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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.
Author
Language
English
Description
From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, "a strikingly fresh cultural critic" (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society--state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, womens rights post-Dobbs, online disinformation, and the limits of empathy--alongside...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players. Readers will read--and hear--accounts of the first guitarists on record, pioneering bluesmen, gospel greats, jazz innovators, country pickers, rocking rebels, psychedelic shape-shifters, singer-songwriters, and other movers and shakers. In their own words, these guitar players reveal how they...
Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This amazing collection of choice anecdotes takes us right back to the Golden Age of New York City nightlife, when top restaurants like Toots Shor's, "21," and Sardi's, as well as glittering nightclubs like the Stork Club, The Latin Quarter, and El Morocco, were the nightly gathering spots for great figures of that era: movie and Broadway stars, baseball players, champion boxers, comedians, diplomats, British royalty, prize-winning authors, and famous...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lola is determined to help her brother have an extremely happy birthday, but her idea of birthday fun and decorations does not fit well with Charlie's monster-themed party.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Charlie's older brother Joe is called up in 1942, Charlie learns about the tedium and dangers of war through Joe's letters--and his brother's bravery in dealing with a spy as D-Day approaches, finally gives Charlie the strength to stand up to the local bully.
12) Cheeky Charlie
Author
Series
My crazy brother volume Book 1
Publisher
Big Red Button Books
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Charlie's misadventures are great material for his big sister Harriet. When Charlie disappears into the hairy arms of a baggage handler, this budding 8-year-old writer spots a good story. As Charlie strips Dad of his dignity - and his trunks - at the pool, Harriet's on the case. And when her brother tries out as a tattoo artist? Harriet has it covered."--back cover
Author
Series
My crazy brother volume Book 2
Publisher
Big Red Button Books
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The author of the 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song returns with 55 new oral histories and analyses of iconic songs such as Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Bad Moon Rising,' The Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations' and Elton John's 'Rocket Man.'"--