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c2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"In 1845, Sir John Franklin commanded two ships on an expedition to find a Northwest Passage from England through the Arctic and over to Asia. If successful, the route would be a faster way to get goods from Asia to Europe and back. But success was not in the cards for Franklin's expedition. Only recently, the sunken ships were discovered in the icy Arctic waters. What happened to Franklin and his men, and what messages did they leave behind?"--Provided...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Join our intrepid tour guides (a Sasquatch and a bald eagle) as they introduce us to the visonaries, artists, and lovers of the American landscape who fought against corruption and self-interest to carve out and protect these epic places for future generations. It's the story of the ongoing battle to ensure the most beautiful spaces in the world are not gated up or destroyed, but preserved and accessible to all! See for yourself how the idea of national...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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As snowpocalypse descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements. What is the difference between weather and climate? How do weather satellites predict the future? Can someone outrun a tornado? Does the rotation of the Earth affect wind currents? And does meteorology have anything to do with meteors? Stormin Norman Weatherby is gearing up to answer...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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"An examination of some of New York rock'n'roll's most iconic figures; The Velvet Underground & Andy Warhol, and the relationship that distorted their lives and changed pop culture. Born from the iconic NY art and music scene of the late '60s and the brilliant, untamed minds of its founding members Lou Reed and John Cale, The Velvet Underground are now considered rock 'n' roll royalty...but that wasn't always so. From surviving off oatmeal and donating...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there's a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"As three friends set out to take a boat to a nearby island, they thought the trip would only last a couple of days. But then their small boat drifted off course, and the boys found themselves lost in the middle of the ocean. Explore the exciting true story of sea survivors pushed to the limits in this graphic adventure. Then, learn sea survival tips and read the stories of other sea survivors"--
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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In the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space.
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Series
Mad Scientist Academy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"When Dr. Cosmic's class meets Commander Nova, the school astronomer, they know their next lesson will be out of this world! With the help of Dr. Cosmic's latest invention--a planetarium--the class must complete four challenges. Each time the planetarium shifts and the atmosphere changes, the students find themselves floating from planet to planet. They put their new magnetic antigravity belts and trusted handbooks to the test to figure out where...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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"Kindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. No one does. Sure, she’d sometimes been close to gun violence, like when the house down the street from her childhood home in Texas was targeted in a drive-by shooting. But now she lived in Oregon, where she spent her time swimming in rivers with friends or attending classes at the bucolic Umpqua Community College. And then, one day, it happend: a mass shooting shattered her college campus. Over...
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Series
Mad Scientist Academy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"In the second book of the series, Dr. Cosmic's class of clever monsters must face down blizzards, thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes, in this perfect blend of adventure and exploration"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"A teenager wanders alone through the jungle in Peru. A woman loses her way in an Australian rain forest. A pilot crash-lands in the Amazon. These remarkable true tales could have ended in tragedy-but they didn't! What happened to three people who found themselves wandering for weeks though dense jungles? And how did they survive to tell their tales? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read hi-lo graphic novel that will keep them on the edge...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint woolly mammoths on the walls of a cave, a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II. And not forgetting the animals of history - from a day in the life of Hannibal's war elephant marching over the Alps and an Egyptian cat (worshipped as a god, of course) to a Galapagos tortoise who meets Charles Darwin on his famous voyage of the Beagle...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"In this volume, join a pair of superheroes as they uncover the secrets of skyscrapers, from the great Egyptians pyramids to the world's tallest building. Read along and learn how skyscrapers are a bold combination of applied physics, ingenuity, and a lot of hard work!"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"How do you tell someone you want to do stuff with them? How do you ask if they want to do stuff with you? How do you know what stuff you want to do with each other? Enter: Sargeant Yes Means Yes from the Consent Cavalry, a beacon of clarity in a fuzzy minefield of questions. Sarge drops in on a diverse range of folks deciding whether to engage in sexual activity in this short and fun comic guide to communicating what you want, don't want, and how...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Explore the highs and lows of modern life through the sharp, dark wit of Ruby Elliot--creator of the massively popular Tumblr account, Rubyetc, which has over 210k followers and growing. Ruby's simple drawings of not-so-simple issues capture the humor and melancholy of everyday life. Her comics appeal to both new adults who are beginning to explore these subjects and to battle-tested veterans of the daily struggles of life with mental illness.
Elliot...
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Series
March volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
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By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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"Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset Strip by storm. They influenced The Doors and jammed with Jimmy Hendrix before he was 'Jimi', and the idea of a band made up of all Native Americans soon followed. Determined to control their creative vision and maintain their cultural identity, they eventually signed a deal with Epic Records in 1969. But as the American Indian Movement gained momentum...
40) Design a game!
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Siblings Shen, Shondra, and Shontoya arrive at Ludum Omega Summer Camp with a passion for games, and Professor Zephyr is excited to teach this year's students all about the art and science of game design! What makes a game fun? What kinds of games are out there? How can designers turn an okay game into a great one?