Rebecca Edwards' Library
Rossview High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780893753481 | Legend Of Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle | Washington Irving | In the first story, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; in the second, a man sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world | Watermill Press |
| 9780531205013 | Leopold II: Butcher Of The Congo (Wicked History) | Olson, Tod | Franklin Watts | |
| 9781622500147 | Lil Wayne (Hip-Hop Biographies) | Saddleback Educational Publishing | Themes: Hi-Lo, urban nonfiction, music, entrepreneur, Hip-Hop, celebrities, biographies. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. wrote his first rhyme at age eight. Lil Wayne still sets his own rules and does not let people tell him how to make his music. He's an artist with a trademark appearance, wearing his hair in dreadlocks. His teeth are covered in gold, platinum, and diamonds. His body is covered with tattoos. And he is rarely seen without a red bandana. There's no doubt about it, today's students listen to an average of 2.5 hours of music every day. Guess what they are listening to? Hip-hop is mainstream, continually topping Billboard's Hot 100 charts. These Hi-Lo biographies engage striving readers from the very beginning with blinged-out covers, stunning four-color photographs, modern and graphic page design, and high-interest informational text. Biographies highlight the unique characteristics of each mega-rapper, including childhood struggles, personal style, rivalries, giving back, and more. Each 48-page book includes a timeline and glossary, with vocabulary words highlighted throughout. | Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc. |
| 9780329086015 | Lily's Crossing | Patricia Reilly Giff | During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. | |
| 9780399501487 | Lord of the Flies | William Golding | Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued. | Penguin |
| 9780439460798 | Loser | Jerry Spinelli | For use in schools and libraries only. Even though his classmates from first-grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself. | Scholastic |
| 9780545928922 | Lost and Found | Catherine Coe | Alex, Katie, and Eva can't wait for Blossom Wood's springtime celebration. The three best friends are helping the animals prepare when disaster strikes. Flo, the youngest deer, has gone missing, and no one knows where she is! | |
| 9780439898393 | Lost And Found (Bluford High Series #1) | Schraff, Anne | Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School. And now her sister has disappeared. Forced into a desperate race against time, Darcy must take action to save her sister--and her fragile family--before it is too late.Children's LiteratureDarcy Wills, a shy, intelligent sophomore at Bluford High finds friends in Tarah and Cooper, two rowdy students with whom she otherwise would not associate. She is assigned to be partners with Tarah on a science project and they must work together in and out of class. Tarah's football-player boyfriend, Cooper, is a good guy with a rambunctious reputation. Through Darcy's association with Tarah, Cooper becomes her friend and chases away her younger sister's boyfriend who tries to scare Darcy by threatening to beat her as he did her younger sister, Jamee. Adding to her troubles, her grandmother is dying, and she must care for her. He father abandoned the family five years earlier, and her mom works the night shift in the hospital ER. Darcy becomes distraught at her younger sister's rebellious attitude, her ignoring of her grandmother, her lying to their mother, and her constant arguing with Darcy. To make matters worse, Darcy thinks a stranger in an old silver car, who appears outside of her school, at her bus stop, and outside her home is stalking her. The last straw is when she finds her sister has run away. The police can't find her; Darcy's mother can't find her; Jamee's friends have not seen or heard from her, and then Darcy gets a clue from grandma. Darcy calls upon her new friends, including Hakim, her secret heartthrob, and her long lost Dad to find her sister. They find her in the mountains where their father had made her Princess of the World when she was a little girl. While Jamee recovers in the hospital, Darcy's new friend Tanya sits with Gram, and Darcy's mother and father reconciled. Suddenly, Darcy's life is full of new hope. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780812035711 | Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy) | William Shakespeare | Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text.Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about. | Barron's Educational Series |
| 9781338225204 | MAKING BOMBS FOR HITLER | Marsh Forchuk Skrypuck | SCHOLASTIC | |
| 9781338170757 | Making Bombs For Hitler | Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch | HAVING DIFFERENT COVER THAN PICTURED HERE | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338312836 | Making Bombs For Hitler | Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch | For readers who were enthralled by Alan Gratz's Prisoner B-3087 comes a gripping novel about a lesser-known part of WWII.Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won't she?But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II.Lida's parents are ripped away from her and she is separated from her beloved sister, Larissa. The Nazis take Lida to a brutal work camp, where she and other Ukrainian children are forced into backbreaking labor. Starving and terrified, Lida bonds with her fellow prisoners, but none of them know if they'll live to see tomorrow.When Lida and her friends are assigned to make bombs for the German army, Lida cannot stand the thought of helping the enemy. Then she has an idea. What if she sabotaged the bombs... and the Nazis? Can she do so without getting caught?And if she's freed, will she ever find her sister again?This pulse-pounding novel of survival, courage, and hope shows us a lesser-known piece of history -- and is sure to keep readers captivated until the last page. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780618003716 | Mcdougal Littell Nextext: Great Expectations Grades 6-12 2000 | Dickens Charles | Considered by many to be Dickens's greatest work, this is a timeless story where vindictiveness and guilt clash with love and gratitude. Enriched by a cast of unforgettable characters, from the orphan Pip to the convict Magwitch and the bitter Miss Haversham. | State Street Press/Random House |
