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Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
1960's. Maisie's first day of high school should be exciting, but all she wants is to escape the world: an abusive mother and a father who is rarely there to help. Finding refuge in her art, Maisie meets Rachel and her mother, a painter. She catches a glimpse of a very different world-- full of life, creativity, and love-- and latches on. But as she discovers her strengths through Rachel's family, Maisie finds herself risking new friendships, and...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a true child of the theater. But like all productions, August's wondrous time inside the theater comes to a close, and he finds himself in the wilds of postwar New York City, where he quickly rises from pickpocket street urchin to star student at the stuffiest boarding school in the...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina, a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town's cheerful façade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to The Whitewood School, a local reformatory with a record of putting unruly teens back on the straight and narrow--a...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. Komi and her classmates are in the Big Apple, and Manbagi sees it as a chance to make a Big Confession. But as much as she wants to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The diabolical Player Killer, a collectible-card gaming assassin, challenges Yugi to a duel. In the shadow of the Castle of Dark Illusions card, an army of lurking monsters hungers to steal Yugi's life points--and, if he loses, his actual life. But across the ocean in Japan, an even greater gaming force has been awakened. Kaiba, Yugi's number one rival, is back. Back to reclaim his fortune--back to get revenge on Pegasus--and back to make sure that...
Series
Dr. Stone volume 22
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"One fateful day, all of humanity turned to stone. Many millennia later, Taiju frees himself from the petrification and finds himself surrounded by statues. The situation looks grim--until he runs into his science-loving friend Senku! Together they plan to restart civilization with the power of science!It's the final showdown against the unrelenting Stanley! The Kingdom of Science is losing the fight, but they do have one desperate strategy left--they...
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