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Making Friends with Billy Wong
Augusta Scattergood · Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Azalea is not happy about being dropped off to look after Grandmother Clark. Even if she didn't care that much about meeting the new sixth graders in her Texas hometown, those strangers seem much preferable to the ones in Paris Junction. Talk about troubled Willis DeLoach or gossipy Melinda... |
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Bacteria Up Close
Greg Roza · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Readers take a look at these microscopic single-celled wonders and gain information about how they're able to survive in a variety of environments. Readers will be surprised to learn there are more bacteria in their body than human cells. Instructive photographs and diagrams accompany... |
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Helping a Friend in an Abusive Relationship
Marty Gitlin · Rosen Publishing Group
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding
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A teen is trapped in an abusive relationship, and a friend wants to help. This comprehensive book shares how to spot the warning signs of an abusive relationship, how to be supportive of a friend who needs help, and what kind of resources are available to both the helper and the victim.... |
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Crisis Zero
Chris Rylander · Walden Pond Pr, 2016.
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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From Chris Rylander, author of the breakout hit Fourth Stall saga, comes the third book in the Codename Conspiracy series - an incredibly funny and clever mash-up of middle grade school story and spy adventure, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman.There is a computer program so unspeakably... |
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Keep Calm and Sparkle On!
Sarah Aronson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Isabelle has finally made it to Level Two of Fairy Godmother Training -- but just barely. She'll really have to step it up if she wants to pass the next challenge.Level Two of training comes with a twist, however. Isabelle's newest practice princess isn't who she expected -- and granting... |
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MiNRS 2
Kevin Sylvester · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Dive right back into the action on Perses in this thrilling sequel to the gritty, space adventure, MiNRS, which School Library Journal called "a solid survival story."They are coming to get you. Hide. Hide. Hide. The children of Perses have been receiving this message on repeat,... |
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Russell Westbrook
Matt Doeden · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Point guard Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder is one of the toughest and most skilled players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) . He scores, grabs rebounds, and dishes assists to teammates. While he is known for his high-energy style during games, Westbrook keeps... |
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Vanished!
James Ponti · Aladdin
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover
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Florian Bates - the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most wanted lists - must uncover the truth behind a series of middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of the United States in this hilarious second novel... |
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The Story of the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Photographs
David Aretha · Enslow Pub Inc
Format: Book
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On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people descended on Washington, D.C. They came by bus, car, and bicycle. Some even walked hundreds of miles to be there. On that day, the massive crowd gathered to march, protest, sing, and support the Civil Rights Movement and to demonstrate that the time... |
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Dragon Teeth
Carl Bowen · Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book
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A rogue CIA agent has been located in Iran, and it falls to Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his Shadow Squadron to capture him. They track down the agent only to learn that he had to go dark to finish his mission. Caught between two terrorist organizations, Cross and his soldiers will... |
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Cultural Traditions in the United States
Molly Aloian · Crabtree Pub Co
Format: Book
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Many holidays and festivals celebrated in the United States honor religious events and important dates or people in the country's history. This interesting book shows how Americans celebrate holidays and family occasions, as well as the traditions of the cultures from which their families... |
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Pigs Might Fly
Nick Abadzis · First Second
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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All the sensible hogfolk in Pigdom Plains know that if pigs were meant to fly, they'd have been born with wings -- but there's no convincing Lily Leanchops. The daughter of renowned inventor Hercules Fatchops, Lily has watched her father's flying machines fail time and time... |
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Scare Scape
Sam Fisher · Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Fans of spooky fiction and comics will be in a dark and happy place." - KIRKUS REVIEWSSpooky, funny, and fresh, Sam Fisher's middle-grade debut explores the bonds and rivalries that are unique to siblings . . . even as it revels in monstrous mayhem!Toxic Vapor Worms. Shark... |
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Ideas & Daily Life in the Muslim World Today
Abdul Hakeem Tamer · Mason Crest
Pages: 112
Format: Print book
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Over the past twenty years, groups like the Gallup Organization and the Pew Research Center have conducted numerous polls of people in the Muslim world. These polls track the attitudes and opinions of tens of thousands of people living in predominantly Muslim countries like Indonesia, Turkey,... |
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