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Author
Series
Forever Desert volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in a secondary world reminiscent of Saharan Africa, Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy's epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother's life. They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City of Lies? In the City of Lies, they cut out your...
62) August: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
August is an average twelve-year-old. He likes dogs and fishing and doesn't mind early-morning chores on his family's Michigan dairy farm. But following his parents' messy divorce, his mother decides that she and August need to start over in a new town. There, he tries to be an average teen -- playing football and doing homework -- but when his role in a shocking act of violence throws him off course once more, he flees to a ranch in rural Montana,...
63) The red pony
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The classic story of a boy's journey to manhood under the joys and hardships of ranch life, focused around the life and death of his red pony.
Author
Series
Call me by your name novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...Hammer's voice is brimming with such melody that, if you listen to it long enough, you can probably get drunk off it." — Vulture.com
*Now a major motion picture from director Luca Guadagnino, starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. Winner of the 2018 Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay*
Celebrate André Aciman's sensational novel with a dynamic audiobook, read by Armie Hammer
A New York Times Notable
Author
Series
Jaden Toussaint the greatest volume 1
Publisher
Plum Street Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain. Jaden Toussaint is a 5 year-old who know it all. I mean, really knows it all. Animal Scientist. Great Debater. Master of the art of ninja dancing. There is nothing Jaden Toussaint can't do. The only problem is that grown-ups keep trying to convince him that, even though he's really smart, he doesn't know EVERYTHING. The thing is ... he kind of does. This time our hero must use all his super-powered brain power to convince...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the "lyrical and compelling" (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous--and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan's...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The rigid moral codes held by mid-twentieth-century preacher Samuel Lake are called into question when his twelve-year-old daughter and his neighbors hide a young boy from his abusive father, a man who lashes out at the community when he learns about the deception.
69) Everything you always wanted to know about puberty -- and shouldn't be Googling: for curious boys
Author
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This is the puberty book written by the cool, older brother--that takes boys from their first armpit hair to their first wet dreamand beyond. Facts about developmental changes to tween and teen boys' bodies and brains are spelled out in fun, familiar, boy-speak and illustrated in edgy graphic novel format. So boys 10 and up can learn about health, hygiene, sexuality, and more in a way that's not embarrassing or tedious, but real, engaging, and enlightening....
70) I'm not small
Author
Language
English
Description
"Time to play outside! It's easy for a young boy to feel small in a world that is made up of big, big things. But when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too. His dog is smaller than he is, and his cat is smaller than his dog. And the teeny-tiny ant crawling through the grass? Even smaller!"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times Book Review EDITORS' CHOICE.
From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn, comes the vividly told story of Dylan Ebdus growing up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. In a neighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along with games of stoopball, Dylan has one friend, a black teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude. Through the knitting...
From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn, comes the vividly told story of Dylan Ebdus growing up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. In a neighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along with games of stoopball, Dylan has one friend, a black teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude. Through the knitting...
Author
Series
Escapades of Clint McCool volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Imaginative Clint McCool goes on a fact-paced adventure and runs into trouble on a film set, which threatens to keep him from saving the day.
Author
Series
WeirDo volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dad's training to become a firefighter, while Weir's busy with Pet Day. Will Fido and Blockhead freeze-up or find fame? It won't be easy - but it will be funny!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author and illustrator Scot Ritchie comes this lively look at the journey of a West Coast tugboat towing a log boom, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. "I'm helping Dad on the tugboat. We're going to tow a log boom to the sawmill on the river... I look out for ferries and other boats in the harbor... Then I see it -- a deadhead!" Follow a child and his father through their workday on a tugboat on the West Coast as they watch...
76) Canada
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his parents are arrested and imprisoned for robbing a bank, fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons is taken in by Arthur Remlinger who, unbeknownst to Dell, is hiding a dark and violent nature that interferes with Dell's quest to find grace and peace on the prairie of Saskatchewan.
77) Navigating Early
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters"--
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After Bart King interviewed hundreds of the wisest guys and smartest alecks for The Big Book of Boy Stuff, something awesome happened: the book became a classic! Hailed by critics and kids alike, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and even won awards. In this updated and redesigned tenth anniversary edition, hijinks and hilarity are still front and center. Within these pages, boys can find a myriad of things to do, things to laugh at, and...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"If you are the parent of a boy ... this is the book you need ... insightful, enlightened, practical." 'Peggy Orenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Boys & Sex From the dad who created the viral tweet supporting his son wearing nail polish, this essential parenting guide shares 36 parenting tips for battling gender norms, bringing down "man up" culture, and helping sons realize their potential. Our boys are in a crisis. Toxic masculinity...
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