It's hard to start at a new school . . . especially if you're in a new country. Back home, Anais was the best English student in her class. Here in Crazy America she feels like she doesn't know English at all. Nothing makes sense (chicken FINGERS?) , and the kids at school have some very strange ideas about Africa. Anais misses her family - Papa and grandmother Oma and big brother Olivier because here in Crazy America there's only little Jean-Claude and Mama. So she writes letters to Oma - lots of them. She tells her she misses her and hopes the fighting is over soon. She tells her about Halloween, snow, mac n cheese dinners, and princess sleepovers. She tells her about the weird things Crazy Americans do, and how she just might be turning into a Crazy American herself.
Holiday House
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9780823436958
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Print book
One Half from the East
By Hashimi, Nadia
Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi's first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh - a preteen girl dressed as a boy.Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune, and her aunt has an idea to bring the family luck - dress Obayda, the youngest of four sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh.Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes. Their transformation won't last forever, though - unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure.Nadia Hashimi's first novel for adults, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, was a bestseller that shares a bacha posh character with One Half from the East.
Harpercollins
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9780062421906
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Print book
Science of Music
By Kenney, Karen Latchana
In this engaging title, young readers learn about the form of energy that is sound! Sound waves and their wavelengths are discussed, as are the vibrations of molecules, acoustics, and how the ear interprets sound. These properties are illustrated by the making and hearing of music. Colorful infographics make decibels, amplitude, frequency, and ear anatomy easily accessible, and prominent contributors such as Ludwig van Beethoven are featured. A fun experiment with vibrations brings the science of sound to life! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Checkerboard Library
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9781624039621
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Print book
The Denver Broncos Story
By Morey, Allan
Since the AFL and NFL merged, the Denver Broncos have won several championships including back-to-back Super Bowl games. This team has come a long way since the 1950s, when they wore second-hand uniforms! Tens of thousands of fans are on the season-ticket waiting list so they can see them play. Dont wait to learn more about the Denver Broncos in this action-packed book.
Bellwether Media
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9781626173644
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Print book
Birnbaum's 2017 Walt Disney World For Kids
By Guides, Birnbaum
In the 2017 edition of Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids, we'll tell young readers how to:-- Join the vacation-planning fun, with kid-friendly descriptions of all the theme park shows and attractions, including maps, photos, colorful illustrations, and more.-- Experience a whole new land at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park: Pandora-The World of AVATAR, featuring a thrilling attraction called AVATAR Flight of Passage. In it, guests of all ages fly on a Banshee over a vast alien world. -- Discover new theme park offerings-including Epcot's interactive sing-along with Frozen's Anna and Elsa and a high-flying new attraction called Soarin' Around the World; plus Animal Kingdom park's new spectacular called Rivers of Light. The nighttime show features live performances, floating lanterns, and swirling animal images on giant screens of water!-- Awaken the Force at Walt Disney World! Disney's Hollywood Studios is getting a new name and has a brand-new Star Wars seasonal event: Seasons of the Force. It offers kid-pleasing shows and entertainment-including a fireworks extravaganza with a Star Wars theme. The park also boasts a revised Star Tours -The Adventures Continue attraction (which incorporates characters from the blockbuster film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and a re-imagined Jedi Training Academy that introduces a new villain from the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels.-- See which attractions belong on many kid's "must-see" list."-- Meet favorite Disney characters and collect autographs from Mickey, Minnie, Anna, Elsa, Goofy and the gang-there are special autograph pages at the back of the book!-- Get advice from young Disney experts-kids like you. The book is filled with kid-written tips and attraction reviews.-- Hunt for dozens of Hidden Mickeys spread through all four Walt Disney World theme parks.-- Preserve magical memories in a special scrapbook section.
Disney Editions
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9781484737781
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Print book
The Elders
By Iserles, Inbali
The second book in a thrilling fantasy trilogy starring one of the animal kingdoms most hunted heroes. Foxcraft is full of excitement and heart, and a touch of magic.Islas search for her missing brother, Pirie, has brought her to the vast Wildlands. The forest is a treacherous place for a fox cub, but Isla is talented in foxcraft -- ancient arts of cunning known only to her kind.Skilled though she is, Islas grasp of foxcraft is still new. And shes not alone... A cruel and mysterious fox stalks the forest, with the power to enslave others to his will. In order to survive, Isla must learn to trust in the rustic Wildlands foxes.But there are tales of others -- a council of Elders who are masters of foxcraft, and who warily guard its most potent secrets. If Isla wishes to master her gifts and find her brother, then the Elders may be her only hope.
