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The Science Behind Swimming, Diving, and Other Water Sports
Amanda Lanser · Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, 2016. ©2016 Pages: 32 Format: Print book |
Behind the flips, splashes, and speed of Olympic water sports, science is at work. Gravity and centrifugal force are at work as a diver spins and flips before splashing into the water. Olympic swimmers shave their bodies to reduce drag as they zip through the water. Find out how science... |
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Winterspell
Claire Legrand · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 454 Format: Hardcover |
Darkly romantic and entirely enchanting, this reimagining of The Nutcracker from Claire Legrand brims with magic, love, and intrigue. New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer (Cinder) says "this is not your grandmother's Nutcracker tale."After her mother is brutally... |
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The Dark Days Club
Alison Goodman · Viking Pages: 482 Format: Print book |
New York Times bestseller Alison Goodman's eagerly awaited new novel -- a Regency adventure starring a stylish and intrepid demon-hunter!Helen must make a choice: Save her reputation, or save the world.London, 1812. Eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall is on the eve of her debut presentation... |
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Witchstruck
Victoria Lamb · Harlequin Teen; Original edition Format: Paperback |
If she sink, she be no witch and shall be drowned. If she float, she be a witch and must be hanged. Meg Lytton has always known she is differentthat she bears a dark and powerful gift. But in 1554 England, in service at Woodstock Palace to the banished Tudor princess Elizabeth,... |
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Riders
Veronica Rossi · Tor Teen Pages: 368 Format: Print book |
Riders. A new fantasy adventure from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Veronica Rossi.For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.Recovering from the accident that most... |
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If You Give a Mouse an iPhone: A Cautionary Tail
Ann Droyd · Blue Rider Press Format: Hardcover |
If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, even for ten minutes, hes probably going to beam to some faraway place beyond time, space, and the sound of your pleading voice. And if hes that far gone, he wont have any idea whats going on around him, and he might... |
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Conquering Negative Body Image
Viola Jones · Rosen Publishing Pages: 64 Format: Print book |
Approximately a half million U.S. teens struggle with eating disorders, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. The bodys transition from childhood to adulthood can be confusing and even traumatic. It is during adolescence that many of us develop negative body images, which... |
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Artificial Absolutes
Mary Fan · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Format: Book |
Jane Colt is just another recent college grad working as an Interstellar Confederation office drone - until the day she witnesses her best friend, Adam, kidnapped by a mysterious criminal. An extensive cover-up thwarts her efforts to report the crime, shaking her trust in the authorities.... |
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The Cure for Dreaming
Cat Winters · Amulet Books, 2014. Pages: 352 Format: Print book |
Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl - a suffragist - in an age that prefers its girls to be docile. It's 1900 in Oregon, and Olivia's father, concerned that she's headed for trouble, convinces a stage mesmerist to try to hypnotize the rebellion out of her. But the hypnotist,... |
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Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time
Tanya Lee Stone · Wendy Lamb Books Pages: 208 Format: Print book |
A gorgeous, full-color oversized book about educating girls across the world inspired by the documentary that Entertainment Weekly says "every mother, sister, daughter, should see, as well as the men who love and support them." This is the right book for the present moment and perfect... |
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The Unquiet
Mikaela Everett · Greenwillow Books Pages: 464 Format: Hardcover |
For most of her life, Lirael has been training to kill - and replace - a duplicate version of herself on a parallel Earth. She is the perfect sleeper-soldier. But she's beginning to suspect she is not a good person. Fans of eerily futuristic and beautifully crafted stories such as Never... |
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Community Gardens: Grow Your Own Vegetables and Herbs
Susan Burns Chong · Rosen Pub Group Format: Print book |
From School Library Journal Gr 6 Up - Tasty tomatoes, sweet honey, the freshest eggs, and crunchy pickles: Is there anything that motivates a teenager like food? These five books strike a terrific balance between the why and how of homegrown food... |
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A Dog in the Cave: The Wolves Who Made Us Human
Kay Frydenborg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 256 Format: Print book |
We know dogs are our best animal friends, but have you ever thought about what that might mean? Fossils show we've shared our work and homes with dogs for tens of thousands of years. Now there's growing evidence that we influenced dogs' evolution - and they, in turn, changed... |
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Free to Fall
Lauren Miller · HarperTeen Pages: 473 Format: Print book |
From the author of Parallel comes a high-stakes drama set in the near-future. Imaginative and thrilling, this "intricately plotted, intellectually rich thriller...will please a range of readers, from those searching for a page-turner to those wishing to thoroughly engage the mind."... |
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