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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After sneaking out against her mother's wishes, Artie Irvin spots a massive wolf--then watches it don a bathrobe and transform into her mom. Thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, Artie asks her mom to share everything--including the story of Artie's late father. Her mom reluctantly agrees. And to help Artie figure out her wolflike abilities, she recruits some old family friends. Artie thrives in her new community and even develops...
26) Halo: Helljumper
Author
Series
Halo series. Standalone novels volume 9
Publisher
Marvel Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, in Two Heads, their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research, and new frontiers of social cognition including diversity,...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A contributor to MAD since its earliest years of the fabled Humor magazine, Mort Drucker is recognized throughout the art world as one of the greatest caricaturists of the twentieth century. He has won numerous awards and honors including the National Cartoonists Society's prestigious Reuben Award, the Will Eisner Hall of Fame Award, and an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Boston. Drucker's most famous features are his...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A history of Marvel's iconic character, Black Panther. Wiacek discusses key themes and storylines, with character studies, historical insights, and a discussion on the philosophical importance in the 1960s of a comic book with an all-black cast of heroes and villains.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis...oh my! In the first installment of the Mr. DeMaio Presents! series, YouTube sensation Mr. DeMaio and his crew unearth all the facts for record-breaking natural disasters that have occurred on planet Earth ... and even a few in outer space!"--
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How can we make better choice in life and work? In AMAZING DECISIONS, we learn by following a hapless protagonist, Adam, who faces a constant barrage of choices and deliberations, as we all do. With each choice, he has to negotiate two overlapping--and often contradictory--sets of norms: social norms and market norms. These norms inform our thinking in ways we often don't notice, and each norm compels us to act in certian ways. Drawing on his pioneering...
Author
Series
Pokemon adventures. Original series volume 20
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Legendary Pokémon Kyogre and Groudon are unleashed, and the world descends into chaos! Ruby and Sapphire head down to Seafloor Cavern to try and stop them. To make matters worse, Archie and Maxie, the leaders of evil Team Aqua and equally evil Team Magma, are controlling Kyogre and Groudon with the Blue Orb and the Red Orb. Or are the legendary Pokémon controlling them...?! Meanwhile, has Wally built up his strength enough to train with Ruby's...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A direct tie to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Death in the Family" Batman story comes the disturbingly creepy and psychological thriller of Batman and Robin by the all star team of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. The Joker returns to test Batman and the extended Bat-family but when he squares off against Batman's son Damian aka Robin! With Batman's life hanging in the balance, The Clown Prince of Crime pushes Robin to his limits and beyond....
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dawn Schafer is the newest member of The Baby-sitters Club. While she's still adjusting to life in Stoneybrook after moving from sunny California, she's eager to accept her first big job. But taking care of the three Barrett kids would be too much for any baby-sitter. The house is always a mess, the kids are out of control, and Mrs. Barrett never does any of the things she promises. On top of all that, Dawn wants to fit in with the other members...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Intergalactic peacekeepers are chasing the evil Terra-Man through space! When this super-villain seeks refuge on Earth, Superman offers to join the peacekeepers' posse. Soon the Man of Steel locates the gun-slinging criminal in an Old West ghost town, and the two face off in an old-fashioned showdown" -- P. [4] of cover.
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