimsically illustrated by Eric Carle. This package includes a paperback book along with a CD of the story being read aloud. | Simon and Schuster |