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Stolen

Christopher, Lucy.


Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed.
Date Published:2010

A-Z of careers & jobs


Previous ed.: 2007. Includes index. At head of title: The Times. Looks at numerous career opportunities, and describes the skills employers are looking for and the type of qualifications and training needed in order to succeed in a chosen career path.
Date Published:2008

Robert Fulton : Engineer and Inventor /

Rosenberg, Pam.


Discusses the life and work of the inventor who developed the steamboat and made it a commercial success.
Date Published:2003

Experiment with a plant's roots

Higgins, Nadia.,


Accompanying material. Title from Web page (viewed on February 2, 2017). Simple text and illustrations along with step-by-step instructions for several experiments help students understand the importance of a plant's roots.
Date Published:2015

Wash, wash, wash your hands

Mason, David I. A.


Includes glossary. A Capstone Interactive eBook. An interactive eBook with words and music to a children's song about why hand-washing keeps us healthy.
Date Published:2016

Sports' Most Memorable Characters

Gitlin, Marty.


Includes glossary, index and online resource (page 47). SportsZone. Abdo Digital eBook. Lib. Bdg. LCCN 2017910094. Harry Caray -- Dizzy Dean -- Mark Fidrych -- Evel Knievel -- Meadowlark Lemon -- John McEnroe -- Jim McMahon -- Chad Ochocinco -- Terrell Owens -- Max Patkin -- Clinton Portis -- Dennis Rodman -- The San Diego Chicken -- Bub Uecker -- Glossary -- Online resources -- More information -- Index -- About the author. School Library Journal, Series Made Simple, April 2018. Learn more about some of the biggest personalities in sports history. From Harry Caray to Dennis Rodman, each chapter highlights a clown, oddball, or controversial figure in major athletics.
Date Published:2018

Includes glossary, index and online resource (page 47). SportsZone. Abdo Digital eBook. Lib. Bdg. LCCN 2017910094. Harry Caray -- Dizzy Dean -- Mark Fidrych -- Evel Knievel -- Meadowlark Lemon -- John McEnroe -- Jim McMahon -- Chad Ochocinco -- Terrell Owens -- Max Patkin -- Clinton Portis -- Dennis Rodman -- The San Diego Chicken -- Bub Uecker -- Glossary -- Online resources -- More information -- Index -- About the author. School Library Journal, Series Made Simple, April 2018. Learn more about some of the biggest personalities in sports history. From Harry Caray to Dennis Rodman, each chapter highlights a clown, oddball, or controversial figure in major athletics.

Date Published:2018

Extreme engineering


Contains six articles in which scientists and journalists discuss scientific breakthroughs and possibilities in engineering, covering nanotechnology, the development of semisynthetic organs, electrodynamic tethers in space, and other topics.
Date Published:2007

Girl, serpent, thorn

Bashardoust, Melissa,


Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal starred, May 2020. Booklist starred, June 2020. Horn Book, July 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2020. "Soraya, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch, has lived eighteen years in the shadows but as her twin brother's wedding approaches, she faces choices with unimaginable consequences"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

The healing : a novel /

Odell, Jonathan, 1951-


Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Fiction, February 2013. Library Journal Starred, October 2011. Kirkus Review, January 2012. Granada, an old woman caring for a young girl who needs healing, tells her life story of being born a slave and being taken in as the plantation mistress's own child, relating her relationship with Polly Shine, a slave known as a healer who causes unrest across the plantation.
Date Published:2012

Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Fiction, February 2013. Library Journal Starred, October 2011. Kirkus Review, January 2012. Granada, an old woman caring for a young girl who needs healing, tells her life story of being born a slave and being taken in as the plantation mistress's own child, relating her relationship with Polly Shine, a slave known as a healer who causes unrest across the plantation.

Date Published:2012

Sammy Keyes and the wild things

Van Draanen, Wendelin.


