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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
"Protected by the dark of night, Jaimie Piper runs. But is anywhere safe when evil is hunting you? She's just a twelve year-old girl, bumped around between foster homes and relegated to school classes for challenged kids, those lagging in their test scores or with behavioral issues. But her real problem is that she can sense something the other kids can't--something dark. Something compelling her to run for her life. All Crockett Grey wants is to...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.
Author
Language
English
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Description
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod -- just me and my beloved brother -- but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future...
Author
Series
Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill volume 8
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"There's nothing Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin's irrepressible eighty-somethings Anna and Felty Helmuth like better than a challenge. And the chance to matchmake their feisty granddaughter is their most delightful task yet... Elsie Helmuth's plain-spoken ways got her in trouble once before, so she needs to make a good impression at her new teaching job in Huckleberry Hill. But she's not about to let disabled student Wally Sensenig work below his potential....
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Mrs. Hartwell is out sick and her substitute doesn't show up, the teachers and staff at the school pitch in to help"--Provided by publisher.
Mrs. Hartwell is home sick today, and throughout the day her students send her emails informing her about what is happening as the other teachers take turns watching the class--and the room becomes increasingly messy.
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. And you can be equally certain that first-grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, will be in the search party--especially since Peggy Ashcroft is one of her students. Miss Dimple carves out a search path all her own and once again, the sharp-as-a-tack teacher is right on point. But she finds Peggy too sick...
Author
Series
Planet Omar volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion--it must be aliens! Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him....
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a War that will never end. On the home front, the people of Elderberry, Georgia, are doing everything they can to support the troops. Even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick and her colleagues work in the orchard, they hear frantic calls for help: An eighteen-year-old girl, Prentice, has been missing--and is later found murdered. Miss Dimple...
10) Snow day
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A blizzard is coming to Hazelwood Elementary! It's snowing, and there's excitement in the air because the school day might end early. Students and teachers alike are looking forward to seeing what happens! Meanwhile, Abdi is distracted and worried because his brother is having surgery. He's supposed to go home with Henry, but they miss the bus and end up having an unexpected adventure with Mr. Wolf!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Se suponía que iban a ser unas vacaciones relajantes y soleadas en compañía de mi hermano, pero descubrir un cadáver en nuestra casa de alquiler ha acabado con nuestros planes de broncearnos. Ahora un cazarrecompensas impertinente ha llegado en su moto para atrapar al asesino, pero se niega a creer que yo pueda ser útil, a pesar de las innumerables horas de pódcast sobre crímenes que he escuchado... Por no mencionar mi exitosa carrera como...
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Participating in a community rally to raise funds for World War II troops, first-grade teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick enlists the aid of her fellow teachers when a skeleton is found at the edge of a field at the same time an event helper goes missing with the war bond money.
13) Ali & Ava
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sparks fly as two people develop a deep connection despite the lingering legacy of past relationships. A compelling love story enveloped in music and imbued with humor. BAFTA nominee for Best British Film.
Author
Series
Miss Doover volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Samir love to sit together--and they love to laugh, too. So much so that Miss Doover finally has to separate them. Then Miss Doover gives the class the assignment to write about something they care about, and Jack sees his chance to sit next to his best friend again. But writing an essay isn't that easy! Can Jack finally persuade Miss Dover to give him the thing he wants most...his seat back, next to Samir?"--Page [2] of cover.
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 66
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When he was growing up, Brad started making funny noises - all the time. Only Brad and his supportive mother knew he could not control it. He was teased, misunderstood and punished for disrupting class. By the time he is diagnoes with Tourette Syndrome, Brad had learned to hate school. When an understanding school principal offers encouragement, Brad decides to become a teacher. Now he has to find a school where someone's with Tourette's in front...
Author
Series
Captain Underpants volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
George and Harold have really done it this time-- they've created a monster! She's faster, smarter, and more evil than anything the world has seen before--she's Wedgie Woman! With the help of her horrible robots and her horrendous hairdo, Wedgie Woman is on a mission to take over the world, and she'll give a whopping wedgie to anyone who stands in her way--including Captain Underpants.
Jorge y Berto han creado un monstruo, la Supermujer Macroelástica....
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1942, and the residents of the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, have been rattled down to their worn, rationed shoes. For young teacher Charlie Carr, life and love aren't going exactly as planned--her head dictates loyalty to the handsome corpsman, Hugh, but whenever she thinks of her best friend's beau, Will, her heart does the Jersey Bounce. Charlie is doubly troubled by the disappearance of beloved schoolmistress Miss Dimple Kilpatrick one...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love.
19) Bigger than life
Series
Criterion collection volume 507
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot.
20) Monsieur Lazhar
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
" ... the ... story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher, and the 55-year-old Algerian immigrant who offers his services as a substitute teacher and aids the process of collective healing"--Container.
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