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Series
Diary of an ice princess volume 5
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Princess Lina's BFF Claudia is desperate for a dog. So Lina decides to use her Winterheart magic to turn a puppy snow sculpture into the perfect pet. But the magical snow dog has a mind of its own--and it's running loose at school!" --
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Adams's book was the first comprehensive history of the Native American boarding school era and has remained a classic work in the field. Moving beyond a study of federal Indian policy, the book vividly details the day-to-day experiences of Indian youth living in a "total institution" designed to reconstruct them both psychologically and culturally. Within the overarching narrative of the government's retreat from its initial plan of assimilation,...
8065) The trouble with squids
Author
Series
Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
When Cody Mack and the boys uncover an old, forgotten swimming pool hidden below the floor of Splurch Academy's gymnasium they think it may provide them with an escape route, but the pool is overflowing with evil, monstrous squids.
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"In an attempt to correct the perceived failures of public schools came the notion of school choice. One solution is charter schools: independent, privately run but publicly funded schools that now enroll more than three million students across forty-three states. Another is vouchers, which allow parents to use state dollars at their school of choice. But evidence of vouchers' success is scant, and many argue that they violate the First Amendment....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she's writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
8070) Horsemen of terror
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The young Tribulation Force, a group of teens left behind on Earth after God's Rapture, faces the prospect of being forced underground after the evil Global Community unleashes a plan to trap believers.
8072) Across the Great Barrier
Author
Series
Frontier magic volume 2
Description
"Eff is an unlucky thirteenth child - her twin brother, Lan, is a powerful seventh son of a seventh son. And yet, Eff is the one who saved the day for the settlements west of the Great Barrier. Her unique ways of doing magic and seeing the world, and her fascination with the magical creatures and land in the Great Plains push Eff to work toward joining an expedition heading west. But things are changing on the frontier. There are new professors of...
Author
Series
Starring Jules volume 2
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Jules, excited and nervous about her part in a sitcom pilot, is also concerned about her class moving up ceremony and her touchy relationships with ex-best friend Charlotte and new best friend Elinor--it is almost too much drama for one seven-year-old New Yorker to handle.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
e gusta su casa y sus amigos, y la diversión que tienen juntos. El viaje dura una eternidad, y su nuevo hogar es muy extraño. Todo es diferente: el clima, la comida, la gente y el idioma. ¿Pasará algo que ayude a Nieve a sentirse en casa? --Page [4] of cover.
When Snow's mother tells her that they're going to move to an exciting new place, Snow isn't so sure. She likes her home and her friends. The journey takes forever, and their new home is...
8076) Down a dark hall
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected
8077) The last negroes at Harvard: the class of 1963 and the 18 young men who changed Harvard forever
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"The untold story of the Harvard class of '63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action. In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited eighteen "Negro" boys as an experiment, an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some fifty years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, began to reconnect with his classmates...
8078) Wanda's first day
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Wanda, a little witch, feels that something is wrong when she arrives for her first day of school to discover all her classmates are fairies, but her teacher and some new friends soon make her feel right at home.
8079) Josie under fire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
When Josie goes to stay with her cousin Edith, she's glad to be starting a new life away from the shame that has haunted her family since her brother decided not to fight in the war, but Josie suddenly faces a dilemma when Edith and her friends start teasing a timid classmate.
8080) Hooray for the holidays!
Author
Series
English Roses (Chapter books) volume 7
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The English Roses scramble around trying to get ready for the holiday and their Secret Santa gift exchange; but Charlotte goes over the top tracking down the perfect gift for popular Evelyn Eaves.