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Maya Angelou : a biography of an award-winning poet and civil rights activist /

Agins, Donna Brown.


"Original edition published as Maya Angelou : diversity makes for a rich tapestry in 2006"--T.p. verso. In the spotlight -- Difficult years -- Days of change -- New paths -- On her way -- Exotic adventures -- Seeking her heritage -- Wandering -- Finding meaning -- In full swing -- The caged bird sings -- A national treasure. "Read about Maya Angelou's life: her upbringing, travels, civil rights work, and her writings"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

"Original edition published as Maya Angelou : diversity makes for a rich tapestry in 2006"--T.p. verso. In the spotlight -- Difficult years -- Days of change -- New paths -- On her way -- Exotic adventures -- Seeking her heritage -- Wandering -- Finding meaning -- In full swing -- The caged bird sings -- A national treasure. "Read about Maya Angelou's life: her upbringing, travels, civil rights work, and her writings"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2013

Homesick

Klise, Kate.


Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, November 2012. Publisher's Weekly, July 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Choice, April 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012. Kirkus Review, July 2012. Library Media Connection, January 2013. Benny's parents are getting divorced, his mom left and his father has become a hoarder, to make matters worse his hometown has been entered into a contest, and now the pressure is on to get the house cleaned up.
Date Published:2012

Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, November 2012. Publisher's Weekly, July 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Choice, April 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012. Kirkus Review, July 2012. Library Media Connection, January 2013. Benny's parents are getting divorced, his mom left and his father has become a hoarder, to make matters worse his hometown has been entered into a contest, and now the pressure is on to get the house cleaned up.

Date Published:2012

Tonight on the Titanic

Osborne, Mary Pope


"A stepping stone book." The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find the mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell.
Date Published:1999

ACT math prep course

Kolby, Jeff.


At head of title on cover: Nova's. "Comprehensive review ... practice ... diagnostic test"--Cover. Includes index. CONTENTS; ORIENTATION; Part One MATH; Substitution; Math Notes; Number Theory; Geometry; Coordinate Geometry; Elimination Strategies; Inequalities; Fractions & Decimals; Equations; Averages; Ratio & Proportion; Exponents & Roots; Factoring; Algebraic Expressions; Percents; Graphs; Word Problems; Sequences & Series; Counting; Probability & Statistics; Functions; Logarithms; Complex Numbers; Matrices; Trigonometry; Permutations & Combinations; Miscellaneous Problems; SUMMARY OF MATH PROPERTIES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST. Comprehensive Prep for ACT Math. Every year, students pay 1,000 and more to test prep companies to prepare for the math section of the ACT. Now you can get the same preparation in a book. Although the ACT math section is difficult, it is very learnable. ACT Math Prep Course presents a thorough analysis of ACT math and introduces numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the ACT but in college as well. Many of the exercises in this book are designed to prompt you to think like an ACT test writer. For example, you will find Duals. These are pairs of similar ACT math.
Date Published:2010

At head of title on cover: Nova's. "Comprehensive review ... practice ... diagnostic test"--Cover. Includes index. CONTENTS; ORIENTATION; Part One MATH; Substitution; Math Notes; Number Theory; Geometry; Coordinate Geometry; Elimination Strategies; Inequalities; Fractions & Decimals; Equations; Averages; Ratio & Proportion; Exponents & Roots; Factoring; Algebraic Expressions; Percents; Graphs; Word Problems; Sequences & Series; Counting; Probability & Statistics; Functions; Logarithms; Complex Numbers; Matrices; Trigonometry; Permutations & Combinations; Miscellaneous Problems; SUMMARY OF MATH PROPERTIES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST. Comprehensive Prep for ACT Math. Every year, students pay 1,000 and more to test prep companies to prepare for the math section of the ACT. Now you can get the same preparation in a book. Although the ACT math section is difficult, it is very learnable. ACT Math Prep Course presents a thorough analysis of ACT math and introduces numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the ACT but in college as well. Many of the exercises in this book are designed to prompt you to think like an ACT test writer. For example, you will find Duals. These are pairs of similar ACT math.

Date Published:2010

Ghosts and goblins : scary stories from around the world /

Pearson, Maggie, 1941-,


A lone traveler battles a ghost in a haunted house. A werewolf's bride is on the hunt to feed her husband dinner. A vampire waits outside a girl's window for the perfect moment to pounce. This collection of traditional tales and myths from cultures around the world looks at all things spooky. From magical to ridiculous, mysterious to terrifying, watch out for things that go boo in the night!
Date Published:2016

Perfect

Friend, Natasha, 1972-


Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own. Isabelle Lee has a problem, and it's not just Ape Face, her sister, or group therapy for an eating disorder, or even that her father died and her mother is depressed and in denial. It's that Ashley, the most popular girl in school, is inviting Isabelle to join her at lunch and at sleepovers at her house, and this is presenting Isabelle with a dilemma. Pretty Ashley has moved Isabelle up the social ladder, but is it worth keeping the secret they share? Caught in the orbit of popularity and appearances, Isabelle must navigate a world with mixed messages, false hopes, and potentially harmful turns, while coping with her own flailing family and emotions. The author brings a depth of characterization, humor, and a real adolescent's voice to this multileveled story about the desire to be perfect in an imperfect world.
Date Published:2004

Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own. Isabelle Lee has a problem, and it's not just Ape Face, her sister, or group therapy for an eating disorder, or even that her father died and her mother is depressed and in denial. It's that Ashley, the most popular girl in school, is inviting Isabelle to join her at lunch and at sleepovers at her house, and this is presenting Isabelle with a dilemma. Pretty Ashley has moved Isabelle up the social ladder, but is it worth keeping the secret they share? Caught in the orbit of popularity and appearances, Isabelle must navigate a world with mixed messages, false hopes, and potentially harmful turns, while coping with her own flailing family and emotions. The author brings a depth of characterization, humor, and a real adolescent's voice to this multileveled story about the desire to be perfect in an imperfect world.

Date Published:2004

Galileo's leaning tower experiment : a science adventure /

Macdonald, Wendy (Wendy Margaret)


Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, June 2009. Booklist, February 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Kirkus Review, January 2009. Library Media Connection, October 2009. Galileo, having observed a young boy dropping food from a bridge into his uncle's boat, conducts several experiments to study gravity.
Date Published:2009

Dreams come to life : an original novel /

Kress, Adrienne,


An all-new official, original novel from the twisted world of the hit horror video game, Bendy and the Ink Machine!Seventeen-year-old Buddy Lewek has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he's sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio. Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world unlike anything Buddy has ever seen before. There's the colorful cast of the studio, from the cranky, yet driven composer Sammy Lawrence to the cheerful voice actress Allison Pendle to Dot, the writing intern and Buddy's counterpart. After his first glamorous studio party, Buddy starts to think that maybe it's really as simple as Mister Drew says: Dreams do come true. But not everything at the studio is as picture-perfect as it seems... Something is going bump in the night at Joey Drew Studios, something that leaves behind trails of thick, dark ink. While the studio frantically works toward their latest deadline, Buddy and Dot team up to find out just what is tormenting the studio after-hours, even if it means tracking the trail to Mister Drew himself.Don't miss this official pulse-pounding story from award-winning author Adrienne Kress!
Date Published:2019

An all-new official, original novel from the twisted world of the hit horror video game, Bendy and the Ink Machine!Seventeen-year-old Buddy Lewek has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he's sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio. Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world unlike anything Buddy has ever seen before. There's the colorful cast of the studio, from the cranky, yet driven composer Sammy Lawrence to the cheerful voice actress Allison Pendle to Dot, the writing intern and Buddy's counterpart. After his first glamorous studio party, Buddy starts to think that maybe it's really as simple as Mister Drew says: Dreams do come true. But not everything at the studio is as picture-perfect as it seems... Something is going bump in the night at Joey Drew Studios, something that leaves behind trails of thick, dark ink. While the studio frantically works toward their latest deadline, Buddy and Dot team up to find out just what is tormenting the studio after-hours, even if it means tracking the trail to Mister Drew himself.Don't miss this official pulse-pounding story from award-winning author Adrienne Kress!

Date Published:2019

Mouse vs wild

Stilton, Geronimo.


When you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse adventure! Trap had finally talked me into taking a relaxing vacation. But it turned out it wouldn't just be given to me. We were going to have to win it! I was on my way to Port Stinky to win a race against the wild. Could I stand the smell long enough to win?
Date Published:2022

George Lopez : Latino king of comedy /

Guzman, Lila, 1952-


"Enslow Elementary." Explores the life of Latino comedian and actor George Lopez, including his childhood and family, his path to success as a comedian, and his charitable work in the community.
Date Published:2009

Dearly, departed

Habel, Lia.


