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Author
Series
Vera books volume 5
Publisher
H. Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Vera is riding her new bicycle in the school yard, when she discovers there's no one there to help her brake to stop herself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"My dear, sweet child. Go ahead. Don't be afraid ..." Eleven-year-old Shelly Anderson just wants to be popular. Her parents have split and she has to start over at a new school with different classes, a brand new swim team and an unfamiliar social scene. So what if she just wants the cool kids to like her? Is that really too much to ask? So when Shelly finds a mysterious nautilus shell that summons the infamous sea witch, Ursula, she jumps at her...
24) Goats
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father means 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called Goat Man. So when Ellis decides to leave the alternative ways of his desert homestead for a stuffy East Coast prep school, major changes are in store, but not in the way you₂d think.
Author
Publisher
Dutton/Penguin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Accepting a temporary teaching job for a group of privileged students who are reeling from a peer's recent murder, aspiring writer Vera Lundy bonds with a fifteen-year-old student whose sinister nature threatens another student and Vera's professional reputation.
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
""As families are looking for better ways to educate their children, more and more of them are becoming interested and engaged in alternative ways of schooling that are different, separate, or opposite of the traditional classroom. Homeschooling has become ever more creative and varied as families create custom-tailored curricula, assignments, goals, and strategies that are best for each unique child. This presents a multitude of challenges and opportunities...
Author
Series
Betsy-Tacy stories volume 7
Publisher
HarperPerennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Author
Series
Betsy-Tacy stories volume 9
Publisher
HarperPerennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Author
Series
Betsy-Tacy stories volume 5
Publisher
HarperPerennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Eleven years ago, LilyAnn Bronte was the Peachy-Keen Queen of Blessings, Georgia--the prettiest, smartest, and most popular girl in town, going steady with the star quarterback, a high school career on a fast track to success. Then Randy Joe was killed in Iraq, and somehow LilyAnn just let herself go to seed. Ruby, Mabel Jean, Vera and Vesta of the Curl Up and Dye have been itching to give LilyAnn a makeover, but she knows it would take more than...
33) Go, ghoul, go!
Author
Series
Spirited volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Liv Livingston feels she’s finally found her footing in her new school—even the bat hall monitors at Gloomsdale Elementary don’t screech at her as much! But when Liv’s new friend Vera asks her to try out for the Ghoul Squad with her, she’s not sure it’s her crowd. The members are pretty daunting with their matching uniforms and constant spelling of words—particularly the leader, Astrid, who isn’t very nice. Still, Liv doesn’t want...
34) Once, in Lourdes
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
In the turbulent summer of 1968, four high school friends make a pact that will change their lives forever. As the Vietnam War rages overseas, four friends make a vow. For the next two weeks, they will live for each other and for each day. Then, at the end of the two weeks, they will sacrifice themselves on the altar of their friendship. Loyal Kay, our narrator, dreams of being an artist and escaping her stifling family--the stepmother and stepsister...
Author
Series
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
Español
Description
"It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a series of bodies are discovered near her school-bearing wounds that are disturbingly familiar-she finds herself drawn back into the world of...
36) Chills
Author
Series
Disney chills volume 1-2
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The collection features the first two books in the Disney Chills series, which brings elements of the most popular Disney tales into the present day with contemporary stories, characters, and twists.
Eleven-year-old Shelly Anderson just wants to be popular. Her parents have split and she has to start over at a new school with different classes, a brand new swim team and an unfamiliar social scene. So what if she just wants the cool kids to like her?...
Series
Reference shelf volume 94, no. 2
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
According to data collected by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), nearly one in five Americans lives with some kind of behavioral illness, and one in twenty suffer from what is called "serious behavioral illness." Behavioral health issues are common, affecting more than 50 million Americans at any time. Many millions more experience mental and behavioral health issues indirectly, through friends, family, or in performing their jobs. Many...