Scholastic Paperbacks
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9780545690850
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Paperback
Undocumented immigrants
By Small, Cathleen
This item is Non-Returnable.
Lucent Press
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9781534562233
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eBook
Totally Amazing Facts About Creepy-Crawlies
By Nelson, Penelope
Curious kids will be enthralled with this dip-into and dip-out-of book loaded with quirky facts about creepy-crawlies. Even reluctant readers will be fascinated with the fun facts and eye-catching images and design on each page. Creepy-crawlies never looked so enticing!
Capstone Press
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9781515769750
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Library Binding
Lydia the Reading Fairy
By Meadows, Daisy
It's time for Jack Frost to learn his lesson! Best friends Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker usually only get to spend vacations and holidays with each other. But for a special week, they'll both be going to the same school! It's a good thing the two friends are together. Jack Frost is causing trouble at the Fairyland School--and the School Day Fairies need help! Rachel and Kirsty can read Jack Frost like a book. They know he has Lydia's reading badge, and they want him to give it back!
Scholastic (Us)
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9780545852074
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Print book
Journey's End
By Hawkins, Rachel
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings us a riveting middle grade fantasy-adventure, perfect for fans of Lisa Graff. The town of Journey's End may not literally be at the end of the world, but it sure feels like it to Nolie Stanhope. Spending the summer with her scientist father in the tiny Scottish village isn't exactly Nolie's idea of a good time, but she soon finds a friend: native Journey's Ender Bel McKissick. While Nolie's father came to Journey's End to study the Boundary--a mysterious fog bank offshore--Bel's family can't afford to consider it a threat. The McKissick's livelihood depends on the tourists drawn by legends of a curse. Still, whether you believe in magic or science, going into the Boundary means you'll never come back. ... Unless you do. Albert Etheridge, a boy who disappeared into the Boundary in 1914, suddenly returns--without having aged a day and with no memory of the past hundred years. Then the Boundary starts creeping closer to the town, threatening to consume everyone within. While Nolie's father wants to have the village evacuated, Bel's parents lead the charge to stay in Journey's End. Meanwhile, Albert and the girls look for ways to stop the encroaching boundary, coming across an ancient Scottish spell that requires magic, a quest, and a sacrifice.
One Good Thing about America
By Freeman, Ruth
It's hard to start at a new school . . . especially if you're in a new country. Back home, Anais was the best English student in her class. Here in Crazy America she feels like she doesn't know English at all. Nothing makes sense (chicken FINGERS?) , and the kids at school have some very strange ideas about Africa. Anais misses her family - Papa and grandmother Oma and big brother Olivier because here in Crazy America there's only little Jean-Claude and Mama. So she writes letters to Oma - lots of them. She tells her she misses her and hopes the fighting is over soon. She tells her about Halloween, snow, mac n cheese dinners, and princess sleepovers. She tells her about the weird things Crazy Americans do, and how she just might be turning into a Crazy American herself.
One Half from the East
By Hashimi, Nadia
Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi's first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh - a preteen girl dressed as a boy.Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune, and her aunt has an idea to bring the family luck - dress Obayda, the youngest of four sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh.Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes. Their transformation won't last forever, though - unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure.Nadia Hashimi's first novel for adults, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, was a bestseller that shares a bacha posh character with One Half from the East.
Science of Music
By Kenney, Karen Latchana
In this engaging title, young readers learn about the form of energy that is sound! Sound waves and their wavelengths are discussed, as are the vibrations of molecules, acoustics, and how the ear interprets sound. These properties are illustrated by the making and hearing of music. Colorful infographics make decibels, amplitude, frequency, and ear anatomy easily accessible, and prominent contributors such as Ludwig van Beethoven are featured. A fun experiment with vibrations brings the science of sound to life! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The Denver Broncos Story
By Morey, Allan
Since the AFL and NFL merged, the Denver Broncos have won several championships including back-to-back Super Bowl games. This team has come a long way since the 1950s, when they wore second-hand uniforms! Tens of thousands of fans are on the season-ticket waiting list so they can see them play. Dont wait to learn more about the Denver Broncos in this action-packed book.
