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Hard luck

Kinney, Jeff


After being dumped by his best friend and having a hard time finding new friends in middle school, Greg decides to change his luck and turn all his decisions over to chance.
Date Published:2013

Dog days

Kinney, Jeff


In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2009

One grain of rice : a mathematical folktale

Demi


A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish rajah is outwitted by a clever village girl.
Date Published:1997

The Titan's curse

Riordan, Rick


When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans.
Date Published:2008

Percy Jackson & the Olympians. 2, The sea of monsters /

Venditti, Robert,


After discovering a secret that makes him question the honor of being the son of Poseidon, demi-god Percy Jackson journeys into the Sea of Monsters in an attempt to save Camp Half-Blood.
Date Published:2025

So you want to be a spy

Walker, Kate, 1950 Jan. 10-


Includes index.
Date Published:2008

The one and only Ivan

Applegate, Katherine


When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Date Published:2012

Solids, Liquids and Gasses


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on August 30, 2027. We are taking science experiments to a whole new level! Watch large-scale experiments that are fun and educational! Solids, liquids and gases are the three main states of matter. But where do things like cornstarch mud fit in? It seems like a liquid, but when you hit it - it turns solid. But the real question is, can Phil run across a giant vat of it? Plus, how to tell a gas from a liquid and a solid, giant rock candy and massive bubbles!
Date Published:2015

From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on August 30, 2027. We are taking science experiments to a whole new level! Watch large-scale experiments that are fun and educational! Solids, liquids and gases are the three main states of matter. But where do things like cornstarch mud fit in? It seems like a liquid, but when you hit it - it turns solid. But the real question is, can Phil run across a giant vat of it? Plus, how to tell a gas from a liquid and a solid, giant rock candy and massive bubbles!

Date Published:2015

Ghosts of the Titanic

Lawson, Julie, 1947-


In this ghostly new mystery the terror, anxiety and reality of the sinking of the Titanic comes to life, as a teenage boy tries to right the wrongs of the past and put some troubled souls to rest.
Date Published:2011

The last straw

Kinney, Jeff


Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Date Published:2009

The last Olympian

Riordan, Rick


The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.
Date Published:2011

Auggie & me : three wonder stories

Palacio, R. J.


The Julian chapter -- Pluto -- Shingaling. "These stories are an extra peek at Auggie, a boy born with extreme facial abnormalities, before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Auggie s oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie s new friend at school"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

The little hummingbird

Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll.


Originally publ. under title: Flight of the hummingbird. A courageous hummingbird defies fear and expectations in her attempt to save the forest from fire. The illustrated story is supplemented by a natural and cultural history of hummingbirds, as well as an inspiring message from Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. Based on a South American indigenous story.
Date Published:2010

El deafo

Bell, Cece.


Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for.
Date Published:2020

Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for.

Date Published:2020

The long haul

Kinney, Jeff


The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns-- with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls-- but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
Date Published:2014

Rodrick rules

Kinney, Jeff


Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Date Published:2008

Dog Man. 12, The scarlet shedder /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


After an encounter with a skunk, Dog Man, now scarlet red after being dunked in tomato juice, is exiled but must find a way to save those who shunned him when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots.
Date Published:2024

Wonder

Palacio, R. J.,


Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Date Published:2012

Fly Guy's big family

Arnold, Tedd,


Fly Guy misses his family, so Buzz invites them to a surprise party and his mother, father, and thousands of brothers and cousins show up--Fly Guy is delighted but Buzz's parents are not pleased.
Date Published:2017

Coyote Boy : an original trickster story

Douglas, Deron Ahsén:nase.


This special edition also contains additional supplemental information for further discussion and includes the retelling of two traditional Mohawk stories: the Mohawk creation story and The Three Brave Hunters and the Great Bear. The contemporary tale of a young Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) boy who moves away from his traditional territory in Quebec to the lands of the Anishinaabe in Southern Ontario. Follow his adventures as he meets Coyote for the first time, and discovers that his newly found mischievous friend will stop at nothing to get him into trouble -- for his own good.
Date Published:2015

This special edition also contains additional supplemental information for further discussion and includes the retelling of two traditional Mohawk stories: the Mohawk creation story and The Three Brave Hunters and the Great Bear. The contemporary tale of a young Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) boy who moves away from his traditional territory in Quebec to the lands of the Anishinaabe in Southern Ontario. Follow his adventures as he meets Coyote for the first time, and discovers that his newly found mischievous friend will stop at nothing to get him into trouble -- for his own good.

Date Published:2015