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Hail! Hail! Camp Dragononka!

McMullan, Kate


"Summer super special"--Cover. When the gold-hungry headmaster of Dragon Slayers' Academy realizes that he can make money running a summer camp, Camp Dragononka is born, but there is something not quite right about the activities and the setting.
Date Published:2006

I yam a donkey!

Bell, Cece.


Horn Book Starred, May 2015. Pub Weekly, April 2015. Booklist, May 2015. Horn Book, October 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2015. Library Media Connection, October 2015. Confusion abounds when a poorly spoken donkey says to a grammarian yam, "I Yam a Donkey!"
Date Published:2015

Florida panthers : struggle for survival /

Caper, William.


Horn Book, April 2008. Library Media Connection, February 2008. Examines efforts by conservationists to save the Florida panther from extinction.
Date Published:2008

Downloading music


A diversity of opinions on the topic of downloading music are presented, including both conservative and liberal points of view.
Date Published:2007

The U.S. Army in World War II

Benoit, Peter, 1955-,


Discusses how the millions of men who served in the U.S. military during World War II were trained, what methods they used to battle enemies, and what life was like for the soldiers overseas.
Date Published:2015

Junie B., first grader : toothless wonder /

Park, Barbara


"A Stepping Stone book." School Library Journal, December 2002. Booklist, November 2002. New York Times, May 2003. Kirkus Review, September 2002. Junie B. Jones learns some interesting things about the Tooth Fairy when she becomes the first student in Room One to lose an upper tooth.
Date Published:2002

Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy /

Russell, Rachel Renée.,



Date Published:2016

Christian, the hugging lion

Richardson, Justin, 1963-


Wilson's Children, September 2011. School Library Journal, June 2010. Publisher's Weekly, April 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Library Media Connection, August 2010. When Ace and John find a lion cub for sale at Harrods department store, they buy him, name him Christian, and the three live happily for a year in a London apartment, but eventually Christian grows too big and they must let him go to live the life of a wild cat. Based on a true story; includes an author's note.
Date Published:2010

Wilson's Children, September 2011. School Library Journal, June 2010. Publisher's Weekly, April 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Library Media Connection, August 2010. When Ace and John find a lion cub for sale at Harrods department store, they buy him, name him Christian, and the three live happily for a year in a London apartment, but eventually Christian grows too big and they must let him go to live the life of a wild cat. Based on a true story; includes an author's note.

Date Published:2010

The midnight curse

Falcone, L. M. (Lucy M.), 1951-


Booklist, May 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Library Media Connection, May 2010. Resource Links, April 2010. Eleven-year-old Charlie and his twin sister Lacey, having traveled to England to claim an inheritance from their late great-uncle, learn they have until midnight to solve the mystery of a family curse that could spell doom for Charlie.
Date Published:2010

V-22 Ospreys

Alvarez, Carlos, 1968-


The V-22 in action -- Vertical take-off and landing aircraft -- Weapons and features -- V-22 missions. "Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about V-22 Ospreys. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2010

Paintball punk

Tulien, Sean.


Chester Coyote is a talented paintball player, but his best friend and team captain, Cora Ramirez, finds that Chester will not follow her orders and is turning the rest of the team against her, alienating his friends and risking the state paintball championship.
Date Published:2011

Washington, D.C

Moussavi, Sam.


EPIC Escape. EPIC Press eBook. Youth Services Book Review, October 2015. When "Hoop City" High head coach Tony Wilson gets cancer, Julius Dunbar, an unknown coaching circles, is chosen by the athletic director to take over the team. Can coach Dunbar carry on coach Wilson's legacy and write a new chapter in the school's rich history?
Date Published:2016

Stanley in space

Brown, Jeff, 1926-2003.


Description based on print version record. When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.
Date Published:2010

Pigs and hogs

Otfinoski, Steven


A misunderstood animal -- A hearty appetite -- Sows and piglets -- Pig troubles -- Pigs and people. Offers children an overview of the anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet of pigs.
Date Published:2010

Corydon & the island of monsters

Druitt, Tobias.


