Kellie Piche Tatro's Library
Kenwood High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9781451673319 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | In A Society In Which Books Are Outlawed, Montag, A Regimented Fireman In Charge Of Burning The Forbidden Volumes, Meets A Revolutionary School Teacher Who Dares To Read. Suddenly He Finds Himself A Hunted Fugitive, Forced To Choose Not Only Between Two Women, But Between Personal Safety And Intellectual Freedom. Introduction / By Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451. The Hearth And The Salamander ; The Sieve And The Sand ; Burning Bright. History, Context, And Criticism / Edited By Jonathan R. Eller. Pt. 1. The Story Of Fahrenheit 451. The Story Of Fahrenheit 451 / By Jonathan R. Eller ; From The Day After Tomorrow: Why Science Fiction? (1953) / By Ray Bradbury ; Listening Library Audio Introduction (1976) / By Ray Bradbury ; Investing Dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982, 1989) / By Ray Bradbury ; Coda (1979) / By Ray Bradbury -- Pt. 2. Other Voices. The Novel. From A Letter To Stanley Kauffmann / By Nelson Algren ; Books Of The Times / By Orville Prescott ; From New Wine, Old Bottles / By Gilbert Highet ; New Novels / By Idris Parry ; New Fiction / By Sir John Betjeman ; 1984 And All That / By Adrian Mitchell ; From New Maps Of Hell / By Sir Kingsley Amis ; Introduction To Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 / By Harold Bloom ; Fahrenheit 451 / By Margaret Atwood ; The Motion Picture. Shades Of Orwell / By Arthur Knight ; From The Journal Of Fahrenheit 451 / By François Truffaut. Ray Bradbury. | Simon & Schuster |
| 9780679723110 | Grendel | Gardner, John | The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story. | Vintage |
| 9781400032716 | The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time | Haddon, Mark | Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher’s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read. Author Biography: MARK HADDON is a writer and illustrator of numerous award-winning children’s books and television screenplays. As a young man, Haddon worked with autistic individuals. He teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and at Oxford University. He lives in Oxford, England. Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. | Vintage Contemporaries |
| 9780142407608 | The Hero's Trail: True Stories Of Young People To Inspire Courage, Compassion, And Hope, Newly Revised And Updated Edition | T. A. Barron | What is a hero? Using the metaphor of a hiking trail, bestselling author T. A. Barron discusses the great variety of heroes and brings them to life through their own stories: Some are well known, like Wilma Rudolph, Anne Frank, and Stephen Hawking. Yet most are ordinary kids who have made amazing choices: saved their siblings from a fire, struggled to stop prejudice at their school, helped raise money to build a well in an African village. This book will be invaluable to kids, parents, and educators who need role models for young people to look up toand a new way to look at what a hero is. | Puffin Books |
| What Is An Amphibian? By Bobbie Kalman | ||||
| 9780448486925 | What Is the Declaration of Independence? | Michael C. Harris | Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War. | Penguin |
| 9780448462882 | What Was the Boston Tea Party? | Kathleen Krull, Who HQ | Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today. | Penguin |
| 9780448453309 | Who Is Barack Obama? | Roberta Edwards | Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who became the forty-fourth president of the United States. | Penguin |
| 9780448478920 | Who Is Dolly Parton? | True Kelley, Who HQ | Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star by the time she was in her early twenties. Of course, her success didn't stop there. Dolly Parton is also an actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist whose "Imagination Library" reading initiative reaches children throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. There is simply no one like Dolly Parton! | Penguin |
| 9780448479477 | Who Is George Lucas? (Who Was?) | Pollack, Pam, Belviso, Meg, Who HQ | As a child his passions were comics and cars, but George Lucas grew up to be one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. He is a producer, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur whose company Lucasfilms pioneered the movie effects that changed the world of animation. He founded Industrial Light and Magic, which transformed special sound and visual effects throughout the Hollywood film industry. He is best known, of course, as the creator of the Star Wars movie, television, gaming, toy and merchandise empire, as well as the archeologist-adventure series Indiana Jones. Discover the man behind the magic in Who Is George Lucas? | Penguin Workshop |
| 9780448458724 | Who is J.K. Rowling? | Pollack, Pam, Belviso, Meg, Who HQ | Penguin Workshop | |
| 9780448461922 | Who Is Jane Goodall? | Roberta Edwards | Profiles the life of the primatologist who was the first scientist to study wild chimpanzees in their natural environment. | Penguin |
| 9780448489377 | Who Is Malala Yousafzai | Dinah Brown | On October 9, 2012, a masked gunman boarded a school bus in Pakistan, asked for fifteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai, and shot her in the head. In critical condition, Malala was flown to a military hospital before being transferred for further care in England. Miraculously, she survived. Malala was targeted by the Taliban for a blog she began in 2009 for the BBC, writing about how hard it was for girls in her area to attend school. Now a global advocate for millions who are denied an education, Malala has become the symbol of hope for her own generation. She is an inspiring figure, and still a kid herself, making her story an important addition to the Who Was...? series. | Penguin |
| 9780448488585 | Who Is Stevie Wonder? (Who Was?) | Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ | Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only eleven, he had his first No.1 hit when he was thirteen. Since then he has had thirty US top ten hits, won a range of awards for his music and his civil rights work, and created such iconic songs as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Stevie Wonder is a beloved entertainer who continues to tour and perform around the world. | Penguin Workshop |
| 9780448483214 | Who Is Wayne Gretzky? | Gail Herman, Who HQ | After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One." Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair of skates. When he retired from the NHL in 1999, he had led several teams to Stanley Cup victories, competed in the Olympics, and changed the way hockey was played forever. Known for his love for family and as a truly decent human being, Wayne Gretzky is revealed as more than a sports legend in this easy-to-read biography. | Penguin |
| 9780448448862 | Who Was Abraham Lincoln? | Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ | Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included. | Penguin |
| 9780448424965 | Who Was Albert Einstein? | Jess Brallier, Who HQ | Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780448464602 | Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? | Bonnie Bader, Who HQ | Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology! | Penguin |
| 9780399539909 | Who Was Andrew Jackson? | Yacka, Douglas, Who HQ | Penguin Workshop | |
| 9780448444826 | Who Was Anne Frank? | Ann Abramson, Who HQ | In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding, and the legacy of her diary. Black-and-white illustrations including maps and diagrams provide historical and visual reference in an easy-to-read biography written in a way that is appropriate and accessible for younger readers. | Penguin |