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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages : photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain. Twenty-nine days into the trip, while out hiking alone, Alex is attacked by a barren-ground grizzly. Left for dead, he wakes to find that his summer adventure has become...
Author
Publisher
Independently Published
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
203 pages : 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover how to navigate the most exciting part of your teenage life without all the awkwardness.
Do you have questions about sex that you’re too shy to ask your parents?
Are you in the thrilling beginnings of a teenage romance and don’t want to mess it up?
Would you like to know more about dating and sex so you can make the right decisions for yourself?
Being a teenager can be a difficult adjustment period as you transition from childhood to...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents"--
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First printing.
Physical Desc
185 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
With a few glowing pixels, an electronic display, and a joystick, a "d-pad," or even just the touch screen of your smartphone, you can immerse yourself in other worlds and make all the right moves to level up or blunder into a death trap where it's instantly "Game Over." How did we get from primitive yet compelling games like Pong to the reality-hijacking Pokemon Go app, which sent people all over the globe stumbling around their neighborhoods in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Learn about identities, true histories, and anti-racism in twenty [lessons]. This book is written so young people will feel empowered to stand up to the adults in their lives. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are many careers to choose from within the world of math. Using the unique personality tests in this book, you can learn more about yourself, your skills, and your likes and dislikes so that you can discover what math career might suit you"--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
196 pages : photographs ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Stonewall Riots were a series of violent and chaotic demonstrations that lasted over several days and are today seen as the start of the modern LGBTQ+ movement. They began on June 28, 1969, when the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village in New York City. Many people were involved in and affected by the riots, but what exactly happened early in the morning on June 28?
The Stonewall Riots brings the uprising into perspective...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are many careers to choose from within the world of computer science. Using the unique personality tests in this book, you can learn more about yourself, your skills, and your likes and dislikes so that you can discover what computer science career might suit you"--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are many careers to choose from within the world of healthcare. Using the unique personality tests in this book, you can learn more about yourself, your skills, and your likes and dislikes so that you can discover what healthcare career might suit you"--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Becoming part of a gang happens, but how does it feel when it happens to you? Being part of a gang is a dangerous and life-changing experience that happens to thousands of young people every year. Discover what it is like to be a gang member through the heartfelt stories of survivors. Learn how it "happened to them," read their journeys to freedom, and find out more about what causes young people to join gangs in this open, sensitive, and informative...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are many careers to choose from within the world of business. Using the unique personality tests in this book, you can learn more about yourself, your skills, and your likes and dislikes so that you can discover what business career might suit you"--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are many careers to choose from within the world of science. Using the unique personality tests in this book, you can learn more about yourself, your skills, and your likes and dislikes so that you can discover what science career might suit you"--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are many careers to choose from within the world of science. Using the unique personality tests in this book, you can learn more about yourself, your skills, and your likes and dislikes so that you can discover what science career might suit you"--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Feminist organizing by marginalized populations such as queer, anticapitalist, and non-white women, has pushed for abolition as a response to forms of state and interpersonal gender and sexual violence, but have largely been erased from this political moment. Leading scholar-activists trace historical genealogies, internationalist learnings, and everyday practices to grow our collective present and future that don't include police or new jails.
Author
Publisher
Independently published
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
164 pages : 22 cm ;
Language
English
Description
The envelope just arrived…
…and it contains the exam results.
What does your future hold?
Your exams matter: the key to a great college, a great career, getting on and up in your career. You’ve had your nose in the books for months to be ready. Yet few students achieve their best scores possible. Memory lapses, silly errors, timing issues, nerves. How do you know you can deliver on test day?
It’s time to take your exam scores to new heights.
It’s...
Author
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Second Edition, Updated Edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Every four years, coverage of the presidential elections turns into a horse-race story about who is leading, and who said what then. Fleischer explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become involved-- not just this year, but for years to come. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Medikidz, a team of superheroes representing body systems and functions, explain in graphic novel format the symptoms, causes, and treatment of type 1 diabetes.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
2nd American ed.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Collects annotated photographs and descriptions of over 300 species of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids, such as mayflies, bees, isopods, scorpions, and spiders.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what's happening to the world's water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages : photographs ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jayden wakes up to a flooded bedroom. Drought is driving Jamie off her native land. Isaac, Sahara, Miriam, and Aji gasp for breath as wildfire smoke fills the air. Nathan worries about Alaska sinking as permafrost thaws all around him. Jacob and Alex watch drought destroy their families' farms. Avery's favorite swimming spots are drying up. And eight-year-old Levi's home will be swallowed by rising seas in his lifetime.
The U.S. government knew all...