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Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights

Duchess Harris Ph.D. · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives,...
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A Smart Girl's Guide: Middle School

Julie Williams Montalbano · Amer Girl Pub
Pages: 95
Format: Paperback

Starting middle school can be scary. But knowing what to expect will make you feel more confident. Packed with tips and fun quizzes, here's the inside scoop on topics like classes, lockers, homework, and getting involved in after-school activities. Get help deciding the best way to introduce...
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Bonnie and Clyde: Notorious Outlaws of the Great Depression

Tim Cooke · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the notorious Bonnie and Clyde, ruled the front of newspapers and the publics imagination in the 1930s. While most of the nation suffered under the Great Depression, the duo and their gang pulled off a string of robberies, leaving many dead in their daring...
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Darkstalker

Tui Sutherland · Scholastic Press
Pages: 366
Format: Print book

Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end. In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince learns he is an animus -- capable of wonderful magic that comes with a terrible price. In the mind of a NightWing dragonet, a thousand futures unfold -- and almost...
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Pluck and Perfection

Brandon Terrell · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 120
Format: Print book

Time-traveling cousins Nate and Rachel are on the move, this time to the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, to watch Nadia Comaneci go for a perfect ten and gain knowledge that will help them in their own sporting lives.
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A Kid's Life in Ancient Egypt

Sarah Machajewski · PowerKids Press
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

24 pages : illustrations, color, ; 23 cm.
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Service Dogs on the Job

Marne Ventura · Childs World
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Narrates how service dogs are trained and offers real-life examples of the dogs in action. Additional features include a table of contents, a bullet-point summary of the job, questions to spark critical thinking, a selected bibliography, sources to guide further research, a phonetic glossary,...
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A Kid's Life During the Middle Ages

Sarah Machajewski · Powerkids Pr
Format: Print book

The Middle Ages wasnt just a time for knights, lords, and castles. Kids lived during this time, too, and this volume introduces readers to all aspects of their daily lives. Fans of historical fiction will delight in exploring the Middle Ages through the eyes of a child who lived during...
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Sports Illustrated Kids Football: Then to WOW!

The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids · Sports Illustrated
Format: Hardcover

See how all aspects of football have evolved in this highly visual book filled with history and trivia about the game. Youll see a football transform before your eyes from a melon-like ball crudely stitched together to the aerodynamic pigskin it is today or watch as a quarterback evolves...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Cobalt Squadron

ELIZABETH WEIN · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire) journeys to a galaxy far, far away to bring readers the harrowing story of the courageous bomber pilots and technicians of Cobalt Squadron!
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DK Eyewitness Books: Bible Lands

Jonathan Tubb · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding

From the early ancestors of the middle stone ages to the Greeks and Romans in 40 BCE, countless civilizations and people have lived in the eastern Mediterranean area known as the Bible Lands. Discover the story of the Holy Lands and the people who lived there before the time of Christ in DK Eyewitness...
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Dude, Where's My Saxophone?

Amy Cobb · Calico
Format: Hardcover

The whole Benton Bluff Junior High band is at band camp, and when things start to go missing everybody blames Zac--but when Zac's saxophone disappears he suspects that it is someone in another group trying to sabotage Benton Bluff.
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Light It! Creations That Glow, Shine, and Blink

CHRISTA SCHNEIDER · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Light It! Creations that Glow, Shine, and Blink, kids will make a wearable mask that glows, a working lamp, and more! Colorful step-by-step photos bring each project to life. Techniques and tips help troubleshoot...
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Experiments With Electricity and Magnets

Caitie McAneney · PowerKids Press
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Readers will enter the exciting world of science with this guide to experiments with magnets and electricity! Theyll learn about currents, batteries, circuits, and more through hands-on application of these essential concepts. Detailed instructions and photos guide readers through each...
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