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The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)
This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. Now a major motion picture from Disney, starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck.On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half. Wi... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1250044235
- ASIN: 1250044235
- ISBN: 1250044235
- Brand: Tougias Michael J
- Manufacturer: Square Fish
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))
A Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor WinnerAt the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonm... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0374300224
- ASIN: 0374300224
- ISBN: 0374300224
- Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
- Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a surv... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0547577311
- ASIN: 0547577311
- ISBN: 0547577311
- Brand: Clarion Books
- Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers
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Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
Discover the #1 bestselling middle-grade comic that inspired a major motion picture: Children's Choice Award winner James Patterson has never been more hilarious and heartwarming.Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever: to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class: 5,000 points! Running in the hallway: 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm: 50,000 points! But when Rafe's game starts to catch up with him, he'll have to decide if winni... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0316101699
- UPC: 000316101699
- ASIN: 0316101699
- ISBN: 0316101699
- Brand: Little Brown and Company
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science
Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE --- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is never heard from again. Find out how spectroscopy points to some probable explanations. Case Closed? examines these and six other mysteries from ancient and modern times. Accompanied by photos, maps, diagrams and illustrations, this book reveals how modern science shed... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1554533635
- ASIN: 1554533635
- ISBN: 1554533635
- Manufacturer: Kids Can Press
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Dance of the Broken
Passionately written by Jacob Grovey, 'Dance of the Broken' tells the poignant and inspirational story of a young black girl who dreams of being a ballerina, despite society's opinion that she's cut from the wrong cloth. Elise's story is a microcosm of the adversity and negative messages that plague the minds of millions of young girls; leaving them with the belief that their dreams are out of reach. But as Grovey proves through his narrative, every young woman is a powerhouse of potential, beauty and success.
- ASIN: 0991063368
- ASIN: 0991063368
- ISBN: 0991063368
- Manufacturer: Global Genius Society
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The Mansion Mystery: A Detective Story About ... (whoops - almost gave it away! Let's just say it's a children's mystery for preteen boys and girls, ages 9-12) (The Sen Kids)
Nick and Neel are playing cricket on the terrace of their ancestral home when they stumble across an old riddle written by someone identified only as Mrs -. Who is this mysterious lady? Where does the riddle lead? And is Neel simply the most annoying little brother ever? It will take all of Nick's ingenuity, Neel's quick-wittedness and maybe a teeny-tiny bit of help from rather unexpected quarters to crack this code! *** Customer Reviews *** "... it feels like the first book of a great detective book series in the making" "I like all the modern references with super good clues and twists. On t... [Read More]
- ASIN: 198315945X
- ASIN: 198315945X
- ISBN: 198315945X
- Manufacturer: Independently published
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
Read the #1 New York Times best-selling series before it continues in A Map of Days. Includes an excerpt from Hollow City and an interview with author Ransom Riggs A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he disc... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1594746036
- ASIN: 1594746036
- ISBN: 9781594746031
- Brand: Quirk Books
- Manufacturer: Quirk Books
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The House on Cooper Lane: Based on a True Story
It’s 1984 and all Bud Fisher wants to do is find a place to live in Madison Louisiana. With his dog Badger, they come across a beautiful old mansion that was converted into apartments.Something should have felt odd when he found out nobody lived in any of the apartments. To make matters worse, the owner is reluctant to let him rent one. Eventually he negotiates an apartment in the historic old house, but soon finds out that he’s not quite as alone as he thought. What ghostly secret has the owner failed to share?It’s up to Bud to unravel the mysteries of the upstairs apartments, but is he... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0989601234
- ASIN: 0989601234
- ISBN: 0989601234
- Manufacturer: Oliver Phipps
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Truthmarked (The Fatemarked Epic Book 2)
The Hundred Years War rages on, with tensions between kingdoms growing ever more strained.While Annise Gäric and her forces march on Castle Hill to retake the northern throne, her cousin, Rhea Loren, wages a naval war against Blackstone. Meanwhile, Roan Loren and Gwendolyn Storm struggle to breach the gnarled, vine-choked undergrowth of the Tangle in their quest to reach Knight's End and learn more of the true purpose of the fatemarked.In the south, a Calypsian empress is murdered, and her daughters fight to claim the empire and wage a civil war against their estranged fathe... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01MUR5CM4
- ASIN: B01MUR5CM4
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Be Confident in Who You Are (Middle School Confidential Series) (Bk. 1)
“Hey. We go to Milldale Middle School. We’re very different in lots of ways, but we’re all good friends. A couple months ago, we were just hanging out when these kids came over . . .” So begins the journey of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students just trying to figure it all out in middle school. Be Confident in Who You Are, the first book in the new Middle School Confidential series, follows these characters as they work to meet new challenges and survive the social scene—without losing sight of who they are. The book offers insider information on common middle ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1575423022
- ASIN: 1575423022
- ISBN: 1575423022
- Brand: Brand: Free Spirit Publishing
- Manufacturer: Free Spirit Publishing
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Bud, Not Buddy
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told hi... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0440413281
- ASIN: 0440413281
- ISBN: 0440413281
- Brand: Yearling Books
- Manufacturer: Yearling
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.
