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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning journalist Catherine Price presents a practical, hands-on plan to break up -- and then make up -- with your phone. The goal? A long-term relationship that actually feels good. You'll discover how phones and apps are designed to be addictive and how the time we spend on them damages our abilities to focus, think deeply, and form new memories. You'll then make customized changes to your settings, apps, environment, and mindset that will...
3) Textrovert
Author
Publisher
KCP Loft, an imprint of Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It's bad enough when high-school senior Keeley grabs the wrong phone while leaving her small town's end-of-summer fair. It's even worse when she discovers that the phone she now has belongs to the obnoxious, self-centered Talon and that he's just left for football camp...with her phone. Reluctantly, the two agree to forward messages for a week. And as Keeley gets to know Talon, she starts to like him. Keeley learns there's more to Talon than the egocentric...
Author
Series
Babymouse: Tales from the locker volume 2
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 2
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 2
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 2
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After finally getting a cell phone, Babymouse tries to increase her popularity in middle school by becoming the queen of social media.
5) Whatshisface
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
7) Jexi
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Phil has a major dependency issue, he's addicted to his phone. He has no friends, he has a job writing pop culture 'top ten' lists, and his love life is non-existent. But his Facebook status is about to change. When he is forced to upgrade his phone, the latest model comes with an unexpected feature, an A.I. life coach. With her help, Phil begins to get a real life. But as he becomes less dependent on his phone, the A.I. morphs into a tech nightmare...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ever wonder how your text message gets from your phone to your friend's phone? You type it, hit send, and boom -- the text appears on your friend's phone just moments later. But how?! From your brain to your fingers to your phone, once you hit send, off your message goes on a journey that seems impossibly far: traveling through the air, underground, under oceans, and even through mountains, in seconds. Turns out texts are big on adventure, and this...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college with him; but Sam died, and getting rid of his things, trying to erase him from her life is not working, so desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls his cellphone expecting to hear his voicemail -- but then Sam answers, and suddenly their cellphones become the living connection between them, a connection Julie finds impossible to let go....
10) Die next
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Zack cannot believe his luck when he learns that a man next to him at a coffee shop accidentally picked up the wrong phone. He's even more surprised when he's able to open the phone and discovers that his new phone-pal is actually a professional killer. Trapped in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with a highly trained assassin was definitely not how Zack planned to spend his day. Knowing Zack has access to incriminating evidence makes Zack the killer's...
Author
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Mya Parsons runs her school's social justice club with her best friend, Cleo. Her lifelong desire is to work for the United Nations and change the world, and then bask in all the ensuing adulation. Her more immediate desire is to get a phone, preferably one like Cleo's, with a leopard-print case to match. When her distracted dad and her long-distance mom (temporarily in Myanmar taking care of Mya's grandmother) both say no, no way, and possibly never,...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A fun and informative illustrated kids' guide to safely and productively navigating the digital landscape. Cellphones have become a fact of life, with children as young as eight (yes, eight!) getting their very own 'devices.' Such boundless access means our kids are in nearly constant contact with technology that was designed specifically for adults. And they're doing so without any type of road map. Enter First Phone: the essential book that apprehensive...
13) Seven pounds
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself to atone for his sins. He decides to bestow...
14) Cellular
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A random wrong number to his cell phone sends Ryan into a highstakes race against time to save a woman's life. With no knowledge of Jessica Martin other than her hushed, panicked voice on the other end of the tenuous cell phone connection, Ryan is quickly thrown into a world of deception and murder on his frantic search to find and save her. Jessica's life is in his hands, but what is waiting for him on the other side of the line, and how much will...
15) One blue gnu
Author
Publisher
Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a box of cell phones is accidentally delivered to the zoo, one blue gnu quickly calls two white sheep, who plan a party -- beep beep beep! Call by call, the party spreads around the zoo, but oh no! Who invited tiger, and who will he call on his new phone? A fun and colorful picture book romp, where we count from one to ten and down again in one huge party!"--
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A busy Hollywood couple spins a hilarious cautionary tale about what happens when you are glued to your phone. It's a lively day at the neighborhood park. Birds are singing, squirrels are frolicking, dogs are causing a commotion--and wide-eyed children are enthralled by it all. Too bad the parents are missing everything! It's going to take something really BIG to get them to disengage from their phones . . . This timely story, brought to life with...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Learning to use new technology can be a bit of a challenge for seniors, especially now that smartphones are more like mobile computers. iPhone For Seniors For Dummies, 5th Edition is a full-color text that guides you through easy-to-understand lessons in iPhone features and functions.
19) Tripod: T90
Publisher
APEX CE Specialists Limited
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Requires CR 2032 battery for remote shutter switch, NOT included.
UEGOGO tripod only 568g, height varies from 17.7inches to 57 inches in a short time,it can be 60 inch with phone holder. versatile tripod fits a variety of devices well, including DSLR, SLR, action camera, GoPro, webcam, camcorder, Phones, projector, and some kinds of night light. Perfect for Video, Photographers, Youtube, vlogging, live streaming and Family Gathering.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this entertaining and inspiring book, Jedediah Bila chronicles her confusing, chaotic, and ultimately catastrophic love-hate relationship with ... her cell phone. And her social media, laptop, and all such apps and devices that have many of us immersed in the distracting, alluring, draining world that is the digital era. Taking us through a series of what she calls her McFly Moments (named for the Back To The Future protagonist who sparked her...
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