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81) Making nice
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Our rage-filled hero Alby is flailing wildly against the world around him--he punches his sister (she deserved it), 'unprotectos' broads (they deserved it and liked it), gets drunk and picks fights (all deserved), defends defenseless creatures both large and small, and spews insults at children, slow drivers, lunch ladies, and every single surviving member of his family. It seems he is the angriest young man in the history of angry young men, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every year Camila's school has a talent show, and Camila wants to sing her favorite song; but Ruby, a new girl, has already signed up to sing the same song and Camila is so mad she decides not to compete at all--until Ruby suggests that they sing together, and Camila discovers sometimes two voices are better than one. Includes suggestions for creating your own talent show.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Rita and Ralph live on neighboring hills and they are best friends, until a silly accident while goofing around ends upwith both of them angry and unhappy--and they both need to find a way to heal the break in their relationship"--OCLC.
"Rita y Ralph viven en colinas vecinas y son mejores amigos, hasta que un accidente tonto mientras hacen el tonto termina con ambos enojados e infelices, y ambos necesitan encontrar una manera de curar la ruptura...
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"!Ganador de un premio 2008 Teachers' Choice Award! Muchos ninos, especialmente aquellos con retrasos en el desarrollo, tienen problemas para comprender o expresar sus sentimientos. Esto puede resultar en dificultades con el manejo de la ira. Listar las posibles respuestas a las situaciones, y el resultado probable de cada una, le permite al nino tomar decisiones informadas sobre que respuestas elegir (por ejemplo, alejarse frente a golpear). Este...
87) Extasia
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain--an evil which has already killed nine of her village's men. She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After being advised to reduce stress by her doctor, humorist Valerie Frankel realized the biggest source of pressure in her life was maintaining an unflappable, easy-going persona. After years of glossing over the negative, she goes on a mission of emotional honesty, vowing to let herself feel and express all the toxic emotions she'd long suppressed or denied: jealousy, rage, greed, envy, impatience, regret. By the end of her authentic emotional experience,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross--a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. Trouble was, he didn't ask Rose what she thought of the idea. It's been more than sixty years since that night, and she's still sixteen, and she's still running. They have names for her all over the country: the Girl in the Diner. The Phantom...
91) Ravi's roar
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tired of missing out on good things because he is the smallest and youngest in his family, Ravi turns into a tiger and gets what he wants with a great roar. Intended to help children understand emotions and how to manage them in healthy ways.
95) Los tres cerditos yoguis y el lobo que perdió la respiración: un cuento para hacerte sentir mejor
Author
Publisher
Picarona, sello infantil de Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Érase una vez, un lobo que perdió su soplido y su bufido. ¡Tenía un terrible problema! Pero una pequeña y pacifíca yogui lo cambiaría todo... ¿Podrá el lobo recuperar la respiración con la ayuda de tres nuevos amigos yoguis?"--
In this twist on the classic fairy tale, a wolf who lost his huff and puff consults with three yogis to help him find his breath. "Once upon a time there lived a wolf who lost his huff and his puff. It was a BIG,...
96) Wrath
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chastity Jeffries and Xavier King come from very different backgrounds, though they have one thing in common: they're both living with family secrets. Chastity is the only child of a prominent pastor and has been raised with privilege, but her father's testimony as a philanderer and her mom's role as dutiful wife have tainted her view of love. Xavier never knew his father, and his mother abandoned him. His grandmother raised him in a household built...
Author
Publisher
Beascoa/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Un día, una niña amanece con una magnífica idea en su cabeza. Con la ayuda de su perro y asistente decide dedicarse a construirla. Sabe cómo será. Sabe cómo funcionará. Y piensa que será muy fácil crearla. Pero cuando se pone manos a la obra, se da cuenta de que es una tarea más difícil de lo que ella pensaba ... Trabaja, trabaja y trabaja, ¡pero no consigue que funcione! Pero entonces su ayudante logra convencerla de que se tome un descanso,...
98) Allie all along
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Allie's crayon breaks, she stomps, smashes, crashes, and throws a tantrum, a fuss, and a fit. Her big brother wants to help her feel better. Will punching a pillow, squeezing a toy, or breathing deep breaths help Allie let go of her angry feelings, one layer at a time?
99) One grumpy day
Author
Series
Little Hedgehog volume 16
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
c2022.
Language
English
Description
Fox is in a terrible mood. Little Hedgehog and his friends try many different things to make Fox feel better--they give him hot chocolate and cookies, and Little Hedgehog even gives him his treasured red hat. Fox begins to feel his bad mood start to fade, but when more unfortunate things happen, his bad mood returns, and he stomps off into the forest. Will Little Hedgehog and the others be able to find Fox before it gets dark?
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
"Boucle d'or and her brother don't always get along. While he tries to play with her, she usually just shoos him away. But after he breaks her favourite bear, Boucle d'or has had enough. Will she be able to forgive him?" -- provided by publisher.
"Boucle d'or en a assez de son petit frère Édouard, qui la suit partout. Quand il veut jouer avec elle, elle le chasse. Est-elle capable de lui pardonner quand il brise un de ses précieux oursons en terre...
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