Stephanie Cox's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780765337320 | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all. Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. Isn't it? | Tor Teen |
| 9780064452137 | Energy Makes Things Happen | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Did you know that energy comes from the food you eat? From the sun and wind? From fuel and heat? You get energy every time you eat. You transfer energy to other things every time you play baseball. In this book, you can find out all the ways you and everyone on earth need energy to make things happen. | Harper Collins |
| 9781338260472 | Escape | K. R. Alexander | WESTWORLD meets CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY meets JURASSIC PARK, as kids win a chance to enter the place of their dreams -- and find that it quickly turns into a nightmare. It's all anyone talks about, and it's all Cody dreams about. It's the biggest adventure park in the world, and it's more than mere rides and rollercoasters: At ESCAPE, you can do anything you want, be anyone you want, and there are no adults to tell you no. Cody's a nobody, but for some reason he receives an invitation and the opportunity of a lifetime. At first, it's the most fun he's ever had. But after a few days, everything in the park starts to go haywire. One at a time, rides malfunction. Simulations turn deadly. His fantasy world glitches, and the games become races for survival. A voice comes over the intercoms, then-ESCAPE was never a theme park for the rich and famous. It was a place for punishment. They have less than a week to escape from the park before it floods. Only five kids will be allowed to leave. It started out as a fight to get to the coolest rides. Now, they have to fight to survive. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| Escape From A Video Game Mystery On The Starship Crusader | ||||
| 9780307931474 | Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Chris Grabenstein | Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. | Yearling |
| 9780593430675 | Escape From the Nether! (Minecraft) | Nick Eliopulos | Journey into the Nether (if you dare) in this Step into Reading Step 3 Leveled Reader and the only official leveled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! Minecraft® is the best-selling video game of all time! And now learning to read has never been more fun for fans of the game ages 4 to 7. They’ll get a great introduction to the game’s most mysterious biomes when two players, Emmy and Birch—and their tame wolf Byte—set out on an epic adventure into the mysterious Nether! Look for these other great Minecraft® titles: Mobs in the Overworld! (Minecraft) 9780593372708 Survival Mode! (Minecraft) 9780593372678 Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics for children who are ready to read on their own. © 2022 Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. MINECRAFT and MOJANG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mojang Synergies AB. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9781610674140 | Escape From Wolfhaven Castle | Kate Forsyth | Wolfhaven Castle has been attacked, and only four escape capture ... Tom, trained to scrub pots, not fight; Elanor, the Lord's daughter; Sebastian, a knight in training and Quinn, the witch's apprentice. Somehow, if they are to save their people, these unlikely heroes must find four magical beasts from legend. But first, they have to make it out of the castle alive... | |
| 9780439204248 | Expedition Down Under | Rebecca Carmi | Miss Frizzle's class travel to Australia. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338305623 | Extra Weird! | Anh Do | From bestselling author Anh Do comes the hilarious hit chapter book series, WeirDo. These illustrated books will keep readers laughing as Weir and his friends navigate the trials of elementary school.Weir's back and extra weird!Dad's working on his cool dance moves for the local talent search, while Weir's trying out for the school soccer team! Will Weir score a goal, or fall flat?It won't be easy . . . but it will be funny! | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780439355254 | Fever, 1793 | Laurie Halse Anderson | In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Includes discussion questions and related activities. | |
| 9780545045117 | Fight for Life | Laurie Halse Anderson | With the help of her veterinarian grandmother and the other volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, eleven-year-old Maggie rescues sick puppies from an illegal puppy mill. | |
| 9780794516581 | Firefighters (Usborne Beginners, Level 1) | Katie Daynes | Describes the training, equipment, and work of a firefighter. | Usborne Pub Ltd |
| 9780545207867 | Flat Stanley | Jeff Brown, Sara Pennypacker | After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help find an ancient treasure deep in the heart of a great pyramid. | |
| 9780545285254 | Flawed Dogs | After being framed by the jealous poodle Cassius, Heidy's dachshund Sam is cast out onto the streets by Heidy's uncle but comes back with a group of mutts from the National Last Ditch Dog Depository to disrupt the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club dog show and exact revenge on Cassius. | ||
| 9780545631594 | Fly Guy Presents | Tedd Arnold | During a visit to a natural history museum, Fly Guy and Buzz learn all about dinosaurs. | Scholastic Reference |
| 9780545851879 | Fly Guy Presents | Tedd Arnold | "Fly Guy is buzzing over to the weather station today. Come along to learn all about weather!"--Back cover. | Scholastic Reader, Level 2 |
| 9780545564922 | Fly Guy Presents: Space | Fly Guy and Buzz are back with another great nonfiction book! Award-winning author/illustrator Tedd Arnold brings nonfiction to life in this engaging nonfiction reader! During a visit to a space museum, Fly Guy and Buzz learn all about planets, space crafts, space suits, and even dirty snowballs (i.e. comets!)! With straightforward fun facts, humorous illustrations of Fly Guy and Buzz, and vivid photographs throughout, this book is sure to be a hit with budding astronauts everywhere! *HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL ON THE COVER!* | Scholastic Reference | |
| Fossil Hunter | ||||
| 9780064450935 | Fossils Tell of Long Ago (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) | Aliki | What is a fossil? Sometimes it's the imprint of an ancient leaf in a rock. Or it could be the skeleton of a dinosaur that has turned to stone! With clear prose and lovely, full-color illustrations, award-winning author and illustrator Aliki describes the different ways fossils are formed and what they tell us about life on Earth long ago. This book also includes an activity guide so kids can create their own fossils for someone to find a million years from now.This is a Stage 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. Let's-Read-And-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.Supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards | HarperCollins |
| 9781416964858 | Frankie Pickle And The Pine Run 3000 | Eric Wight | Frankie Pickle returns for another imaginative adventure and this time it all comes down to race cars. Well, not quite race cars, but the Pine Run Derby for scouts. Frankie is in danger of not advancing to the next ranking with the rest of his troop unless he can win the Pine Run 3000. But Frankie wants to do everything on his own so he imagines himself as a world-class sculptor, a mad scientist, and of course, a pro-racecar driver. In the end, Frankie learns that team work is the only way he won't get left in the dust. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |