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Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawaiian gods into an engrossing family saga; a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation"--
In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking...
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Still yearning to be seen as heroes, Wolf, Shark, Snake, and Piranha set out to rescue ten thousand chickens from a high-tech cage farm--but one unexpected problem is Mr. Snake himself, also known as "The Chicken Swallower.".
Author
Series
Bad guys volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"The Bad Guys next mission? Rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-tech cage farm. But they are up against sizzling lasers, one feisty tarantula, and their very own Mr. Snake ... who's also known as "The Chicken Swallower." What could possibly go wrong?"--Amazon.com.
¿La nueva misión de los tipos malos? Rescatar a 10.000 pollos de una granja avícola de alta seguridad, Pero tendrán que enfrentar Rayos Láser poderosos, a una enérgica Tranántula...
Author
Series
Bad guys volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Los Tipos Malos son feroces y peligrosos y, pues, simplemente malos. Pero estos tipos quieren héroes. Y para lograrlo, van a liberar a todos los perros de una perrera. Los Tipos Malos están listos para hacer el bien... ¡aunque tú no lo quieras!
The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
7) Muttley
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Lizzie meets Muttley at Caring Paws, she doesn't feel her usual excitement about the puppy. The little mutt prefers to spend all of his time sleeping. But the Petersons quickly learn that the heroic dog always come through when he is needed most"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"OK. A lot of the stuff we said on the back of the last book was NOT TRUE. We now admit that The Bad Guys is WEIRD. We also admit that it features ALL the weird stuff we said it didn't. PLUS there's now a whole bunch of even weirder stuff involving an over-sharing bat, a really scary new character who lives in the woods, and a strangely confident little guy with a mullet. So, uh, don't relax, maybe FREAK OUT a little and have your MIND BLOWN by the...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After receiving a K-9 badge for his birthday, Sparky is eager to prove himself a hero but the only one he can find in trouble is Tidbit, a puppy who just needs help with his reading.
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An imaginative young mouse is terrified to face her enemy in dodgeball, but with the help of her best friend and support from her mother, she not only plays the game, she proves herself a hero.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meet Sam: an insolent pug -- and incidental hero -- who will stop at nothing to protect his family! When scientists Elaine and Gary Peterson adopt Sam to keep their son, Justin, company in the midst of a top-secret research project, they never imagine the precocious pup will cause more harm than good. But from chewing up Elaine's hair dryer (the "brain-melting heat cannon") to his inability to be house-trained (who could resist the 'pooping rug'?),...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Field mouse Mousetta is so painfully shy she would rather hide under a bucket than be seen by her fellow mice, but when foxes attack the fieldhouse Mousetta realizes she must turn her fear into fearlessness if she wants to save the others.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious doorway! (Sure, it's in the grossest restaurant in the world, but that doesn't make it any less mysterious, ok?) Behold! What lies beyond it?! An evil centipede? An alternate universe? A few decent explanations? Vrrring! Ning! Ning! Hey! Was that a chain saw? Let's see if you can read and run at the same time..."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Pop quiz! You are on the roof of a skyscraper. Every floor of that building has nasty things that just don't like you. And you really need to get to the basement. Whaddaya do?! (And no, you can't just join the B-Team and fly away in their glamorous new spaceship.) Think quick, chico, because the multiverse is getting worse!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Bad guys volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
The Bad Guys are about to have a very bad day! Mr. Wolf and his bad buddies have messed with the wrong guinea pig--one who is secretly an evil mad scientist. And, the nasty little furball wants revenge! Will they survive? Will they be heroes? And will they ever stop trying to eat each other? It's time for the Bad Guys to spring into action!
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not. The last installment in the hilarious Bad Guys series"--
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
19) Herc
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne. This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures... everyone's favorite hero, right? Well, it's not. This is the story of everyone else: Alcmene: Herc's mother (She has knives everywhere) Hylas: Herc's first friend (They were more than friends) Megara: Herc's wife (She'll tell you about their marriage)...
Author
Series
Bad guys volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"¡Por alg︢n motivo extrąo, los Tipos Malos han adquirido SUPERPODERES! Pero puede que sus poderes sean, en fin, defectuosos. Tal vez solo puedan hacer cosas como que sus pantalones exploten en p︢blico. No precisamente lo que uno llamar̕a habilidades heroicas. Defectuosos o no, los Tipos Malos tienen trabajo que hacer. Con el Dr. Mermelada listo para destruir el mundo, ¡el Sr. Lobo, el Sr. Culebra, el Sr. Pirąa y el Sr. Tibur̤n tienen finalmente...
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