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Hatchet/Gary Paulsen.

Paulsen, Gary.


Middle School Reading List, Grade 7. "A Newbery honor book"--Cover. Sequel: The river. After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Date Published:1987

Dinosaurs by the numbers : a book of infographics

Jenkins, Steve,


Meet the dinosaurs -- Living dinosaurs -- When did the dinosaurs live? -- How big were the dinosaurs? -- How fast were the dinosaurs? -- Dinosaur fossils -- Building a dinosaur -- Dinosaur claws -- Dinosaur skulls -- King of the dinosaurs -- Speedy thief -- The biggest of all? -- A tank on legs -- What killed the dinosaurs? -- A vertebrate family tree -- Dinosaur facts. Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers, chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full color cut-paper illustrations. Dinosaurs will explore the world of these extinct giants, still living large in our imaginations today.
Date Published:2019

Meet the dinosaurs -- Living dinosaurs -- When did the dinosaurs live? -- How big were the dinosaurs? -- How fast were the dinosaurs? -- Dinosaur fossils -- Building a dinosaur -- Dinosaur claws -- Dinosaur skulls -- King of the dinosaurs -- Speedy thief -- The biggest of all? -- A tank on legs -- What killed the dinosaurs? -- A vertebrate family tree -- Dinosaur facts. Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers, chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full color cut-paper illustrations. Dinosaurs will explore the world of these extinct giants, still living large in our imaginations today.

Date Published:2019

Green on green

White, Dianne,


Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.
Date Published:2020

The party and other stories.

Ruzzier, Sergio, 1966-,


The party -- Good soup -- Sit still. Fox and Chick are unlikely friends, but somehow they seem to get along together, even though Fox is calm and thoughtful, and Chick is hyperactive and flighty.
Date Published:2018

Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Berne, Emma Carlson,


Traveling toward an unknown future: Tom Berman -- From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport -- A number around his neck: Kurt Fuchel -- A long way from home: Harry Ebert -- The importance of a rabbit's foot: Irene Schmied -- Stranded in Warsaw: Hans Schneider -- She never forgot her mother's face: Ursula Rosenfeld -- Carrying his yellow bear: Jack Hellman -- Life after the kindertransport: the children's stories.
Date Published:2017

Traveling toward an unknown future: Tom Berman -- From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport -- A number around his neck: Kurt Fuchel -- A long way from home: Harry Ebert -- The importance of a rabbit's foot: Irene Schmied -- Stranded in Warsaw: Hans Schneider -- She never forgot her mother's face: Ursula Rosenfeld -- Carrying his yellow bear: Jack Hellman -- Life after the kindertransport: the children's stories.

Date Published:2017

Attack of the shadow smashers

Cummings, Troy,


The latest monsters threatening Stermont Elementary are shadowy shapeshifters that attach themselves to people, eat their shadows, and block out all light--but before he can think of a way to deal with them, Alexander has to deal with a startling revelation from his friend Nikki.
Date Published:2013

Unplugged

Korman, Gordon,


Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
Date Published:2021

The unteachables

Korman, Gordon,


Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
Date Published:2019

The Wright brothers : nose-diving into history

Slader, Erik,


Failure at Kitty Hawk -- Learning to fall -- The problem with gravity -- Orville and Wilbur -- Destiny calls -- The first attempt -- A flight of failure -- If at first you don't succeed -- Fourth time's a charm -- It's a bird, it's a biplane! -- The Wright stuff, pioneers of the sky. Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.
Date Published:2018

Failure at Kitty Hawk -- Learning to fall -- The problem with gravity -- Orville and Wilbur -- Destiny calls -- The first attempt -- A flight of failure -- If at first you don't succeed -- Fourth time's a charm -- It's a bird, it's a biplane! -- The Wright stuff, pioneers of the sky. Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.

Date Published:2018

Liberty's journey

DiPucchio, Kelly


The Statue of Liberty decides to roam the land and visit some of the people she has greeted upon their arrival in the United States, so she steps off her pedestal and takes a walk from sea to sea.
Date Published:2004

We meet again

Pastis, Stephan,


"A Junior Library Guild selection"--P. [4] of cover. His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It's dirty business. It's best you know nothing. But one thing is for sure that Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!
Date Published:2014

"A Junior Library Guild selection"--P. [4] of cover. His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It's dirty business. It's best you know nothing. But one thing is for sure that Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!

Date Published:2014

CATWAD it's me

Jim Benton, 2019.



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Sam the Man & the cell phone plan

Dowell, Frances O'Roark,


"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book." Ages 6-9. Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.
Date Published:2019

No fair! No fair! and other jolly poems of childhood

Trillin, Calvin,


Justin is "the awfulest kid in the class," if there's anything that Matt won't eat, and if you can send back a new baby brother.
Date Published:2016

Awkward

Chmakova, Svetlana, 1979-,


Chiefly illustrations. After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.
Date Published:2015

Wrong Way summer

Lang, Heidi,


Twelve-year-old Claire, already fed up with her father's fantastical stories, is outraged when he sells their house and moves her and her little brother into a converted van for an adventure.
Date Published:2020

The Outsiders

Hinton, S. E.


The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Date Published:1967

Bones in the White House : Thomas Jefferson's mammoth

Ransom, Candice F., 1952-,


"The story of President Thomas Jefferson's quest to locate and assemble the first full mastodon skeleton in American history."--
Date Published:2020

How Could We Harness a Hurricane?

Vicki Cobb


Science author Vicki Cobb investigates what conditions are necessary for a hurricane to exist, what could be done to steer a hurricane away from a populated area, and more. .
Date Published:2019

Santa Bruce

Higgins, Ryan T.,


Title statement has Claus crossed out and Bruce inserted in its place. Grumpy and cold when his forest friends insist he stay awake to celebrate Christmas, Bruce the bear, wearing his long underwear and warm hat, is mistaken for Santa by the youngest forest creatures.
Date Published:2018