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Exploring the Mysteries of the Elements
Jack Challoner · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 164
Format: Print book
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What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our fries and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. Everything in the known universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, and this book is the definitive... |
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Saints and Misfits
S K ALI · Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Saints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life ... starring a Muslim teen.There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They're... |
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The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz · Candlewick Press
Pages: 387
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult LiteratureNewbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early... |
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Teen Guide to Paying for College
Carla Mooney · ReferencePoint Press
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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Having a solid understanding of credit and debt, saving and investing, and how to pay for college is essential knowledge for today's teens. The Teen Guide to Finances series walks teens through these and other topics (including how to start a business) in clear, straightforward language.... |
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Shutter
Laurie Faria Stolarz · Hyperion
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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THE FACTS * Julian Roman, age sixteen, is an escapee from the Fairmount County Juvenile Detention Facility.* His parents, Michael Roman and Jennifer Roman, are dead.* Julian is wanted for murder.THE QUESTIONS * Why is Julian Roman on the run?* Just how dangerous is he?* And who did kill... |
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Longbow Girl
Linda Davies · Chicken House/Scholastic Inc., 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized... |
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Vermont
Ann Heinrichs · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
Format: Book
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The third series of America the Beautiful is back in a revised edition. The books in this series are bursting with fascinating facts, updated statistics, and brand-new full-color photographs. America the Beautiful's dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography, history, people,... |
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Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Larry Dane Brimner
Format: Book
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In 1965, as the grapes in California's Coachella Valley were ready to harvest, migrant Filipino American workers - who picked and readied the crop for shipping - negotiated a wage of $1.40 per hour, the same wage growers had agreed to pay guest workers from Mexico. But when the Fi |
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Greece
Jill DuBois · Marshall Cavendish
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Diversity is the spice of life, and the highly regarded Cultures of the World series celebrates just that by providing stimulating observations on the varied life styles of far-ranging countries. |
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The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers
Avi. · Candlewick Press, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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One of the most beloved writers of our time presents seven short stories exploring the vital ties between fathers and sons.Luke sees the ghost of his father but can't figure out what Dad wants him to do. Paul takes a camping trip with the grandfather he's just met and discovers what lies... |
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Another Day
David Levithan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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The eagerly anticipated companion to David Levithan's New York Times bestseller Every Day In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) tells Rhiannon's side of the story as she seeks... |
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Blood Rose Rebellion
Rosalyn Eves · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
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"A magical tale unlike anything you've read before." - Bustle.com"[A] richly imagined 19th-century historical fantasy." - EW.com, A-The thrilling first book in a YA fantasy trilogy for fans of Red Queen. In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood,... |
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Civil disobedience
Elizabeth Schmermund · Greenhaven Publishing
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Collects essays that discuss the benefits and drawbacks of acts of civil disobedience, looking at religious, ethical, governmental, and social topics. |
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