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Peter and Starcatchers |
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Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson |
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| In an evocative and fast-paced adventure on the high seas and on a faraway island, an orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a fantastical secret safe and save the world from evil. This impossible-to-put-down tale leads readers on an unforgettable journeyfraught with danger yet filled with mystical and magical moments. |
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Al Capone does my Shirts |
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Gennifer Choldenko |
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Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she’s denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose’s family has used for dealing with her disorder.
When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she’s trouble. But she’s also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents’ expectations, and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away.
Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families, Choldenko’s second novel brings humor to the complexities of family
dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the “good boy” stance he’s taken his whole life.
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Claidi Collection Books 1-3 |
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Tanith Lee |
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| The first three novels in Tanith Lee's popular Claidi Journals series are now available in this handsome hardcover three-in-one omnibus volume, which includes the complete texts of Wolf Tower, Wolf Star, and Wolf Queen. Fantasy fans can immerse themselves in Claidi's adventures as she unlocks the secrets of her past and finds the love of her life. |
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Hooray for Inventors |
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Marcia Williams |
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| What are your eight favorite inventions, and who were the persevering minds behind them? In a style as vivacious and accessible as ever, Marcia Williams honors the fine folks who brought us the printing press, the steam condenser, the steam train, the electric light, all of them stepping stones to ever more awesome inventions to come. Interspersed are brief snapshots of more than a hundred other inventions, from toothpaste
to toilet paper rolls, the World Wide Web to, yes, sliced bread. There's also a tribute to women inventors — the force behind such indispensable items as windshield wipers, submarine telescopes, and bulletproof vests. |
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A Voice of Her Own |
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Kathryn Lasky |
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"We’ll call her Phillis."
In 1761, a young African girl was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, who named her Phillis after the slave schooner that had carried her. Kidnapped from her home in Africa and shipped to America, she’d had everything taken from her - her family, her name, and her language.
But Phillis Wheatley was no ordinary young girl. She had a passion to learn, and the Wheatleys encouraged
her, breaking with unwritten rule in New England to keep slaves illiterate. Amid the tumult of the Revolutionary War, Phillis Wheatley became a poet and ultimately had a book of verse published, establishing herself as the first African American woman poet this country had ever known. She also found what had been taken away from her and from slaves everywhere: a voice of her own. |
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My Mothers Daughter |
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Doris Orgel |
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Leto, Artemis, Demeter, Persephone:
Four goddesses, two mothers and their daughters.
Here are their stories, told in the first person
with grace and eloquence by Doris Orgel, who has
often dealt with classical subjects in her many
distinctive books for young people. An accessible
text and handsome illustrations by Peter Malone make
this a beautiful, as well as significant, book. |
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Rabble Rousers |
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Cheryl Harness |
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Just in time for Women's History
Month, here are short, spirited profiles of twenty
women who impacted life in America by speaking out
against injustice and fighting for social
improvements. The folksy, friendly narrative
introduces such fascinating figures as Sojourner
Truth, abolitionist preacher; Dr. Mary Edwards
Walker, a Civil War physician; Margaret Sanger,
birth control pioneer; and Doris Haddock, a
ninety-two-year-old champion of campaign-finance
reform. The book spans over two hundred years of
American history and includes time lines for such
important social movements as abolition, woman
suffrage, labor, and civil rights. Readers inspired
by these fiery women can use the civil action tips
and resources in the back of the book to do some of
their own rabble-rousing. |
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Marduk the Mighty |
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Andrew Matthews |
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| A collection of creation stories from various world cultures, both ancient and contemporary. |
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Shakespeare Stealer Series |
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Gary Blackwood |
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| The three novels in Gary Blackwood's award-winning Shakespeare Stealer series are now available in this affordably priced and handsome hardcover omnibus volume, which includes the complete texts of The Shakespeare Stealer, Shakespeare's Scribe, and Shakespeare's Spy. Fans can immerse themselves in orphan-turned-actor Widge's adventures with Will Shakespeare's acting troupe as he navigates intrigue, betrayal,
and romance in Elizabethan London. |
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