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1) Earls trip
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Even an earl needs his ride-or-dies, and Archibald Fielding-Burton, the Earl of Harcourt, counts himself lucky to have two. The annual trip that Archie takes with his BFFs Simon and Effie holds a sacred spot in their calendars. This year Archie is especially eager to get away until an urgent letter arrives from an old family friend, begging him to help prevent a ruinous scandal. Suddenly the trip has become earls-plus-girls, as Archie's childhood...
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
3) I am both
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book inspired by the author's family's journey on the last flight out of Saigon, I Am Both is a compelling exploration of identity, immigration, and family. We zip through the city listening to the music of the street. I hear the swish swoosh of the baskets and the clink clanks of the passing bikes. For Huong, life in Saigon, Vietnam, is mostly normal—at least, as normal as it can be while a war is going on. But when her family decides...
Author
Series
Publisher
ALFAGUARA INFANTILES Y JUVENILES
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Formats
Description
El cómic detectivesco más gamberro que está triunfando en Estados Unidos.
MANGO y ZAS son los INVESTIGATORS: ¡Agentes especiales contra los supervillanos!
El agente Zas está fuera de combate, y los técnicos especialistas de CHALECOS le han creado un suplente: ¡RoboZas! Es un robot ultramoderno, pero parece que todavía tiene algunos pequeños fallos...
Mientras tanto, sus enemigos han creado un malvado plan. ¿Conseguirán Mango y RoboZas liberar...
Author
Series
Publisher
ALFAGUARA IJC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Formats
Description
MANGO y ZAS son los INVESTIGATORS: ¡agentes especiales contra los supervillanos!
El cuartel general secreto de Mango y Zas ha sido atacados, y los váteres de la ciudad están empezando a atascarse. Así que los superdetectives más ingeniosos tendrán que armarse de valor... ¡y capturar al culpable antes de que la ciudad entera apeste!
El cómic detectivesco más gamberro que está triunfando en Estados Unidos.
Con interiores a todo color y un...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Take a lively look at the biology of plants on Earth and their vast importance to our planet, with this wide-ranging exploration from an award-winning team."--Publisher's description.
"On land and in the seas, green plants make the oxygen and food that many living things--including us--need to survive. Covering the evolution of the first plants billions of years ago, the secret, microscopic workings of trees and leaves today, and the role of plants...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale extermination. Subtract a reliable source of food, life savings, and family members, until all are...
Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale extermination. Subtract a reliable source of food, life savings, and family members, until all are...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic. Perfect for fans of The Curious Garden and Harlem Grown. In Oslo, Norway: citizens create a honeybee highway that stretches from one side of the city to the other, offering flowerpots, resting spots, bee boxes, and beehives—even water fountains—every eight hundred feet. In the Bronx, New York:...
Author
Series
Publisher
ALFAGUARA IJC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
MANGO y ZAS son los INVESTIGATORS: ¡Agentes especiales contra los supervillanos! Con interiores a todo color y un diseño fresco, este libro es perfecto para iniciar a los niños a la lectura. ¡Risas y diversión aseguradas!
Mango y Zas son el mejor equipo de detectives del mundo. Pero nada los ha preparado para el retorno de su enemigo, Crackerdilo, en una nueva y terrible forma. Y, lo que es peor, ¡está tramando algo muy chungo!
Si tienen que...
Author
Series
Publisher
ALFAGUARA IJC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
MANGO y ZAS son los INVESTIGATORS: ¡agentes especiales contra los supervillanos!
Con sus CHALECOS (Componentes HíperAsombrosos y Lucrativos para Espías en Operaciones Secretas) y sus técnicas secretas infalibles, ¡los INVESTIGATORS pueden resolver cualquier caso!
En su primera misión juntos, Mango y Zas deberán resolver no uno ¡sino dos misterios!
Por un lado, está la desaparición del chef Ocarino Mostacho... Y, por otro, ¿qué estarán...
12) A for effort
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The start of Jay's freshman year is full of new things . . . New friends. New classes. New challenges. All of which are expected, until his new friend group's obsession with perfect grades puts the pressure on--especially when his best subject, art, is full. Without it to anchor him, Jay hopes theater class will be the easy A he's looking for. But when the class begins, Jay finds himself struggling like never before. Turns out balancing Shakespeare...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sisters Rose Tillman and Marvina Nash haven't spoken in decades -- not since Rose sent Marvina $40 to register their business and Marvina spent it on something else. Rose begins a long career at the post office and Marvina spends her weekends cooking chicken dinners for the church fundraiser. Marvina never leaves the canister of their mama's special spice mix in the church kitchen, and she shares the recipe with no one. Rose never forgave Marvina...
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Waking up from her nap feeling something has changed, Field Mouse asks her friends to join her on a journey to investigate the "Something on the Hill" that is calling to her, where they discover that the "Something" is a leaf shoot, tiny and green, heralding the arrival of spring.
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Looking for easy, budget-friendly ways to reduce your environmental impact and save money? Dive into Sustained, where eco-friendly living expert and environmental journalist Candice Batista takes you on a journey through your home, providing practical, money-saving tips and sustainable solutions for every room."--
16) Cirque du slay
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Pint-sized Seattle middle school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show -- until she's found dead in her hotel suite. When frenemy Sarah Lee is discovered in the room with...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As a child, Ashley Whitelam could often see odd things nobody else could: quiet, watchful figures she called the Heedful Ones kept a strange vigil wherever she went. As an adult, she keeps these visions to herself, but she's turned her taste of the beyond into a career as a psychic, parting people from their money with a combination of psychology and internet research. When the Lake District is gripped by a series of grisly child murders, Ashley offers...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door, everything changes. Since her father became ill two years ago, things have been bad, but not lose your house bad . . . until now. Sarah feels helpless until the day Hannah mentions a treasure rumored to be hidden in...
20) The blue bowl
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A young boy and his family discover a way to merge their Chinese and North American backgrounds by combining traditional foods from both cultures. Max loves his family's Cantonese meals, like steamed rice and gai lan greens with oyster sauce, homemade dumplings, and scallion bread. But sometimes he can't help thinking about French fries, tacos, and ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. For his birthday dinner, Max is really hoping for spaghetti and meatballs,...
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