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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa...
42) Born a champion
Pub. Date
2021.
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One of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mickey Kelley, gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned MMA tournament.
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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time"--...
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Pub. Date
2021
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In Let's Learn Opposites, emergent readers learn the difference between opposites, such as wet and dry, hot and cold, and light and dark. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, ensuring reading success by making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once.
Let's Learn Opposites includes tools for teachers and caregivers as well as introductory...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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As people consider how to respond to a resurgence of racist, xenophobic populism, A Mouth Is Always Muzzled tells an extraordinary story of the ways art brings hope in perilous times. Weaving disparate topics from sugar and British colonialism to attacks on free speech and Facebook activism and traveling a jagged path across the Americas, Africa, India, and Europe, Natalie Hopkinson, former culture writer for the Washington Post and The Root,...
46) Fame
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The inspiring story of a group of dancers, singers, musicians, and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, each student must shine amidst the tumult of school work, deep friendships, budding romance, and self-discovery. Featuring over 15 minutes of thrilling dance footage you couldn't see in theaters. Bonus features included.
"...I'm...
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Bunjitsu Bunny volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Follows Isabel, the best bunjitsu artist in her class, as she makes friends, faces her fears, and more.
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Caraval volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
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"With lives, empires, and hearts hanging in the balance, Tella must decide if she's going to trust Legend or a former enemy. After uncovering a secret that upends her life, Scarlett will need to do the impossible. And Legend has a choice to make that will forever change and define him"--
It has been two months since the Fates were set free from a deck of cards, since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and since Tella discovered the boy she fell...
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Pub. Date
2021
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In Let's Learn Patterns, emergent readers learn to spot and identify patterns they see on everyday objects. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, ensuring reading success by making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once.
Let's Learn Patterns includes tools for teachers and caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as...
54) Asking for Help
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Pub. Date
2021
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
Show young readers where and when to ask for help: when something is too heavy or sharp, while in a pool, or while crossing a street. Pairs with the fiction title Help, Please!
55) Leading others
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"Model leadership behavior to early readers by showing how to share, how to listen, how to care, and how to give. Pairs with the fiction title Dev Makes a Card"--
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2012
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In the only book of its kind, now revised and updated with the latest research on the topic, veteran design consultant Peter L. Phillips offers the tools for success gained from nearly thirty years of developing corporate and brand identity programs. Readers will discover the most effective formats for design briefs, how to structure the best possible team, what distinguishes a great design brief from an adequate one, how to use the brief in project...
58) Tiger
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection and must use the ancient arts to avenge their grandmaster.
59) I got the rhythm
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Pub. Date
2014
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On a trip to the park with her mother, a young girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her and begins to move to the beat, finally beginning an impromptu dance in which other childen join her.
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