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Author
Series
Publisher
Advance Pub
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the African American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.
Author
Series
Publisher
Advance Pub
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Advance Pub
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The life of the woman who graduated from college with honors and traveled around the world on behalf of the physically handicapped even though she had been blind and deaf since early childhood.
Author
Series
Publisher
Advance Pub
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket think a caterpillar is too ugly to be their friend, but Annie the ant insists that something beautiful might be inside.
5) Plough
Author
Language
English
Description
In this daring exploration of primeval consciousness, Marcus Cornelius has seemingly managed to convey the unknowable. In an achievement of literary genius, he has given extraordinary expression to an inchoate time before history. The inspired prose flows with a richly dense imagery containing astonishingly eloquent passages that are demanding and uncompromising. One finishes Plough enlightened and changed, led to the deepest reaches of the psyche,...
6) Another Pan
Author
Series
Another series volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
393 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While attending an elite prep school where their father is a professor, Wendy and John Darling discover a book which opens the door to other worlds, to Egyptian myths long thought impossible, and to the home of an age-old darkness.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Survival! The oldest bird in the world had survived plastic pollution, longline fishing, and lead poisoning. But in 2011, she faced one of her hardest challenges: the Japanese tsunami.
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck off the shore of Japan sending a tsunami wave west to overrun Tōhoku, Japan. It killed thousands and destroyed a nuclear plant. But it also sent a tsunami wave east toward Midway Island.
Scientists knew the tsunami was coming,...
8) Harvest
Author
Language
English
Description
Book 1 (Plough) followed an exiled individuals search for inner coherence in an incoherent and violent world more than 1000 years ago. Book 2 (Growth) witnessed the establishment of a sustainable harmony between a community and the land upon which they had lived for three or four centuries but within and beyond which community were the seeds of its own decay. Book 3 (Harvest) shows a far more developed and structured society, which comprises several...
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Arabic! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Arabic fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!" - Publisher
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a mother puma, an attempt to steal a chicken, she is caught in a trap and dies. The search is on for orphaned cubs. Will the scientists be able to find the cubs before their time runs out? In this "Biography in Text and Art," Harvill takes original photos as references to create accurate wildlife illustrations. These aren't generic cats, but one particular individual in detail. Pattison's careful research, vetted by scientists in the field, brings...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Amy and husband Paul are expecting their first baby. They want Amy's best friend Jack to be godfather, but having left London to 'find himself' he hasn't been heard from in months. When Jack suddenly turns up, things seem to fit nicely into place, but his motives for returning to Richmond aren't all altruistic. He has a plan, one which could put community hub Pickwicks Coffee Shop out of business, and potentially ruin a number of old friendships....
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Language
English
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Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels-a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back . . . again and again. 22000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the...
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Language
English
Description
What does an uptight scientist, a freewheeling veterinarian, a pirate wanna be, and a massive parrot have in common?
When Hemingway, the Green Wing Macaw that is her father's best friend and constant companion, shows up on her doorstep, Genevieve wants nothing more than to return him. He's messy, loud, and an irritating reminder of her wayward parent. However, her father has disappeared without a word, and she has no idea how to find him.
Reluctantly,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
The amazing voyage of Nefertiti, the Spidernaut
Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would simply float. No one knew if the spider could hunt in a weightless environment.
This nonfiction book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of Nefertiti,...
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Language
English
Description
Stalwart as ever, 16-year-old Mochizuki Touya heads off to the far eastern land of Eashen with his party in tow. For what purpose? The Matriarch of the Fairy Clan wishes to delve into some ancient ruins, of course! But it's never quite that simple for Touya and his friends, oh no. The party is thrust into the midst of a clash between the warlords Takeda Schingen and Tokugawa Ieyahsu, while a nefarious necromancer makes his move in the shadows... Throw...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
You resent her.You can't stand her.You might even hate her.But you don't know her at all.
Hope knows there's only one thing coming between her and her longtime crush: his girlfriend, Parker. She has to sit on the sidelines and watch as the perfect girl gets the perfect boy . . . because that's how the universe works, even though it's so completely wrong. Parker doesn't feel perfect. She knows if everyone knew the truth about her, they'd never be...
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Series
Language
English
Description
In this fast paced sequel to The Everything Box-the second entry in New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey's comedic supernatural series-chaos ensues when Coop and the team at DOPS steal a not-quite-dead and very lovesick ancient Egyptian mummy wielding some terrifying magic. Coop, a master thief sort of gone legit, saved the world from an ancient doomsday device-heroism that earned him a gig working for the Department of Peculiar Science,...
18) Finding Me
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Series
Language
English
Description
Angels and demons and sounds of love…
Falls Creek is a town where supernaturals live out in the open, but only select humans know their existence. Whether it's in the water or something more sinister, love has come to Falls Creek and nobody is immune.
Not even the incubus who spent a month in Hell. Before Colton Najex returns to Falls Creek, he asks for one favor-a taste of humanity.
That innocent wish takes Colton to New York City where he crosses...
19) Letting Go
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Series
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English
Description
A wraith and a human and a brush with death…
Falls Creek is a town where supernaturals live out in the open, but only select humans know their existence. Whether it's in the water or something more sinister, love has come to Falls Creek and nobody is immune.
Not even a cantankerous spirit relegated to the shadows. Yet, a horrific accident prompts the former Pretorian guard into action. Uraeleus never thought he'd save the life of a human. He especially...
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English
Description
If a bird began to recount a murder, who would believe it?
When Camille inherits Simon, and African Grey Parrot, from her deceased neighbor, the noisy, spoiled pet does just that. Simon retells the final moments of his formers owner's life, and Camille realizes that perhaps there was more to the mystery surrounding her neighbor's demise than everyone thought.
Suddenly wrapped up in a potential murder investigation, Camille has to balance the words...
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