- ASIN: 0439903548
- ASIN: 0439903548
- ISBN: 9780439903547
- Brand: Scholastic Press
- Manufacturer: Scholastic Press
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Through the Fire: Based on a True Story About a Young Girl That Was Maliciously Burned in a House Fire
A childhood tragedy cost her more than she could've imagined, but it also gave a gift far worth more than she could've hoped for... Theresa holds nothing back as she retraces her traumatic childhood in the countryside of North Carolina in one of the most inspirational books you’ve read yet. Between unstable, alcoholic parents and the ever-present threat of emotional and physical neglect, Theresa never had the childhood every adult wished they could recall. After a horrible fire incident which left her unrecognizably scarred for life at age four, Theresa was left to deal with pain, despair an... [Read More]
- ASIN: 152078080X
- ASIN: 152078080X
- ISBN: 152078080X
- Manufacturer: Independently published
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Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy)
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1416905863
- ASIN: 1416905863
- ISBN: 1416905863
- Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know
This reference helps students in grades six to eight and includes verbs, nouns, and adjectives. Each word has a definition and pronunciation, and appears with at least one quotation taken from a book that middle
- UPC: 12553197
- Rating: 5.0
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The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey, Fiction, Western, Historical
The novel takes place ten years after events of Riders of the Purple Sage. The wall to Surprise Valley has broken and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage
- UPC: 54702651
- Rating: 4.25
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Not Much Just Chillin' : The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
An award-winning education reporter for the Washington Post takes readers on a harrowing tour of the middle school years, exploring issues of anxiety, conformity, and rebellion common to this age group. Reprint. 35,000 first
- UPC: 2582099
- Rating: 3.5
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Fires in the Middle School Bathroom : Advice for Teachers from Middle Schoolers
Following on the heels of the bestselling "Fires in the Bathroom," which brought the insights of high school students to teachers and parents, Cushman now turns her attention to the crucial and challenging middle grades,
- UPC: 11030856
- Rating: 2.0
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Middle School: Dog's Best Friend
"Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable--until Rafe spots his grandmother standing on the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. In order to help bring in more money, Rafe concocts a
- UPC: 52582405
- Rating: 4.0
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The Secret Sense of Wildflower - Southern Historical Fiction, Best Book of 2012
The story of Louisa May "Wildflower" McAllister whose life has been shaped around the recent death of her beloved father in a sawmill accident. While her mother hardens in her grief, Wildflower and her three
- UPC: 53392142
- Rating: 4.25
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A Gilgamesh Play for Teen Readers : A Tale of the First Myth & Legend of Ancient Mesopotamia for Middle & High Schoolers
A GILGAMESH PLAY FOR TEEN READERS
- UPC: 22555133
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Emma by Jane Austen, Fiction, Classics, Romance, Historical, Literary
Emma Woodhouse has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her friend and former governess, to Mr Weston. Having introduced them, Emma takes credit for their marriage and decides that she likes
- UPC: 25936973
- Rating: 4.038
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Middle Unearthed : The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849
Before there was a lovable green ogre called Shrek and a bespeckled wizard named Harry Potter, there were the best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. These
- UPC: 635749035
- Rating: 5.0
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Stonebird : A Historical Fiction
Stonebird: A Historical Fiction
- UPC: 53338189
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