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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Ji-li Jiang · HarperCollins
Pages: 285
Format: Print book
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This accessible autobiography is the true story of one girl's determination to hold her family together during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century.It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, friends, and a bright future... |
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Keep Your Eye on the Ball: And Other Expressions About Sports
Sandy Donovan · Lerner Publications
Format: Print book
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Clear the hurdles Roll with the punches Batting a thousand Have you ever heard these crazy expressions? People use them even when they're not running races, facing a prizefighter, or hitting every single pitch. That's because these sayings are idioms--phrases that mean something... |
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Zack and the Turkey Attack
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · Atheneum Children'S Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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A boy must outsmart a tormenting turkey and solve the mystery surrounding some missing jewelry in this feel-good middle grade novel from the Newbery Award winning author of the Shiloh series. Matthew has a problem. A turkey problem. A TOM turkey to be exact. Every weekend Matthew goes to his grandparents... |
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Top 10 Worst Earthquakes
Louise Spilsbury · PowerKids Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Human society has adapted to environments across the globe, but sometimes nature still shakes up our world. Readers will investigate the science behind earthquakes as they count down the ten most catastrophic quakes in human history. Dramatic photographs will engage all readers, and the information-rich... |
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The Secret Cookie Club
Martha Freeman · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Friends make everything better - and so do cookies! - in this warm-hearted novel in the tradition of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, with a middle grade dash of sugar and spice.Recipe for friendship: mix four very different girls, one boy, and a camp counselor. Add cookies.When her four... |
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Eyes and Spies: How You're Tracked and Why You Should Know
Tanya Lloyd Kyi · Annick Press
Pages: 135
Format: Hardcover
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Written for middle-grade and older readers, Eyes and Spies looks at the way information and data about us is collected and used by individuals, governments, companies, and organizations. Each chapter covers one aspect of the subject, from data collection to computer surveillance to personal... |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross Sections
Jason Fry · Dk Publishing, 2015.
Pages: 48
Format: Print book
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See the vehicles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in unparalleled detail with this newest addition to the Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections series. Twelve breathtaking artworks bring the new craft to life, showing all of the weapons, engines, and technology, while engaging text explains... |
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Vader's Secret Missions
Ace Landers · Scholastic Inc.,
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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Three original stories starring the greatest villain in LEGO(R) STAR WARS(TM) history--DARTH VADER!!Darth Vader, the ultimate Sith Lord, has decades of stories to tell! This humorous and action-packed book features all of our favorite heroes and villains in three BRAND-NEW original... |
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The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones
Wendelin Van Draanen Parsons · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning author Wendelin Van Draanen gives us a fresh and funny story about a boy learning to become the brave hero of his own life. Perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and The Fourteenth Goldfish. My secret life is filled with psychic vampires, wheelchair zombies, chain-rattlin'... |
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Mexican Food (I Can Cook!)
Wendy Blaxland · Smart Apple Media
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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The books in the I Can Cook! series are definitely not the ones to usher kids into their first foray into the kitchen. The recipes haven’t been particularly leveled-down into kid-friendly versions, which is actually a refreshing counterpoint to kids’ cookbooks that simplify... |
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President Batman
Matt Wayne · DC Comics
Format: Book
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When the Ultra-Humanite wants to score big, he goes straight to the top — hes after the President! But Batman and Green Arrow have a rescue plan so daring that we could only call this story President Batman!, |
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