While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.
Date Published:2007

Kit's wilderness

Almond, David, 1951-


Title from eBook information screen. "Random View Books"--Cover image. Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.
Date Published:2000

How Kate Warne saved President Lincoln : a story about the nation's first woman detective /

Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth,


In 1856, when Kate Warne went to see Allan Pinkerton, only men were detectives. But Kate convinced Allan to hire her for his detective agency. She explained that she could worm out secrets where men could not go-in disguise as a society lady! Kate Warne's most important mission would be to thwart a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the way to his inauguration.
Date Published:2016

Treasury of Greek mythology : classic stories of gods, goddesses, heroes & monsters /

Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-


Gaia, mother Earth -- Uranus, father heaven -- Cronus, Titan king -- Zeus, king of the gods -- Hestia, goddess of the hearth -- Poseidon, god of the seas -- Athena, goddess of wisdom -- Hades, god of the underworld -- Demeter, goddess of the harvest -- Apollo, god of music -- Artemis, goddess of the hunt -- Hera, goddess of marriage -- Hephaestus, god of metalworking -- Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty -- Hermes, messenger of the gods -- Ares, god of war -- Helios, Sun god -- Selene, goddess of the Moon -- Dionysus, god of wine -- Perseus, the ill-fated hero -- Orion, the hunter -- Heracles, the hero who became immortal -- Jason, wanderer of the seas -- Theseus, the king of Athens -- Helen, the lethal beauty. An introduction to some of the most prominent beings in the ancient Greek pantheon.
Date Published:2011

Gaia, mother Earth -- Uranus, father heaven -- Cronus, Titan king -- Zeus, king of the gods -- Hestia, goddess of the hearth -- Poseidon, god of the seas -- Athena, goddess of wisdom -- Hades, god of the underworld -- Demeter, goddess of the harvest -- Apollo, god of music -- Artemis, goddess of the hunt -- Hera, goddess of marriage -- Hephaestus, god of metalworking -- Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty -- Hermes, messenger of the gods -- Ares, god of war -- Helios, Sun god -- Selene, goddess of the Moon -- Dionysus, god of wine -- Perseus, the ill-fated hero -- Orion, the hunter -- Heracles, the hero who became immortal -- Jason, wanderer of the seas -- Theseus, the king of Athens -- Helen, the lethal beauty. An introduction to some of the most prominent beings in the ancient Greek pantheon.

Date Published:2011

Aurora rising

Kaufman, Amie.,


Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.
Date Published:2019

Austenland : a novel /

Hale, Shannon.


Jane Hayes' obsession with Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice kicks into high gear when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women.
Date Published:2007

Her mother's hope

Rivers, Francine, 1947-


The first in an epic two-book saga, this sweeping story explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters as each woman is forced to confront her faulty but well-meaning desire to help her daughter find her God-given place in the world. "Ambitious, strong-willed Marta Schneider leaves her home in rural Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century. She's determined to flee her abusive father, loving but weak mother, and the constraints placed on women. Meeting interesting characters all along her journey, she works her way to Canada. There she buys a boardinghouse and meets her match in Niclas Waltert, a German engineer with a farmer's heart. Through Marta's sharp elbows and the sweat of Niclas's brow, the family eventually arrives at an increasingly comfortable life in California's Central Valley. The second half of the story is told from the point of view of constitutionally timid daughter Hildemara Rose."--Publishers Weekly.
Date Published:2010

The first in an epic two-book saga, this sweeping story explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters as each woman is forced to confront her faulty but well-meaning desire to help her daughter find her God-given place in the world. "Ambitious, strong-willed Marta Schneider leaves her home in rural Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century. She's determined to flee her abusive father, loving but weak mother, and the constraints placed on women. Meeting interesting characters all along her journey, she works her way to Canada. There she buys a boardinghouse and meets her match in Niclas Waltert, a German engineer with a farmer's heart. Through Marta's sharp elbows and the sweat of Niclas's brow, the family eventually arrives at an increasingly comfortable life in California's Central Valley. The second half of the story is told from the point of view of constitutionally timid daughter Hildemara Rose."--Publishers Weekly.