| 9780877797081 | Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary: Plain Edge | merriam-webster | This popular reference tool features concise definitions, clear pronunciations, informative illustrations and tables, extensive cross-referencing, examples of contemporary use, guidance on synonyms, and more. | Merriam Webster |
| 9780531175323 | Mind Readers (24/7: Science Behind The Scenes: Mystery Files) | Thomasine E. Lewis Tilden | Is mind readng a real thing?Science as inquiry is the core of this dynamic, investigative, high-interest series which focuses on the science and technology used to solve real-life crimes and mysteries, and includes chapter summaries, reading cues, and sidebar interviews. | Franklin Watts |
| 9780064407311 | Monster | Walter Dean Myers | Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.FADE IN: INTERIOR COURT. A guard sits at a desk behind Steve. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve.O'BRIENLet me make sure you understand what's going on. Both you and this king character are on trial for felony murder. Felony Murder is as serious as it gets. . . . When you're in court, you sit there and pay attetion. You let the jury know that you think the case is a serious as they do. . . .STEVEYou think we're going to win ?O'BRIEN (seriously)It probably depends on what you mean by "win."Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout.Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences. For the first time, Steve is forced to think about who he is as he faces prison, where he may spend all the tomorrows of his life.As a way of coping with the horrific events that entangle him, Steve, an amateur filmmaker, decides to transcribe his trial into a script, just like in the movies. He writes it all down, scene by scene, the story of how his whole life was turned around in an instant. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred and his vision obscured until he can no longer tell who he is or what is the truth. This compelling novel is Walter Dean Myers's writing at its best.2000 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 2000 Michael L. Printz Award, 1999 National Book Award Finalist, 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit Finalist, 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, and 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), Hornbook Fanfare 2000, Michael L. Printz Award 2000, 2000 Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor Book, 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers), and 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) | Amistad |
| 9780439734226 | Monster (Read 180 Stage C Audiobooks) | Walter Dean Myers | Six CD set. | Scholastic |
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| 9780374500016 | Night | Wiesel, Elie | A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel night Is Elie Wiesel’s Masterpiece, A Candid, Horrific, And Deeply Poignant Autobiographical Account Of His Survival As A Teenager In The Nazi Death Camps. This New Translation By Marion Wiesel, Elie’s Wife And Frequent Translator, Presents This Seminal Memoir In The Language And Spirit Truest To The Author’s Original Intent. And In A Substantive New Preface, Elie Reflects On The Enduring Importance Of Night And His Lifelong, Passionate Dedication To Ensuring That The World Never Forgets Man’s Capacity For Inhumanity To Man.night Offers Much More Than A Litany Of The Daily Terrors, Everyday Perversions, And Rampant Sadism At Auschwitz And Buchenwald; It Also Eloquently Addresses Many Of The Philosophical As Well As Personal Questions Implicit In Any Serious Consideration Of What The Holocaust Was, What It Meant, And What Its Legacy Is And Will Be.author Bio: Elie Wiesel Is The Internationally Celebrated Author, Nobel Laureate, And Spokesperson For Humanity Whose Decision To Dedicate His Life To Bearing Witness For The Holocaust's Martyrs And Survivors Found Its Earliest And Most Enduring Voice In Night, His Penetrating And Profound Account Of The Nazi Death Camps. Born In The Town Of Sighet, Transylvania, He Was A Teenager When He And His Family Were Taken From Their Home In 1944 To The Auschwitz Concentration Camp, And Then To Buchenwald. Night Is The Terrifying Record Of Elie Wiesel's Memories Of The Death Of His Family, The Death Of His Own Innocence, And His Despair As A Deeply Observant Jew Confronting The Absolute Evil Of Man.elie Wiesel Is The Author Of More Than Forty Internationally Acclaimed Works Of Fiction And Nonfiction. He Has Been Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, The United States Of America Congressional Gold Medal, The French Legion Of Honor, And, In 1986, The Nobel Peace Prize. He Is The Andrew W. Mellon Professor In The Humanities And University Professor At Boston University. an Autobiographical Narrative In Which The Author Describes His Experiences In Nazi Concentration Camps, Watching Family And Friends Die, And How They Led Him To Believe That God Is Dead. | Paw Prints 2008-04-25 |