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161) Trouble
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A squirrel sees nothing but trouble in a bear newcomer who has terrible teeth, knife-like claws, and an oversized appetite, while her pet mouse perceives a new neighbor who is just trying to be friendly.
162) People kill people
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Follows six teenagers as they are brought into close contact over the course of one tense week, in a town with political and personal tensions that build until one fires a fatal gunshot.
164) Stumptown kid
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meanings of both racism and heroism when he befriends a black man who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
165) The cured
Publisher
Shout! / Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged by a virus that turns the infected into zombies, a cure is found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is Senan, a young man haunted by the horrific acts he committed while infected. He attempts to restart his life, but is society ready to forgive him and those like him? Or will fear and prejudice once again tear...
166) The one and only
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Maryellen, 1954 volume 1
Maryellen classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 1
Maryellen classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 1
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in the 1950s, nine-year-old Maryellen longs to stand out, but in a family with five brothers and sisters, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle!"--
167) Blind injustice: a former prosecutor exposes the psychology and politics of wrongful convictions
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent Mark Godsey takes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon both psychological research and shocking--yet true--stories from his own career, Godsey shares how innate psychological flaws and the "tough on crime" political environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the conviction...
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angles. 1943. The summer of the Zoot Suit Riots. Flaca and Cuata have a problem. It's bigger than being grounded by their strict ma. It's bigger than fights with the soldiers stationed near their neighborhood. And it's shaped like a five-foot-tall lizard. After a scaly creature rescues Cuata from a brawl in downtown L.A., she names him Chulito. He's a stranded member of an undiscovered species, with the rest of his family nowhere to be found....
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