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Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Junie B. is back, and she's headed for the first grade with four more fun-filled stories in one audiobook collection.
This collection includes:
Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl #17
Junie B., First Grader (at last!) #18
Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch #19
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder #20
This collection includes:
Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl #17
Junie B., First Grader (at last!) #18
Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch #19
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder #20
Author
Language
English
Description
For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Echo of Old Books meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. 'The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.' On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found... For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week-trip around the world. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at 37 and 38 respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. As they travel the globe, the intimate story of their family unfolds in the details of the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world, the Sparks brothers band together...
9) All about us
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ben's always loved the month of December, but this year, with his relationship with Daphne on the rocks, it's missing its usual magic. And then his old friend Alice gets back in touch. Ben's always thought of Alice as the one that got away, and he can't help but wonder: what if he'd done things differently all those years ago? -Amazon
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is a book about the joy of discovery. Carlo Rovelli brings a playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, offering surprising{u2014}and surprisingly easy to grasp{u2014}explanations of Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. He takes us...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place. The story traces fear and wonder as the baby grows, thriving and content against all the odds.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A fictional biography of Princess Diana of Themyscira, who becomes Wonder Woman, armed with her Lasso of Truth and indestructible bracelets. Includes a note on the creation of the original character by William Moulton Marston in 1941.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tis the season of giving--and with this wonderful book, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry shares a brand-new holiday mystery filled with bygone relationships and hidden secrets. As Charlotte Pitt's grandmother Mariah Ellison finds herself investigating a long-unsolved slaying, it becomes clear that grappling with intrigue and foul play runs in the family. A festive Christmas package left on Mariah's doorstep contains an ominous present,...
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate exactly what makes you YOU in this new book that champions self-expression and self-love. Whether silly, curious, sad, or glad, Wonderful You! reminds kids to be proud to be themselves, and to embrace the many faces of YOU. With beautiful artwork featuring an array of kids and lovely text, this book will encourage the youngest of readers to celebrate what makes them unique every single day"--
17) White heat
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new series of romantic adventures about the brave men who battle fires-and the passion they ignite. Bush pilot Lyndie Anderson lives only for her plane and the open sky. But when she's hired to fly a brooding-but-gorgeous fireman to a forest fire, suddenly she's struggling to douse a burning desire. And although it doesn't show, Griffin Moore starts having feelings for her, too. But he's suffered too much lately to open his heart. So when the two...
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Presents number-related facts, including the estimated age of the universe, the average speed of a woodpecker's pecks, the amount of protein in a grasshopper, the number of red blood cells in a human body, and the melting point of gold.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a cheetah exhibit opens at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Princess Diana arrives to witness the event. At the grand opening, the rare cats suddenly escape, fleeing through a crowd of frightened zoogoers! Diana quickly transforms into her secret identity, Wonder Woman, captures the cats and saves the day. But when the cheetahs continue their odd behavior, only one thing can explain it. The cat-like super-villain, Cheetah, is on the loose!...
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