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David Ortiz : World Series champion /

Nagelhout, Ryan.


Title proper from title frame. Introduction -- Growing Up Papi -- Going Pro -- Comebacks and Championships -- Three Titles and Counting -- Timeline -- Other Living Legends -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index. School Library Journal, November 2015. Explores the life of David Ortiz, including his childhood in the Dominican Republic, his many accomplishments, and his career as a professional baseball player.
Date Published:2016

Title proper from title frame. Introduction -- Growing Up Papi -- Going Pro -- Comebacks and Championships -- Three Titles and Counting -- Timeline -- Other Living Legends -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index. School Library Journal, November 2015. Explores the life of David Ortiz, including his childhood in the Dominican Republic, his many accomplishments, and his career as a professional baseball player.

Date Published:2016

Darkstalker

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


School Library Journal. Born into a divided heritage, Darkstalker is destined to become a powerful and dangerous dragon and it will take the combined efforts of Fatham and Clearsight to come up with a way to save all the kingdoms from his anger.
Date Published:2017

Color of the sea

Hamamura, John.


Library Journal, January 2006. Publisher's Weekly, December 2005. Booklist, March 2006. Kirkus Review, February 2006. Sam's pain over losing the love of his life when her parents take her back to Japan is overshadowed when he is drafted by the U.S. Army and sent to Japan on a secret mission that forces Sam to choose between his loyalties to America and loyalties to his heritage.
Date Published:2006

Lemony Snicket

Wheeler, Jill C., 1964-


Frighteningly honest -- The not-so-bad beginning -- College in Connecticut -- Unlikely children's author -- Introducing Lemony Snicket -- Surprising success -- Mr. Snicket's "representative" -- Movie time -- Man of many talents. This biography traces Lemony Snicket's childhood, education, and career, what inspired him to write, and how he came up with story ideas.
Date Published:2006

Mission Manhattan

Ponti, James,


The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist.
Date Published:2025

Ocean food webs in action

Fleisher, Paul


Title from Web page (viewed on October 3, 2013). Describes how the plants and animals of the ocean serve as food for each other.
Date Published:2014

Princess Academy

Hale, Shannon.


Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, October 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. Kirkus Starred, July 2005. Booklist, June 2005. Horn Book, April 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2005. Teacher Librarian, October 2006. While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
Date Published:2005

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, October 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. Kirkus Starred, July 2005. Booklist, June 2005. Horn Book, April 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2005. Teacher Librarian, October 2006. While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

Date Published:2005

The loners

Thomas, Lex.


School Library Journal, June 2012. Booklist starred, May 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2012. When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarantine.
Date Published:2012

1001 funniest things ever said


Includes index. A collection of 1001 quotes, quips, and jokes from comedians, sports and political figures, literary greats, children, and unknown grownups.
Date Published:2006

Communication smarts : how to express yourself best in conversations, texts, e-mails, and more /

Donovan, Sandra, 1967-


Discusses the many ways teens communicate and the unwritten rules for each form of communication.
Date Published:2013

A mad, wicked folly

Biggs, Sharon, 1966-


Booklist starred, January 2014. Kirkus Review, November 2013. School Library Journal starred, February 2014. In 1909 London, as the world of debutante balls and high society obligations closes in around her, seventeen-year-old Victoria must figure out just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.
Date Published:2014

Matrix reloaded


Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003. "Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container. Disc one includes feature film. Disc two includes production featurettes, video game preview, trailer, MTV movie awards clip, and DVD-ROM features. DVD-ROM features include Weblinks. Amid a wave of humans waking up from their 'Matrix' imposed sleep, the machines have discovered the location of Zion and send a massive army of Sentinels to exterminate the human resistance once and for all.
Date Published:2003

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003. "Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container. Disc one includes feature film. Disc two includes production featurettes, video game preview, trailer, MTV movie awards clip, and DVD-ROM features. DVD-ROM features include Weblinks. Amid a wave of humans waking up from their 'Matrix' imposed sleep, the machines have discovered the location of Zion and send a massive army of Sentinels to exterminate the human resistance once and for all.

Date Published:2003

Dear Universe

Gonsalves, Florence,


School Library Journal, March 2020. Publishers Weekly, April 2020. Booklist, March 2020. Kirkus Review, March 2020. "Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and hospital volunteer who helps her understand both worlds as one"--
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, March 2020. Publishers Weekly, April 2020. Booklist, March 2020. Kirkus Review, March 2020. "Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and hospital volunteer who helps her understand both worlds as one"--

Date Published:2020

When the world was ours

Kessler, Liz.


"Inspired by a true story"--Cover. Three young friends-Leo, Elsa, and Max-spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe-to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland-will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to?
Date Published:2021

Grace and the Fever

Romanoff, Zan.


In middle school, everyone was a Fever Dream fan. Now, a few weeks after her high school graduation, Grace Thomas sometimes feels like the only one who never moved on. She can t imagine what she d do without the community of online fans that share her obsession. Or what her IRL friends would say if they ever found out about it.
Date Published:2017

Against the tide

Sutherland, Tui T.


"Read the book. Unlock the game"--Cover. Horn Book. Conor, Abeke, Meilin and Rollan's perilous quest for talismans in a blue-water tropical paradise becomes more dangerous when they realize that one of their number is a traitor who has been revealing their locations to their enemies.
Date Published:2014

Edouard Manet : rebel in a frock coat /

Brombert, Beth Archer.


Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1996. Wilson's Public Library, May 1997. Library Journal, February 1996. Booklist starred, February 1996. Pub Weekly, December 1995. New York Times, March 1996. Kirkus Review, December 1995. Reference and Research Book News, August 1998. A biography of Edouard Manet, the nineteenth-century painter whose work marked the turning point between traditional and modern art, detailing his life and career in the artistically nurturing society of Paris.
Date Published:1997

Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1996. Wilson's Public Library, May 1997. Library Journal, February 1996. Booklist starred, February 1996. Pub Weekly, December 1995. New York Times, March 1996. Kirkus Review, December 1995. Reference and Research Book News, August 1998. A biography of Edouard Manet, the nineteenth-century painter whose work marked the turning point between traditional and modern art, detailing his life and career in the artistically nurturing society of Paris.

Date Published:1997

A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier /

Beah, Ishmael, 1980-


"Sarah Crichton Books." Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Voice of Youth Advocate, Ishmael Beah's memoir tells of his plight as a twelve-year-old soldier in Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s. Brought to a rehabilitation center sponsored by UNICEF at age fifteen, he becomes a spokesmen for the center's work until the war ultimately forces him to flee to the United States two years later.
Date Published:2007

The Christopher killer : a forensic mystery /

Ferguson, Alane


On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.
Date Published:2006

Managing employees

Thompson, Helen, 1957-


Explains how keeping employees happy, healthy, and working hard will lead to a successful business--as well as how to avoid problems with workers that can hurt a company.
Date Published:2014