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2) Mudshark
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Principal Wagner confidently deals with a faculty washroom crisis, a psychic parrot, and a terrorizing gerbil, but when sixty-five erasers go missing, he enlists the help of the school's best problem solver and lost item locator, twelve-year-old Lyle Williams, also known as Mudshark.
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Mister Max volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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"When Max's parents leave the country without him, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own--rather unusual--business"--
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In this book the author reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail, and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success. The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the...
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Max Einstein volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Max Einstein and a group of international geniuses use their creativity and curiosity to help solve some of the world's toughest problems with science.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Perfect for readers of How God Changes Your Brain, two researchers present over thirty brain exercises to help readers generate happiness and success, in business and in life. "This remarkable book translates state-of-the art neuroscience into practical techniques that rapidly promote personal transformation. If you want to double your happiness and your income, start using these powerful brain-changing exercises today!" -John Assaraf, New York Times...
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Pub. Date
20160601
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"What do you do with a problem? Especially one that follows you around and doesn't seem to be going away? Do you worry about it? Ignore it? Do you run and hide from it? This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared....
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Problim children volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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Seven siblings are forced by the destruction of their swamp home to move into their grandpa's mansion, but greedy neighbors plot to steal their secrets and place them in homes far away from each other.
12) Evergreen
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Pub. Date
2014.
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Determined to find the half-sister who was given away after her violent conception in the late-1930s Minnesota wilderness, Hux discovers that the neglected girl has grown up completely wild, causing Hux to fear that they cannot share family life.
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In this work the author, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, has brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book. He explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. He exposes the extraordinary capabilities,...
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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While celebrating his new promotion at his favorite restaurant, Paw and Claw, Mr. Maxwell orders the "live" mouse special and gets more than he bargained for when his dinner arrives with a little garnish--and quite an attitude!
17) Ouch!
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Pub. Date
2006
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Just as Hedgehog is entering her winter nest for a long nap, a falling apple gets stuck on her spiny back, and her friends' suggestions only lead to more trouble until Goat finds the perfect solution.