"A Del Rey hardcover original." In the year 2195 when society is technologically advanced but follows the social mores of Victorian England, recently orphaned Nora Dearly is left at the mercy of her domineering, social-climbing aunt, until she is nearly kidnapped by zombies and falls in with a group of mysterious, black-clad commandos.
Date Published:2011

Tek

McDonnell, Patrick, 1956-,


OverDrive (READ) format features optional read-along narration. Caveboy Tek is obsessed with his electronic devices and ignores the world around him, until his family and friends hatch a plan to get him to unplug.
Date Published:2016

One crazy summer : One crazy summer series, book 1 /

Williams-Garcia, Rita


Unabridged. Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecile, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecile gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance. Cecile's cold, unloving attitude leaves the girls wishing for the mother-daughter connection they've never had. But Cecile acts remarkably different after she sees her daughters at the Black Panther rally, where they recite a poem Cecile herself had written. At that point, Cecile's attitude toward her daughters begins a remarkable change. Rita Williams-Garcia has been a finalist for the National Book Award, and her novel One Crazy Summer was recognized as a New York Times Editor's Choice. Narrator Sisi Aisha Johnson relates the story with the refreshing honesty of a tale told through young Delphine's innocent eyes. "With memorable characters . and a powerful story, this is a book well worth reading and rereading."-School Library Journal, starred review.
Date Published:2010

Unabridged. Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecile, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecile gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance. Cecile's cold, unloving attitude leaves the girls wishing for the mother-daughter connection they've never had. But Cecile acts remarkably different after she sees her daughters at the Black Panther rally, where they recite a poem Cecile herself had written. At that point, Cecile's attitude toward her daughters begins a remarkable change. Rita Williams-Garcia has been a finalist for the National Book Award, and her novel One Crazy Summer was recognized as a New York Times Editor's Choice. Narrator Sisi Aisha Johnson relates the story with the refreshing honesty of a tale told through young Delphine's innocent eyes. "With memorable characters . and a powerful story, this is a book well worth reading and rereading."-School Library Journal, starred review.

Date Published:2010

The Bad Guys in intergalactic gas

Blabey, Aaron.


The bad news? The world is ending. The good news? The Bad Guys are back to save it! Sure, they might have to "borrow" a rocket. And there might be something nasty in one of the spacesuits. And Mr. Piranha miiiight have eaten too many bean burritos. Surviving this mission may only be one small step for man, but it's one giant leap for the Bad Guys.
Date Published:2017

Tonight on the Titanic

Osborne, Mary Pope


The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell.
Date Published:1999

Dog Man : fetch-22 /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Petey the Cat is out of jail, and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey's reevaluated what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop fighting like cats and dogs long enough to put their paws together and work as a team? They need each other now more than ever -- Li'l Petey (and the world) is counting on them!
Date Published:2019

Ungifted

Korman, Gordon


Booklist, July 2012. Kirkus Review, June 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2012. Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Date Published:2012

Meet me in horrorwood : A geronimo stilton adventure /

Stilton, Geronimo.


This NEW Geronimo Stilton series spinoff stars spooky, silly Creepella von Cacklefur!Gorgo, the monster in Cacklefur Castle's moat, is in love with the famouse monster movie star Blobbina. When Creepella helps Gorgo write Blobbina a love letter, they discover that Blobbina has disappeared! Creepella heads to Horrorwood to search for the missing monster, but will she be able to find her?
Date Published:2011

One morning in Maine

McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003.


Wilson's Children, November 1996. School Library Journal starred. Booklist. Horn Book. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). Its a big day for Sally when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.
Date Published:1980

The Yawns are coming!

Eliopoulos, Christopher, 1983-


Two best friends have big plans for their sleepover. They aren't going to go to bed at all--they'll stay up playing all night long. But then it happens: The YAWNS show up! And as much as they try to outrun and hide from them, it's no use: The Yawns catch them. Maybe they could keep going anyway, but then a DOZE arrives ... followed by the dreaded SNORES. Will our heroes escape the SLEEPIES?
Date Published:2020