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26081) Skade and the enchanted snow
Author
Series
Thunder Girls volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Skade, the goddess of skiing, is known as one of the best athletes-- and a top student-- at Asgard Academy. But lately, she's been in a slump. When three giants appear and offer to mend the rift between the worlds by organizing a big ski competition, Skade feels like this is her chance to prove herself again. But much to Skade's embarrassment she's named an alternate instead of a member of the starting team. Aside from Skade's disappointment, something...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As featured on the popular Facebook page of the same name with over 500k devoted followers, an inspiring memoir chronicling the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness chooses to hit the road in an RV with her son, daughter-in-law, and 73-pound poodle Ringo, and say "yes" to all that life offers--and teaches us how to really live.When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer...
26083) Joy, to the world
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Joy, a twelve-year-old transgender girl, fights for her right to cheer in Texas.
Joy, a twelve-year-old trans girl, just moved to Texas with her mother and older brother. Her family has accepted Joy as the girl she is early in her transition, with little fuss, leaving Joy to explore her love of sports, competition, teamwork, school spirit, and worship. But when she is told she's off the cheerleading team, Joy wants to fight for her right to cheer....
26084) Lament for Bonnie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
332 pages : 1 genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Bonnie MacDonald--the beloved stepdancing, fiddling youngest member of Cape Breton's famed Clan Donnie band--vanishes after a family party. There was no stranger spotted lurking around, but no one thinks for one minute that Bonnie ran away. Maura MacNeil, cousin to Clan Donnie, offers her husband's legal services to the family as the police search for the missing girl. But fame attracts some strange characters and Clan Donnie has groupies....
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these...
26086) The accidental bad girl
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Preparatory school senior Kendall finds more than her reputation in danger when her online identity is hacked, getting her involved with drug dealers, detectives, and others who are not who they appear to be.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Long before she became known as the Cactus Queen, Minerva Hamilton Hoyt found solace in the unexpected beauty of the Mojave Desert in California. She loved the jackrabbits and coyotes, the prickly cacti, and especially the weird, spiky Joshua trees. However, in the 1920s, hardly anyone else felt the same way. The desert was being thoughtlessly destroyed by anyone and everyone. Minerva knew she needed to bring attention to the problem. With the help...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"Now a Fives Challenger, Jes travels the countryside to compete against adversaries of similar skill levels, using the opportunity to search for her missing twin sister, Bettany, only to be thrown into the center of the war that Lord Kalliarkos--the boy she still loves--is fighting against their country's enemies"--
26089) Jazz Age Josephine
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents, and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
26090) Elle of the ball
Author
Series
Hoops (Donne) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
viii, 148 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having shot up to six feet tall over the summer, seventh-grader Elle not only has trouble controlling her limbs on the basketball court, she dreads the upcoming school cotillion.
26092) Niña morena sueña
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Premiera edición.
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Nací en Ohio, pero las historias de Carolina del Sur corrían ya, como ríos, por mis venas. Hablan de crecer en distintos hogares, de una época que arrastra todavía los residuos de las leyes Jim Crow y del movimiento de los derechos civiles como respuesta.
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s,...
26093) Princess Leia: royal rebel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ever wonder how Princess Leia became the leader of the Resistance? When did she first join the fight against the Galactic Empire? What was her home planet like? How did she help destroy the Death Star? Who are her closest allies and greatest enemies? And how did she go from being a senator to a general? In this biography--filled with illustrations, character profiles, and fast facts--you'll learn the complete history of Princess Leia and her fight...
26094) A light of her own
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Holland, 1633. Judith Leyster is a painter, dodging the law and whispers of murder in hopes of becoming the first woman admitted to the prestigious Haarlem artist's guild. Maria is a Catholic in a country where the faith is banned, hoping to absolve her sins by recovering a lost saint's relic. Both women's destinies will be shaped by their ambitions, running counter to the city's most powerful men, whose own plans spell disaster. A vivid portrait...
26095) Nipêhon =: I wait
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
A young child, her grandmother and mother are going out to pick wild yarrow. As Grandmother gets ready, the child and her mom wait. Grandmother leads the way to the field of blossoms, where they can finally start to pick ... only now they have to wait for Mom! The simple story, written in Cree and English and accompanied by rich acrylic illustrations, shows the patience, love and humor involved as three generations accommodate one another on a family...
26096) The duchess
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Random House Trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana's public success concealed an unhappy marriage,...
Author
Series
Justice League (2018) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The League was forced to make an impossible decision ... and now its time to face the consequences! The returning Martian Manhunter struggles to protect the team from an incoming threat that will shatter the world as they know it, while a familiar face strikes out on a dark path... Spinning out of the cataclysmic events of Dark Nights: Metal and the universe-defining No Justice, the core members of the Justice League--Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman,...
26098) The friendship experiment
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When scientist-in-the-making Madeline Little starts sixth grade, she soon learns that middle school is nothing like a perfect lab experiment--and that she now has to find the cure for her newly messed-up life"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aila Cordeiro absolutely cannot take on an abandoned pit bull. So why is she suddenly filling food bowls for the wounded stray and opening her seaside home to him? Maybe it's the sadness in the pup's eyes, a sorrow that mirrors her own. But caring for another is not on Aila's agenda anymore. As the sole owner of the general store in a Cape Cod tourist town, she has enough on her hands. Of course, life is what happens while you're making other plans....
26100) Harlem's little blackbird
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 770L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A tribute to lesser-known Harlem Renaissance performer Florence Mills includes coverage of her youth as a child of former slaves, her singing and dancing performances that inspired songs and entire plays, and the struggles with racism that prompted her advocacy of all-black theater and musicals.
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