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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In a series of amusing comparisons, a boy shows how humans are much more like each other than we are like any other thing on Earth.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.--
Author
Series
Under their skin volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and most important, why their lives are in danger.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Mavis's friend Hank has a problem. He is a Frankenstein monster, which means that his body comes apart in pieces. His friends think it is hilarious, but Hank is tired of being a monster and wishes he was normal. Mavis tries to help him make his wish come true, but turns him into a human by mistake! Everyone at Hotel Transylvania is terrified of humans! If she can't find a way to turn him back into a monster--and fast--he'll have to leave the hotel...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Since the beginning, humans have created stories about the universe. From early mythology to modern-day science is a long journey, yet 95 percent of the world "out there" remains a mystery. What will we believe tomorrow? Marion Dane Bauer's glowing poetry combines with Hari & Deepti's intricate cut-paper illustrations, dazzling with light and shadow, to celebrate an active, vital, changing, and growing universe. They also show how we humans--the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old human Sophie Dawes has a good life in Hopetown. There, vampires and humans exist in harmony, and Sophie and her adoptive vampire moms are living (or unliving) proof. Vampires must follow a lot of rules for humans to feel safe, but Sophie knows that a nightly curfew and regular visits from Child Protective Services are a small price to pay to keep her family together. But then normal, law-abiding vampires start turning feral and blood-thirsty...
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
Our bodies might all differ in shape, and form, and frame, but think how dull the world would be if we were all the same... Celebrate difference and diversity with this wonderful and beautiful book that tells children it's OK to be different - in fact it's perfect to be different. Told from the perspective of works of art, the book illustrates different styles and movements and demonstrates that there is no single masterpiece in galleries, or with...
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