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Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that represent the challenges facing our planet, and the ways that scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future. The world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history--from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II. Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The sun-soaked, smash-hit whodunnit returns for more murder mysteries with a light touch and a warm heart. DI Neville Parker has more crimes to solve on the blissful island of Saint Marie, kicking off with the mysterious death of a celebrity astronomer. And on a quiet hillside on the island, a bunch of Preppers is digging in for the apocalypse when one of them is killed. There's also a baffling killing on a boat, a famous singer who finds herself...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. Now "The 12-Week MBA" offers an alternative way to learn business essentials, focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as a manager and business leader. "The 12-Week MBA"'s unique premise is that there is a core set of business skills that entrepreneurs and future leaders of organizations can learn and will need...
Author
Publisher
Harperwave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An empowering, soul-baring personal account and guide from a two-time cancer survivor and healthcare disrupter that shows anyone how to deal with a frightening medical diagnosis in America today, providing the knowledge necessary to take ownership of personal wellbeing and maximize the chances for survival. More than twenty-five years ago, Kathryn Giusti was diagnosed with multiple myeloma at age thirty-seven and given three years to live. With...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When everyone in town disappears without a trace, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends, with no parental supervision, must figure out what happened to their families, but as they each deal with their fear differently, their friendships begin to fracture.
11) Lunar New Year
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the holiday through simple text and such illustrations as paper lanterns, fortune cookies, the twelve animals that represent different years, and a dancing dragon.
Author
Series
Witchlings series volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Get ready for more magic, mayhem, and monstruos! From Claribel A. Ortega, author of Frizzy and Ghost Squad, comes the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling and #1 Indie bestselling Witchlings.
Every four years, the Twelve Towns gather for a legendary magical tournament—the Golden Frog Games.
With Ravenskill hosting this year's games, all eyes are on Seven Salazar, Valley Pepperhorn and Thorn Laroux:
...13) Olivetti
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.
Author
Series
Dream keeper saga volume 1
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Lily discovers a stone pendant and is transported to a realm where people's dreams come to life"--
16) Isabel in bloom
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Filipina-American Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way.
18) Averil offline
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Averil is on a mission to find the creator of the phone app her helicopter parents use to keep track of her.
Author
Series
Alice England mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Alice, who receives messages from the dead, discovers a man with a deadly sunlight allergy was murdered, she and the victim's niece work together to uncover the truth.
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