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4521) Big Nate blasts off
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 8
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
With a new crush, and the annual Mud Bowl coming up, can Nate make a good impression without slipping up? With more detentions than he can count, Nate is in DEEP in Big Nate Blasts Off! When Nate submits a mocking cartoon of Randy Betancourt - winner of PS 38's 'most likely to mop the floor with someone else's face' award - to the school paper, tensions between the two are on the rise. After Randy jumps Nate the boys are caught in a fight by the Principle...
Author
Series
Silent voice volume 5
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Despite their tense pasts, Shoya begins to embrace the friend group that used to terrorize Shoko because she couldn't hear. Now that summer vacation is in full swing, the crew can work together to film Tomohiro's eccentric movie. Each fun-filled day lazily passes by, but doubt tugs at Shoya's heavy heart and he is desperate to cling on to meaningful moments before they are gone...
Author
Series
Silent voice volume 4
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?"--provided from Amazon.com....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mimi is not having a good day. She can't get her pigtails to sit right, she's not in the mood for her favorite breakfast, and she's far from feeling like her usual self... Mimi has a case of the Blahs, where nothing feels quite right. So with the help of Penelope, her magical toy dog and best friend, she sets out to find a way to get rid of this icky feeling"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base by sharing tips for living a better life while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own. Each chapter begins with a specific lie Hollis once believed that left her feeling overwhelmed, unworthy, or ready to give up. As a working mother, a former foster parent, and a woman who has dealt with insecurities about her body...
4528) Les Misérables
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Henry's discovery of the many ways he can be kind will inspire young readers to use the simple mindfulness practices taught in this book to develop their own capacities for kindness. Ms. Snowden and her class practice sending kind thoughts to the people they love, and they launch a class Kindness Project. There is only one problem: Henry can't think of one kind thing he has done. Declaring that kindness is stupid, he stomps to the classroom door...
4531) Cirque du Freak: 1
Author
Series
Cirque du Freak the manga volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Sammy never tattles. But what will he do when his best friend is bullied and targeted for a beatdown after school? Will Sammy save his friend by seeking help or will he be too scared to report the threat because he doesn't want to be known as the class snitch?--Publisher.
4533) Llegó la Navidad, David!
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Christmas has arrived with so many rules to follow that David fears his mistakes will cause Santa to pass him by.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
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Description
Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the Fun Home. It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
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Description
"The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist - together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans - discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction...
4539) A small kindness
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
It was like a game of tag, with one small act of kindness spreading throughout a small community of kids and teachers alike.