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Atoms and Molecules Experiments Using Ice, Salt, Marbles, and More: One Hour or Less Science Experiments

Robert Gardner · Enslow Pub Inc
Format: Print book

Waited until the last minute to get started? No problem! Each experiment in ATOMS AND MOLECULES EXPERIMENTS USING ICE, SALT, MARBLES, AND MORE follows the scientific method, and can be completed in an hour or less. Model a chemical reaction, discover how small a molecule is, and find out what...
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Sound in the Real World

Rita Milios · Core Library
Format: Paperback

Science is everywhere! Science in the Real World uses real-world examples to bring scientific concepts to life in an approachable way. Clearly-written text draws in readers with concrete examples involving familiar, everyday things. Theyll learn about electricity, energy, force, motion,...
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Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover

Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off: With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's...
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The turn of the tide

Rosanne Parry · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed author Rosanne Parry comes an exciting and tender friendship story about two cousins looking for their destiny.

On a beautiful day in June, the ground broke open.

In Japan, you're always prepared for an earthquake. That's why Kai knows just what...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Her Own Words

Nicole Shea · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Hardcover

For over 50 years, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most influential leaders of the women's rights movement of the 1800s. In this book, abundant with interesting photographs and images, readers are given a glimpse of Stanton's public and personal life through her own writings....
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Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Stink Spectacular

Luke Sharpe · Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Billy Sure, twelve-year-old inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc., adds espionage to his resume in the second book of a hilarious middle grade series!Billy Sure is many things: CEO of Sure Things, Inc., a sleepwalking seventh-grader, and now he's adding spy to the list! When Billy finds...
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A Bone to Pick

Daphne Maple · Harpercollins Childrens B
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

What's better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple,...

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Andrew Jackson: Heroic Leader or Cold-hearted Ruler?

Nel Yomtov · Capstone Press
Format: Paperback

President and war hero. Slave owner and Indian killer. Andrew Jackson has been called many names throughout history. But who was the real Andrew Jackson? Explore Jacksons life leading up to the Trail of Tears. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or a villain.
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Turtle Boy

M. Evan Wolkenstein · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

This middle-grade debut, which will surely appeal to fans of Wonder, explores self-image, friendship, and grief while highlighting the importance of taking chances. It will make you laugh and cry, and you will be eager to share it with someone you love. Seventh grade is not going well for Will...
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Rebound

Kwame Alexander · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding

"From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, a dynamic novel in verse and companion to his Newbery Award-winner, The Crossover, illustrated with striking graphic novel panels. Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father...
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