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Dirt


Also available DV6091. Although we humans like to be clean, dirt is an important part of our lives. Not only do we grow fruits and vegetables in it, but we also make things like pottery and mud houses out of it.
Date Published:2018

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina,


From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.
Date Published:2014

Partypooper

Kinney, Jeff,


Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate birthday party—for himself. But when the guest list grows, the decorations flop, and the surprises backfire, this birthday bash turns into a total blowout—just not the kind Greg had in mind.
Date Published:2025

Owls : who gives a hoot?

Backhouse, Frances,


An introduction to owl habitat, biology and threats to survival, and how scientists, conservationists and young people are working to protect owls everywhere.
Date Published:2024

Being Fishkill

Lehrer, Ruth,


Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother and by unfathomable tragedy.
Date Published:2017

Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother and by unfathomable tragedy.

Date Published:2017

Guts

Telgemeier, Raina,


Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?
Date Published:2019

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?

Date Published:2019

Amulet. 3, The cloud searchers /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Emily, Navin and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. there they hope to find held from the Guardian Council's powerful Stonekeepers. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out -- Emily's got to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her.
Date Published:2010

Restart

Korman, Gordon,


Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life? Intermediate.
Date Published:2017

Pedro goes buggy

Manushkin, Fran.


Includes glossary. A Capstone Interactive eBook. Wild about bugs -- Bed bugs, head bugs -- Get hopping. Pedro collects a lot of different bugs for a class assignment, but when his brother lets them out in the house, their parents are furious, and ban any further collecting.
Date Published:2017

I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban

Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-


When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school. Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. The remarkable tale of terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
Date Published:2013

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school. Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. The remarkable tale of terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

Date Published:2013

The magician's secret

Hyman, Zachary,


Charlie loves when Grandpa comes to babysit because he always brings his magical imagination. Grandpa was a magician who knows the most amazing tricks; he can pull a rabbit from a hat and make a coin disappear. But what Charlie loves most are his wonderful adventure stories, and they all begin with something his grandfather has saved in his Magic Story Chest. An hourglass is a reminder of how he defended the treasure in King Tut's tomb from raiders. A long white scarf inspires the story about Grandpa's dogfight with the notorious Red Baron, the great First World War fighter pilot. A coconut shell heralds the story about his encounter with a nasty Tyrannosaurus Rex. Charlie's parents, though, aren't too sure they like Grandpa's stories and warn Charlie that they're just "tall tales." What is Charlie to believe? How can his grandpa convince him that all you need to do is believe and a dream can be turned into something real?
Date Published:2017

Charlie loves when Grandpa comes to babysit because he always brings his magical imagination. Grandpa was a magician who knows the most amazing tricks; he can pull a rabbit from a hat and make a coin disappear. But what Charlie loves most are his wonderful adventure stories, and they all begin with something his grandfather has saved in his Magic Story Chest. An hourglass is a reminder of how he defended the treasure in King Tut's tomb from raiders. A long white scarf inspires the story about Grandpa's dogfight with the notorious Red Baron, the great First World War fighter pilot. A coconut shell heralds the story about his encounter with a nasty Tyrannosaurus Rex. Charlie's parents, though, aren't too sure they like Grandpa's stories and warn Charlie that they're just "tall tales." What is Charlie to believe? How can his grandpa convince him that all you need to do is believe and a dream can be turned into something real?

Date Published:2017

The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne


In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Date Published:2008

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Date Published:2008

Last week tonight with John Oliver presents a day in the life of Marlon Bundo

Twiss, Jill


"Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives at the Naval Observatory with his Grandpa, the Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ..."--Front dust jacket flap.
Date Published:2018

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl


Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Date Published:2004

Heartstopper. 2 /

Oseman, Alice.


Nick and Charlie are best friends, but one spontaneous kiss has changed everything. In the aftermath, Charlie thinks that he's made a horrible mistake and ruined his friendship with Nick, but Nick is more confused than ever. Love works in surprising ways, and Nick comes to see the world from a new perspective. He discovers all sorts of things about his friends, his family... and himself.
Date Published:2020

La plus grosse poutine du monde

Poulin, Andrée


Depuis que la mère de Thomas est partie de la maison alors que le gamin n'avait que cinq ans, il se questionne sur les raisons de son départ, particulièrement le jour de sa fête. En effet, la veille de son départ, elle a célébré Thomas avec une poutine garnie de cinq chandelles. Le jour de ses 14 ans, Thomas se remémore ce bel anniversaire et ça lui donne une idée. Pour attirer l'attention de sa mère et lui donner l'envie de revenir, il va s'inscrire dans le livre des records Guinness en servant la plus grosse poutine du monde. Mais pour cela, il aura besoin de l'aide de ses amis et des habitants de son petit village, ce qui n'est pas gagné d'avance.
Date Published:2013

Depuis que la mère de Thomas est partie de la maison alors que le gamin n'avait que cinq ans, il se questionne sur les raisons de son départ, particulièrement le jour de sa fête. En effet, la veille de son départ, elle a célébré Thomas avec une poutine garnie de cinq chandelles. Le jour de ses 14 ans, Thomas se remémore ce bel anniversaire et ça lui donne une idée. Pour attirer l'attention de sa mère et lui donner l'envie de revenir, il va s'inscrire dans le livre des records Guinness en servant la plus grosse poutine du monde. Mais pour cela, il aura besoin de l'aide de ses amis et des habitants de son petit village, ce qui n'est pas gagné d'avance.

Date Published:2013

The eternity code

Colfer, Eoin,


After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to create a powerful microcomputer and it is snatched by a dangerous American businessman, Artemis, Juliet, Mulch, and the fairies join forces to try to retrieve it.
Date Published:2018

Safiyyah's war

Khan, Hiba Noor,


During the brutal Nazi occupation of Paris, Safiyyah feels powerless to help her Jewish friends and is drawn deep into the heart of a dangerous underground resistance with her father, where her bravery is put to the ultimate test.
Date Published:2024

Un si beau sourire

Tenasco, Sunshine,


Traduction de : Smile so big. Un soir, alors que Challa rentre à la maison en larmes après que l'on se soit moqué de son sourire, sa mère lui offre un cadeau spécial. Elle lui donne un miroir particulier, qui lui a été offert par sa propre mère, qui l'a elle-même reçu de sa djo djo, et lui explique que quand on regarde dans le miroir, on voit qui l'on est vraiment. Il n'y a qu'une règle à respecter: tous doivent dire ce qu'ils voient dans le miroir. Le miroir montrera-t-il à Challa combien elle est magnifique? Cette histoire spéciale de la militante primée Sunshine Tenasco et de l'artiste Chief Lady Bird enseigne aux lecteurs que la vraie beauté vient de l'intérieur.
Date Published:2023

Traduction de : Smile so big. Un soir, alors que Challa rentre à la maison en larmes après que l'on se soit moqué de son sourire, sa mère lui offre un cadeau spécial. Elle lui donne un miroir particulier, qui lui a été offert par sa propre mère, qui l'a elle-même reçu de sa djo djo, et lui explique que quand on regarde dans le miroir, on voit qui l'on est vraiment. Il n'y a qu'une règle à respecter: tous doivent dire ce qu'ils voient dans le miroir. Le miroir montrera-t-il à Challa combien elle est magnifique? Cette histoire spéciale de la militante primée Sunshine Tenasco et de l'artiste Chief Lady Bird enseigne aux lecteurs que la vraie beauté vient de l'intérieur.

Date Published:2023

Black butler

Toboso, Yana, 1984-


In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left. Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant ... and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London's underbelly, there apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true .. or at least, too good to be human.
Date Published:2010

In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left. Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant ... and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London's underbelly, there apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true .. or at least, too good to be human.

Date Published:2010