Date Published:2010

Are you in the house alone?

Peck, Richard, 1934-


A sixteen-year-old girl with a steady boyfriend suddenly begins receiving threatening phone calls while she is babysitting and anonymous notes in her high school locker.
Date Published:2000

Click, clack, moo i love you

Cronin, Doreen.


Little Duck and all of her friends on the farm celebrate Valentine's Day by inviting a newcomer to join in the fun in this charming addition to the award-winning Click, Clack series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott winning team who brought you Click, Clack, Moo and Click, Clack, Surprise! It's Valentine's Day and on the farm that means a Valentine's party. Little Duck is wildly excited. She hangs balloons, streamers, sparkling lights, and hearts everywhere, and hand-makes a valentine for everyone. On top of a hill, a little fox hears the music from the party and follows Little Duck's many decorations to the barn...but foxes are not at all welcome on farms. The chickens stop dancing. The sheep stop dancing. The pigs stop dancing. The mice hustle off to hide. Will Little Fox ruin the dance? Or, perhaps, she's just what the party needs!
Date Published:2017

Little Duck and all of her friends on the farm celebrate Valentine's Day by inviting a newcomer to join in the fun in this charming addition to the award-winning Click, Clack series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott winning team who brought you Click, Clack, Moo and Click, Clack, Surprise! It's Valentine's Day and on the farm that means a Valentine's party. Little Duck is wildly excited. She hangs balloons, streamers, sparkling lights, and hearts everywhere, and hand-makes a valentine for everyone. On top of a hill, a little fox hears the music from the party and follows Little Duck's many decorations to the barn...but foxes are not at all welcome on farms. The chickens stop dancing. The sheep stop dancing. The pigs stop dancing. The mice hustle off to hide. Will Little Fox ruin the dance? Or, perhaps, she's just what the party needs!

Date Published:2017

The agony house

Priest, Cherie.


A haunted old house, a killer ghost, and a long-lost comic come to life in another spectacular package of novel and comics from Cherie Priest, author of I Am Princess X . Denise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and step-dad. They left years ago after Hurricane Katrina and are back now, wagering the last of their family's money on fixing up an old, run-down house and converting it to a bed and breakfast. When the unexplained noises start, that seems a little weird. Same too for the fact that nothing seems to work around the house...even when it should. But when floors start collapsing suddenly and deadly objects fall everywhereâ€”and voices start speaking to Deniseâ€”she knows that something more sinister lies hidden. Could the answers lie in an old comic book that Denise finds in the abandoned attic...the lost last work of a famous artist who apparently lived here? Denise isn't going anywhere, so she must unravel the mystery, on the pages and off them, if she and her family are to survive...
Date Published:2018

A haunted old house, a killer ghost, and a long-lost comic come to life in another spectacular package of novel and comics from Cherie Priest, author of I Am Princess X . Denise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and step-dad. They left years ago after Hurricane Katrina and are back now, wagering the last of their family's money on fixing up an old, run-down house and converting it to a bed and breakfast. When the unexplained noises start, that seems a little weird. Same too for the fact that nothing seems to work around the house...even when it should. But when floors start collapsing suddenly and deadly objects fall everywhereâ€”and voices start speaking to Deniseâ€”she knows that something more sinister lies hidden. Could the answers lie in an old comic book that Denise finds in the abandoned attic...the lost last work of a famous artist who apparently lived here? Denise isn't going anywhere, so she must unravel the mystery, on the pages and off them, if she and her family are to survive...

Date Published:2018

Dogs

Furstinger, Nancy.


Different dogs -- Dog years -- Clever canines -- From the wild to the house -- Different dog jobs. "Learn more about dogs, how they use their cleverness to survive, and how they are astonishing scientists with their surprising smarts."--
Date Published:2014