Birnbaum's 2017 Walt Disney World For Kids
By Guides, Birnbaum
In the 2017 edition of Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids, we'll tell young readers how to:-- Join the vacation-planning fun, with kid-friendly descriptions of all the theme park shows and attractions, including maps, photos, colorful illustrations, and more.-- Experience a whole new land at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park: Pandora-The World of AVATAR, featuring a thrilling attraction called AVATAR Flight of Passage. In it, guests of all ages fly on a Banshee over a vast alien world. -- Discover new theme park offerings-including Epcot's interactive sing-along with Frozen's Anna and Elsa and a high-flying new attraction called Soarin' Around the World; plus Animal Kingdom park's new spectacular called Rivers of Light. The nighttime show features live performances, floating lanterns, and swirling animal images on giant screens of water!-- Awaken the Force at Walt Disney World! Disney's Hollywood Studios is getting a new name and has a brand-new Star Wars seasonal event: Seasons of the Force. It offers kid-pleasing shows and entertainment-including a fireworks extravaganza with a Star Wars theme. The park also boasts a revised Star Tours -The Adventures Continue attraction (which incorporates characters from the blockbuster film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and a re-imagined Jedi Training Academy that introduces a new villain from the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels.-- See which attractions belong on many kid's "must-see" list."-- Meet favorite Disney characters and collect autographs from Mickey, Minnie, Anna, Elsa, Goofy and the gang-there are special autograph pages at the back of the book!-- Get advice from young Disney experts-kids like you. The book is filled with kid-written tips and attraction reviews.-- Hunt for dozens of Hidden Mickeys spread through all four Walt Disney World theme parks.-- Preserve magical memories in a special scrapbook section.
The Elders
By Iserles, Inbali
The second book in a thrilling fantasy trilogy starring one of the animal kingdoms most hunted heroes. Foxcraft is full of excitement and heart, and a touch of magic.Islas search for her missing brother, Pirie, has brought her to the vast Wildlands. The forest is a treacherous place for a fox cub, but Isla is talented in foxcraft -- ancient arts of cunning known only to her kind.Skilled though she is, Islas grasp of foxcraft is still new. And shes not alone... A cruel and mysterious fox stalks the forest, with the power to enslave others to his will. In order to survive, Isla must learn to trust in the rustic Wildlands foxes.But there are tales of others -- a council of Elders who are masters of foxcraft, and who warily guard its most potent secrets. If Isla wishes to master her gifts and find her brother, then the Elders may be her only hope.
Undocumented immigrants
By Small, Cathleen
This item is Non-Returnable.
Totally Amazing Facts About Creepy-Crawlies
By Nelson, Penelope
Curious kids will be enthralled with this dip-into and dip-out-of book loaded with quirky facts about creepy-crawlies. Even reluctant readers will be fascinated with the fun facts and eye-catching images and design on each page. Creepy-crawlies never looked so enticing!
Lydia the Reading Fairy
By Meadows, Daisy
It's time for Jack Frost to learn his lesson! Best friends Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker usually only get to spend vacations and holidays with each other. But for a special week, they'll both be going to the same school! It's a good thing the two friends are together. Jack Frost is causing trouble at the Fairyland School--and the School Day Fairies need help! Rachel and Kirsty can read Jack Frost like a book. They know he has Lydia's reading badge, and they want him to give it back!
Journey's End
By Hawkins, Rachel
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings us a riveting middle grade fantasy-adventure, perfect for fans of Lisa Graff. The town of Journey's End may not literally be at the end of the world, but it sure feels like it to Nolie Stanhope. Spending the summer with her scientist father in the tiny Scottish village isn't exactly Nolie's idea of a good time, but she soon finds a friend: native Journey's Ender Bel McKissick. While Nolie's father came to Journey's End to study the Boundary--a mysterious fog bank offshore--Bel's family can't afford to consider it a threat. The McKissick's livelihood depends on the tourists drawn by legends of a curse. Still, whether you believe in magic or science, going into the Boundary means you'll never come back. ... Unless you do. Albert Etheridge, a boy who disappeared into the Boundary in 1914, suddenly returns--without having aged a day and with no memory of the past hundred years. Then the Boundary starts creeping closer to the town, threatening to consume everyone within. While Nolie's father wants to have the village evacuated, Bel's parents lead the charge to stay in Journey's End. Meanwhile, Albert and the girls look for ways to stop the encroaching boundary, coming across an ancient Scottish spell that requires magic, a quest, and a sacrifice.