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Author
Series
Publisher
Branches Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.
22) Recorder
Author
Series
Children of the consortium trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Enclave
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Recorder has no family, no friends, and no name. Donated to the Consortium before birth, her sole purpose is to maintain and verify the records. A neural implant and drone ensure compliance, punishing for displays of bias. Suddenly cut off from controlling technology, Recorder tastes what it means to be human. But if the Consortium discovers her feelings, everyone she knows will be in danger. With no name, no resources, and only an infinitesimal...
Author
Series
Just Grace volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
As Grace and her classmates study foods from other cultures, she has the opportunity to ponder such mysteries as whether Owen 1 is really bad or not, why she feels jealous when her father helps her best friend with her hot dog report, and how Augustine Dupre, her family's French boarder, can be so wise.
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a girl goes missing in her secluded Appalachian town, seventeen-year-old Linden, who can taste other people's emotions, recovers haunting memories of her own disappearance and explores the legend of the Moth-Wigned Man, leading her to wonder if there are some secrets best left buried.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
All kids have trouble getting a grip on their emotions, sometimes{u2014}even young superheroes! But what do they do when they{u2019}re having a bad day? Colorful action-packed illustrations and a dynamite rhyming text reveal the many ways superheroes (and ordinary children, too) can resist the super-temptation to cause a scene when they{u2019}re sad, mad, frustrated, lonely, or afraid. From burning off steam on a bike or a hike, to helping others,...
27) Remember me gone
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Lucy Miller's family has been erasing people's heartaches and tragic memories for decades, but after an encounter with Marco Warman--a local boy Lucy has always wondered about and who seems to know more than he should--Lucy begins to question her family's legacy and her role in it.
28) Hurty feelings
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field. Fragility was a solid piece of work. But despite her sturdy exterior, Fragility was fragile. Anything and everything hurt her feelings. In the most benign compliment, Fragility heard an insult. No one could even say she looked nice without evoking images of big, squishy cupcakes-since they are also nice-and causing...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's class picture day at Dino School and Teddy Rex is excited to wear his favorite sweater for the photo. But when he gets a juice stain on it, Teddy gets mad! What will he do?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lumi Santana is a chef with a gift: she can perceive a person's emotions by tasting their cooking. Despite being raised by a mother who taught her that dreams and true love were silly fairy tales, she puts her heart and savings into opening her own fusion restaurant in Upper Manhattan. The restaurant offers a mix of the Dominican cuisine she grew up with and other world cuisines she is inspired by. When her eclectic venture fails, she is forced to...
Author
Series
Dark intercept volume 1
Publisher
Tor Teen, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In a radiant world of endless summer, the Intercept keeps the peace. Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's Founding Father, has spent her life in comfort and safety. Her days are easy thanks to the Intercept, a crime-prevention device that monitors emotion. But when her long-time crush, Danny Mayhew, gets into a dangerous altercation on Old Earth, Violet launches a secret investigation to find out what he's hiding. An investigation...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Un conjunto de breves -- a veces brevísimas -- historias que Colombina Parra, a partir del dolor, la felicidad, la ligereza o el humor, narra en este notable ejercicio de memoria. Una exploración que va desde los recuerdos de infancia y adolescencia hasta el relato de una adultez repleta de momentos memorables, desoladores o insospechados"--
"A set of brief -- sometimes very brief -- stories that Colombina Parra, based on pain, happiness, lightness...
33) Thirst
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In her twenty-eighth novel in as many years, best-selling Belgian novelist and international literary superstar Amélie Nothomb takes on a story for the ages: the life of Jesus. In a first-person voice as entertaining and irreverent as it is wise, Nothomb narrates Jesus's final days, from his trial to his crucifixion to the resurrection. Amid asides about his relationships with his mother and Judas, his love for Mary Magdalene, and his many miracles,...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A young woman who is about to marry a rich aristocrat instead begins a torrid relationship with a construction worker. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. A middle-aged woman cares for...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A literary sensation in the UK, this prize-winning collection of dazzling short fiction showcases a bold new talent in the vein of Lydia Davis, Deborah Eisenberg, and Amy Hempel. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL. Lauded as "elegant" (The Guardian) and "exhilarating" (Vanity Fair), When I Find I Cannot Kiss You presents a cast of unforgettable characters standing at the precipice of emotional events (a disastrous breakup, a successful date, an unexpected arrival)...
38) 4*Town 4*real
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"4 Townies are hyped to see 4 Town performing their favorite hits live, but how will Canada's greatest boy band spend the day leading up to their epic Toronto concert? Hang with Robaire, Jesse, Tae Young, Aaron T., and Aaron Z. as they enjoy a rare break in their busy schedules. Jesse and Tae Young embrace their artistic side and visit a ceramics museum, Aaron T. gets his fashion on at the mall, and Aaron Z. and Robaire stay in the dance studio to...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anything at all? Would you give in to the pressure to conform? Or would you protect your heart at all costs? Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and part Severance, this debut teen graphic novel is a vivid and haunting read for fans of Nimona and This One Summer. Not that long ago, the Scientist discovered that all sadness, anxiety, and anger disappeared...
40) The grouchies
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A grouchy boy learns how to chase away his grumpy moods. Includes a note to parents.
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