Pub Weekly, February 2006. Kirkus Starred, January 2006. Booklist, February 2006. Horn Book, October 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2006. Library Media Connection, August 2006. Corydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, learns that he is part of an old prophecy and joins forces with Medusa and other "monsters" known in Greek mythology in a confrontation with mortal heroes fighting for the Olympian gods.
Date Published:2006

Pub Weekly, February 2006. Kirkus Starred, January 2006. Booklist, February 2006. Horn Book, October 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2006. Library Media Connection, August 2006. Corydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, learns that he is part of an old prophecy and joins forces with Medusa and other "monsters" known in Greek mythology in a confrontation with mortal heroes fighting for the Olympian gods.

Date Published:2006

Alien feast

Simmons, Michael, 1970-


In 2017, human-eating aliens have kidnapped two scientists who might cure the disease that is destroying them, and twelve-year-old William Aitkin, his elderly, ailing Uncle Maynard, and the scientists' daughter, Sophie, set out to rescue them.
Date Published:2009

The danger

Korman, Gordon


"An Apple paperback." Four adolescents try to raise a British ship which sank in the Caribbean in 1665 with a cargo of gold on board. However, they cannot trust anyone not even themselves.
Date Published:2003

The snow baby

Hillert, Margaret


Two children play in the snow and find a furry surprise.
Date Published:2007

The body-snatcher

Goodwin, Vincent.


Includes glossary. Graphic Planet. "Based upon the works of Robert Louis Stevenson." Abdo Digital eBook. The body-snatcher -- About the author -- Additional works -- Glossary -- Web sites. In this graphic retelling of a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, a young medical student in nineteenth century Edinburgh accepts corpses for dissection that were stolen from fresh graves--until one day he recognizes the corpse as a friend who was murdered.
Date Published:2014

Includes glossary. Graphic Planet. "Based upon the works of Robert Louis Stevenson." Abdo Digital eBook. The body-snatcher -- About the author -- Additional works -- Glossary -- Web sites. In this graphic retelling of a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, a young medical student in nineteenth century Edinburgh accepts corpses for dissection that were stolen from fresh graves--until one day he recognizes the corpse as a friend who was murdered.

Date Published:2014

Race relations in America : a reference guide with primary documents /

Davis, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph)


Constituting the republic : who counted as what? -- A trail of tears : Indian removal from east to west -- Nat's rebellion : slaves and America's future -- War with Mexico :race, borders, and Manifest Destiny -- Civil War : slavery and emancipation in black and white -- After slavery?: reconstruction and segregation -- Geronimo! : ending the Indian wars -- Yellow peril : anti-Asian animus from exclusion to internment -- From nadir to new Negro : segregation, migration, and the New Deal -- "To secure these rights" : from desegregation to long, hot summers -- Wounded Knee again : the new Indian, reservations, and casinos -- Affirmative action and "reverse discrimination" backlash -- Race on trial in the 1990s -- At the border again? : new immigrants and old worries -- From Teheran to Baghdad : facing race with Arabs and Muslims. Choice, December 2006. Library Media Connection, January 2007. A series of over ninety primary documents that offers evidence of how race has shaped American society throughout its history with narrative overviews of such events as the "Trail of Tears," the war with Mexico and Manifest Destiny, segregation, and the Civil Rights movement.
Date Published:2006

Constituting the republic : who counted as what? -- A trail of tears : Indian removal from east to west -- Nat's rebellion : slaves and America's future -- War with Mexico :race, borders, and Manifest Destiny -- Civil War : slavery and emancipation in black and white -- After slavery?: reconstruction and segregation -- Geronimo! : ending the Indian wars -- Yellow peril : anti-Asian animus from exclusion to internment -- From nadir to new Negro : segregation, migration, and the New Deal -- "To secure these rights" : from desegregation to long, hot summers -- Wounded Knee again : the new Indian, reservations, and casinos -- Affirmative action and "reverse discrimination" backlash -- Race on trial in the 1990s -- At the border again? : new immigrants and old worries -- From Teheran to Baghdad : facing race with Arabs and Muslims. Choice, December 2006. Library Media Connection, January 2007. A series of over ninety primary documents that offers evidence of how race has shaped American society throughout its history with narrative overviews of such events as the "Trail of Tears," the war with Mexico and Manifest Destiny, segregation, and the Civil Rights movement.

Date Published:2006