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When Soumchi, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in British-occupied Jerusalem just after World War II, receives a bicycle as a gift from his Uncle Zemach, he is overjoyed-even if it is a girl's bicycle. Ignoring the taunts of other boys in his neighborhood, he dreams of riding far away from them, out of the city and across the desert, toward the heart of Africa. But first, he wants to show his new prize to his friend Aldo.
In the tradition of such...
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¿Reconoces alguna de estas situaciones?
"Tú no eres mi jefe."
"No es justo."
"No me gustas."
Especialmente el último puede romper el corazón de un padre incluso si sabes que tu hijo no lo dice en serio.
Todos hemos estado allí.
Su hijo hace algo mal y todo lo que quiere hacer es ser un buen padre, explicar la situación y señalar las consecuencias.
Tu hijo deja de escuchar incluso antes de que comiences. Finalmente, la situación se intensifica...
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IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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A heartfelt picture book about differences, acceptance, and loving yourself for who you are.
Wherever he goes, Rain Boy brings wet-which means he's not very popular. Sun Kidd brings sunshine everywhere she goes, so everyone loves her. Only Sun Kidd sees what's special about Rain Boy. But when she invites him to her birthday party, disaster strikes, and Rain Boy storms. Now the world is nothing but rain. Will the other kids ever love Rain Boy for...
1205) Shutout
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Alex Paterson is the number-one goalie on his high-school hockey team. And he's thrilled that his team has made the playoffs. But when graffiti that apparently can be traced back to Alex is found on the walls of the school, and a photo of Alex at a party with a beer in his hand starts making the rounds, he is suspended from the team, and his reputation as a good kid is put in doubt. Alex knows he's innocent. The problem is, he cannot figure out...
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Twelve-year-old Julian Newcomber knows he has a fitting-what the smart folks call apropos-last name. His family moves constantly due to his dad's quirky inventions, which have a habit of misbehaving and blowing up the family home, so he's always been the new kid in school.
Now firmly settled in a peaceful and close-knit community, Julian believes he's finally found a home, not to mention a safe haven from his father's calamities. That is, until a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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During the school day, fifth-grader Allie West is an outsider. Everyone knows the principal's kid might tattle to her mom! But after school, Allie is an insider. She's friendly with the janitor, knows the shortest routes around the building, and hangs out with the Afters, a group of misfits whose parents are teachers at their school. Although Allie secretly loves her insider life, she's sick of being an outsider-so she vows to join the Pentagon, the...
1208) Le pouvoir du miroir
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Français
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Mylana, une adolescente de dix-sept ans, endure régulièrement le harcèlement de son camarade Rick au lycée. Un jour, sa meilleure amie Tsuki la convainc de s'évader de cette réalité en allant à une foire récemment ouverte. C'est là-bas que tout change pour Mylana. Une femme énigmatique croise son chemin et lui confie un miroir aux propriétés mystérieuses, capable d'accomplir ses souhaits les plus profonds. Ignorant le potentiel caché...
1209) I Can Stand Up to Bullies: Finding Your Voice and Controlling Your Anger When Others Pick on You
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The perfect tool to teach children how to respond to bullies. I Can Stand Up to Bullies provides parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers the opportunity to speak with children about this important topic.
You can be angry for many different reasons-maybe a friend canceled a playdate with you, maybe it's lightning when you're supposed to be swimming, maybe your dog destroyed your favorite toy, or maybe you forgot your homework and you didn't...
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Conoce a Palo y Piedra. Quieren estar juntos, ¡como los buenos amigos!
Cuando Stick rescata a Stone de una situación espinosa con un Pinecone, la pareja se convierte en amigos rápidos. Pero cuando Stick se atasca, ¿puede Stone devolverle el favor?
La autora Beth Ferry hace una memorable historia de amistad con un texto cálido y rimado que incluye un sutil mensaje anti-bullying que incluso el lector más joven entenderá. El ilustrador más...
1211) Here, and Only Here
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The new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Mirror Visitor Quartet
Welcome to the School of Here, an unsettling and peculiar place that is nonetheless familiar to us all. A place full of codes and unspoken rules that are passed down from year to year.
At Here, society is highly stratified, the pairs, friend groups, and outcasts are all ruled by a godlike prince. This year-as all other years-things are not at all as they seem....
1212) Jane, the Fox and Me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hélène has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies - Hélène weighs 216; she smells like BO. Her loving mother is too tired to be any help. Fortunately, Hélène has one consolation, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Hélène identifies strongly with Jane's tribulations, and when she is lost in the pages of this wonderful book, she is able to ignore her tormentors. But when...
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You have the power to protect yourself and others!
What does it mean to be safe? Does it mean beating a throw to home plate? Does it mean never taking risks? No! Being safe is about feeling secure, feeling protected and being responsive-no matter the environment or situation.
You can be safe in so many simple ways. From being aware of your limits to creating healthy boundaries. By not giving in to peer pressure and by standing up to bullies. And...
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The perfect tool to teach children how to respond to insecurities surrounding being left-handed. I Am Left-Handed provides parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers the opportunity to speak with children about this important topic.
How do you actually know whether you are left- or right-handed? Everyone has a "strong" side, after all. But what exactly does that mean, and how do you know which one works better for you? Why is it that so many...
1215) Stingers
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Thirteen year old James Clarke is always being picked on in school. He hates sports, and he particularly hates Stingers, a schoolyard game in which children throw tennis balls at each other. The other kids always seem to throw the ball harder, when it's at him. His physical education teacher, Mr Evans, has no sympathy for the boy, believing he just needs to toughen up a bit.When James returns home from school after a rough game of Stingers, his mother...
1216) Tianna the Terrible
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Anika Scott volume 2
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English
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Being twelve isn't easy. But Anika Scott, who has joined her parents as a missionary in Kenya, uses her faith and trust in God and His words as guidance to help her through her adolescent problems. Join Anika in her exciting and often dangerous adventures, where using God and her own ingenuity, she makes discoveries about the truth in the world. What do you do when you've been thrown into a world that scares and confuses you? What if the one person...
1217) Eyes of a Stalker
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An unexpected delivery from the florist points to a secret admirer for Shelby Belgarden, but when an ominous phone call and a disturbing email follow, the teenaged sleuth and her family realize that the dangerous obsession of a stalker lies behind them. While the messages become increasingly sinister, the police are unable to uncover the culprits identity, and Shelby finds her world has turned into a nightmare of fear and betrayal. When an arrest...
1218) Dog walker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Turk, in need of money but not really wanting to work, notices that girls love dogs, so he starts a dog-walking business, recruiting friends to do the actual work with the side benefit of meeting girls, but the whole scheme is threatened when Chuck, the school tough guy, wants in on the action.
1219) A girl like that
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old half-Hindu/half-Parsi Zarin Wadia is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs, regularly leaving class to smoke cigarettes in cars with boys, but she also desperately wants to grow up and move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, another non-Muslim Indian who risks deportation but remains devoted to Zarin, could help her escape. When the two end...
1220) The Mystery of the Tenth
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Muse Squad volume 2
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The finale of an action-packed middle grade fantasy duology about a young Cuban American girl who discovers that she’s one of the nine muses of Greek mythology. Perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret, the Aru Shah series, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
Callie Martinez-Silva is finally getting the hang of this whole goddess within thing. Six months after learning she was one of the nine muses of ancient myth, she and the other...
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