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1) New boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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As a new sophomore at an exclusive boarding school, a young black man is witness to the persecution of another student with bad acne.
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Tracy Chevalier brings Shakespeare’s Othello—a harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge—to a 1970s era elementary school playground.
Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day—so he’s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can’t stand to witness this budding...
Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day—so he’s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can’t stand to witness this budding...
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Timmy had no clue that the first day of 10th grade at the Academy would rock his world. He thought it would be just like last year, with its endless bullying and recesses spent reshelving books in the library with his best and only friend Carleen. The sissy boy and the fat girl had bonded over their shared outcast status. But Carleen shows up filled with sassy confidence and declares they're going to rule the school. By Christmas, the freaks and nerds...
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A coming to America story with a twist. The O'Sheas enter at New Orleans not Ellis Island. Share the family's energy and anticipation and the hustle and bustle of that wonderful city. See, hear and almost taste the melting pot of America. Get to know two Irish families and a German blacksmith. Experience with Simon the breath taking decision that sends the O'Sheas up the Mississippi to an unknown future.
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English
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Argy Boy is a little black and white dog who lives high above the New York City skyline. He is so happy and comfortable in the apartment he shares with a friendly kitten, a talking parrot, and two goldfish. Argy loves to run and chase Blizzard the kitten all around the apartment. Run, run, run! Argy likes to listen to Soleil the parrot. Talk, talk, talk! Argy enjoys watching the goldfish, Woody and Moonstruck, swim around their bowl. Swim, swim, swim!...
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"A coming-of-age memoir of life on the frontlines of the AIDS Crisis with ACT UP New York. From the moment Ron Goldberg stumbled into his first ACT UP meeting in June 1987, the AIDS activist organization became his life. For the next eight years, he chaired committees, planned protests, led teach-ins, and facilitated their Monday night meetings. He cruised and celebrated at ACT UP parties, attended far too many AIDS memorials, and participated in...
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John Puram is off on a new adventure, and he is bringing new friends and new toysalong for the ride! This was going to be a perfect camping trip. They hadeverything: friends, food, games, toys, scary stories, and parental supervision, ofcourse. Then an unknown object shows up and it is up to John and his friends towork together and come up with a new plan.Come along on a brand new, amazing adventure with Toy Boy, Supreme Man andall their friends!!...
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Henry (and his heart) are perfectly happy playing indoors. But Henry's mom encourages him to go for a walk outside. Soon, Henry's heart starts beating faster. Is Henry riding a rollercoaster? Is he doing jumping jacks? What could be making Henry's heart beat faster?
In this engaging, informative story, children learn about the many ways the heart functions within the body, and how what we see, hear, and feel can directly affect our heart rate (like...
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English
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Here is a landmark book that reveals how boys think, showing parents, educators, and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges. Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to encounter evasive assurances like "It's nothing"? Do you sense that the boy you care about is being bullied, but that he'll do anything to avoid your "help?" Have you watched with frustration...
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As the star of the popular Food Network programs Boy Meets Grill, BBQ with Bobby Flay, and Iron Chef America, Bobby Flay helped turn the art of backyard barbecuing into more than a favorite summer pastime; he elevated it to the level of a national obsession.
Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill is the book Bobby Flay was born to write. In these pages, he gets busy in his own backyard, cooking up a fresh batch of 125 bold new no-nonsense and easy-to-follow...
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English
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Humble yet delicious, po' boy sandwiches combine light and flaky French bread with rich and hearty fillings for a lunch treat loved throughout the South. This beautiful, full-color cookbook offers a wide variety of po' boys from traditional New Orleans offerings to the author's all new creations, including:
• Blackened Shrimp
• Andouille Sausage
• Barbecue Brisket
• Cuban-Style Pork
• Fried Oysters
• Pecan-Crusted Trout
• Fried Alligator...
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English
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The galaxy is at war. Although the Rebel Alliance has won a few battles against the Empire, hope is fading. The Empire is about to finish building the greatest weapon the galaxy has ever seen-the Death Star. The rebels' only chance to defeat it now lies in the unlikely hands of a princess, a scoundrel, and a farm boy. . . . Acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Bracken delivers a captivating retelling of Star Wars: A New Hope like...
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Hannah's neighborhood has just gotten a little wierd since the new boy moved in next door. He keeps disappearing in the oddest ways, could Hannah's new friend be a ghost?
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Junie B. Jones series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Unable to compete with her friends' fancy clothes and running ability, irrepressible six-year-old Junie B. finds her own way to make the new boy at school like her.
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English
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"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...
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Dubus's fourth collection is a compassionate depiction of lives that are never as neat as his characters would have them be. In his fourth collection, Andre Dubus revisits the themes of infidelity and fallibility that he has been known to explore with such unflinching honesty and unfailing respect. Set in the New England landscape and populated by the men and women he has come to claim as his own, these stories are ultimately characterized by their...