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8961) My Name Is Parvana
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On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named...
8962) Forever Geek
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My name is Harriet Manners and I'll be a geek forever...
The FINAL book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series is here!
Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is.
Modelling isn't a sure-fire route to popularity. Neither is making endless lists.
The people you love don't expect you to transform into someone else.
Statistically you are more likely to not meet your Australian ex-boyfriend in Australia than bump into him there....
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Un ton léger pour une histoire pas vraiment amusante, mais qui permet de relativiser et d'avancer.
Tout commence le jour o Danny, dix ans, envoie une brique à trois trous dans la fenêtre d'un vieux voisin, ce qui a pour effet d'écrabouiller sa loutre empaillée. Dommage pour le voisin, bien fait pour la loutre..À la suite de quoi, Danny fait plusieurs rencontres, qui vont le pousser à tout quitter, l'école, ses parents, sa petite sœur Angela,...
8964) Hate Jacket
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Seventeen-year-old Julius Monroe hates his life. He hides the truth of his father's abuse with careful lies and a kick-ass jacket that keeps everyone at bay. But Julius' careful facade crumbles after a run-in with the school administration puts him on a collision course with his best friend's sister and her jealous boyfriend.
But, escaping the school bully and his father's abuse isn't his only worry. The worst monster is Lela, whose manipulations...
8965) Howl
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When eleven-year-old, Jamaican-born and Brooklyn-raised Celia Johnson arrives at Camp Glynwood, she already has plans to run away. She needs to get home to continue her search for her younger brother, Kyel, who has been missing for over three months. However, on the night of her great eascape, Celia makes an incredible discovery: she can talk to animals. Suddenly, Celia is catapulted into the wildest adventure of her life. Slipping away from camp...
8966) There Is No Fear
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The most famous boy in the world is a prisoner. He's been charged with a crime that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Languishing within the most secure juvenile facility in California--with the district attorney vowing to make an example of him--Lance must endure the daily indignities of incarcerated youth.
New Camelot is fractured without him. Ricky is bereft, while Arthur feels the loss of his son with a despondency that can't...
8967) My Name Is Not Ed Tug
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• My Name is Not Ed Tug is inspired by the author's experience of growing up and having her name misspelled/mispronounced by others, and her experience of volunteering in her children's classrooms in which ESL students are often encouraged to shorten or change their names to make it easier on others.
• My Name is Not Ed Tug celebrates uniqueness and family tradition, and empowers young readers to celebrate who they are.
• Book guide will be...
8968) Red Shoes
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Malika is delighted when Nana surprises her with a beautiful new pair of red shoes! And with a click-clack-click and a swish, swish, swish, Malika wears her wonderful new shoes everywhere she goes. But one day, the shoes begin to pinch Malika's toes. And alas, they don't let her forget that her feet have grown! Soon Malika and Nana are off to the Rare Finds Resale Shop, where the shoes can be resold -- so somebody else can enjoy them!
Who will be...
8969) Athabasca
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Jack is 14 going on 15. For the past seven years, he and his younger brother and sister, and his mother and father, have lived in a remote cabin on the Athabasca River west of Edmonton. It's the late 1930s, and the river is almost as wild and untamed as it was before humans began settling along the riverbanks.
The reason for the Whyte family living there has a good deal to do with Malcolm, Jack's father, and what we would call his PTSD after serving...
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Harry Jerome is one of Canada's forgotten heroes. From a skinny little kid growing up in St. Boniface, Manitoba, he rose to become "the fastest man in the world," a title he held for an incredible eight years. He achieved this, despite having to battle the prejudices he and his family had to overcome, on account of their African-Canadian heritage.
In this engaging and inspiring novel, acclaimed children's writer Norma Charles has woven together Harry's...
8971) Grandpa's Scroll
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A scroll that a grandfather plans to finish painting with his granddaughter shows how love can overcome differences and distances.
Lily lives in Washington, DC. Her grandpa lives in Korea. They've never met but are good pen pals. Just when he is about to visit Lily in the U.S., Grandpa dies. Lily and her mom fly to Korea, where they uncover the rice paper scroll Grandpa had hoped to finish painting with Lily. To honor his wish, Lily writes a poem...
8972) All in One Day
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It's another day in Mr. Walter's classroom, and Ari and Blaine hatch a plan to put on a show. Throughout the day, their classmates join the play and contribute new ideas. Finally, it's show time--and just in time for a special audience! While presenting a group of children following their interests, All in One Day shows the routine of a typical day in child care. The book contains a page of information to help adults connect the story to children's...
8973) A Time to Heal
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Kane doesn't need the constant whispers and horrified stares to remind him of the accident that claimed the lives of three friends. He remembers every time he passes a mirror. But when his parents send him to recover at his uncle's lakeside home in Wisconsin, what began as a respite from the rumors quickly turns into a prison of solitude.Then he meets Claudia, the only person who can't see the glaring evidence of his involvement in the tragedy. Finally,...
8974) Dawn: Diary One
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Can Dawn find a life in California to match the one she left behind in Connecticut-or has too much changed between her friends? At Vista, eighth graders are required to write personal journals about their experiences. Meet thirteen-year-old Dawn Schafer, the crunchy and health conscious member of the Baby-Sitters Club, who has returned to California to live with her father, stepmother, and brother. Dawn is thrilled to be reunited with her old friends...
8975) Zak and His Little Lies
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Zak is on his final warning. If he tells one more lie, however little, he won't be going to the skate park with Baba and Hana. With one job left to do, what could go wrong? A lot, it turns out, including an encounter with two bothersome boys, being chased by a mighty animal called Moose, and an adventurous lizard called Dwayne. J. Samia Mair has published four children's books, three of which are picture books: Zak and His Good Intentions, Amira's...
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From a new coach's flagrant racism to a teammate's endless sabotage, best friends Andi Carillo and Jeff Michaels start basketball season mired in controversy. To make matters worse, the local media smells more than one juicy story. Will Andi and Jeff be able to help each other power through and find a way to put both their teams back on track?
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Eyewitness to two killings, fourteen-year-old Gabriel James relates the shocking story behind the murders in a police interrogation interspersed with flashbacks. Step by step, this Montana teenager traces his discovery of a link between a troubled classmate's disturbing home life and an outbreak of local crime. In the process, however, Gabriel becomes increasingly confused about his own culpability for the explosive events that have unfolded.
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This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon changes shape and helps children deal with bullies. After the sun insults and bullies her, the moon feels so badly hurt that she shrinks and leaves the sky. The moon turns to a comet and her many friends on earth to comfort her. Her friends include rabbits and Native Americans. Then she regains her full shape, happiness, and self-esteem. The moon also returns...
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Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
Yeti loves playing on the swing. Unicorn would like a turn.
Unicorn loves eating peaches....
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