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641) The monster of Sodor
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Gigantic roving shadows and monster-size footprints test the engines' bravery.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
644) Lola and the Troll
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
After changing her appearance to avoid insults from Tom the Troll, Lola decides to be brave and befriend the bully.
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Magazine spreads and Hollywood hits showcase stars with perfect skin, perfect faces, perfect hair, perfect lives, perfect... everything. But what if the absence of scars is really a lie? And what if, underneath all that perfection, something far more powerful and authentic is waiting to be seen, shown, and heard? In Braver Than I Thought, kids meet the true stories of remarkable people whose scars have been a part of their journey, who have helped...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In Randa Abdel-Fattah's brilliant debut novel, Amal, an Australian-Palestinian girl living in the suburb of Melbourne, makes the biggest decision of her life, to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full time. Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without...
649) Artemis the brave
Author
Series
Goddess girls graphic novel volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
While protecting egotistical transfer student Orion, Artemis makes a mistake that later provides her with the chance that she has both hoped for and dreaded, to prove her courage to herself and others at Mount Olympus Academy.
650) Young Guinevere
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the life of Guinevere from her girlhood to her betrothal to King Arthur.
651) The King's Blood
Author
Series
Dagger and the coin volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When an act of harrowing betrayal threatens to burn the cities, a courageous young woman becomes the world's only defender against a universal darkness in a confrontation that reverses the fortunes of powerful and oppressed people.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Durante generaciones, cuatro clanes de gatos salvajes se han dividido el territorio del bosque según las leyes de sus belicosos antecesores. Ahora, sin embargo, los gatos del Clan del Trueno se ven amenazados por el creciente poder del Clan de la Sombra, y cuando algunos de sus nobles guerreros mueren en extrañas circunstancias, la supervivencia del grupo corre peligro. Pero todo cambia el día que aparece Colorado, un gato de compañía criado...
657) Viva's voice
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Since the day she was born, Viva's voice has always been the mightiest in the room. But when Papi's bus driver union goes on strike, quiet Papi is the family member who must speak up. He feels nervous, but Viva's strength gives Papi the courage he needs to find his own powerful voice." --publisher's website.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"A riveting, chilling tale of how a group of ragtag activists infiltrated one of the most secure nuclear weapons sites in the United States, told alongside a broader history of America's nuclear stewardship, from the early stages of the Manhattan Project to our country's never-ending investment in nuclear weaponry. On Saturday, July 28, 2012, three senior citizens broke into one of the most secure nuclear weapons facilities in the world. An eighty-two-year-old...