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1881) Ninja at the pet shop
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyme, Moby Shinobi tries to put his ninja skills to work helping out at the pet shop, but as usual his efforts result in complete chaos--until he redeems himself by finding the missing python.
1882) ¡No, David!
Author
Series
David (David Shannon) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
David es un niño que se porta mal en la casa. Su mamá siempre está gritando "No, David."
A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly adominished, but finally gets a hug.
1883) The lady waiting
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"One bright Los Angeles day, a young Polish émigrée named Viva is driving along the freeway when she's flagged down by a dazzling, disheveled woman in green chiffon. The woman is Bobby Sleeper, a fellow Eastern European and erstwhile art gallerist with a mysterious background and even more mysterious filmmaker husband. Within days the couple hire Viva as their assistant, then enlist her as an accomplice in an improbable scheme involving a long-lost...
1884) Les œufs verts au jambon
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
Français
Description
"Voici l'histoire de Sam-c'est moi, qui tente désespérément de faire goûter un plat étrange à un vieux grincheux têtu"--Page 4 of cover.
1885) The circus ship
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.
1886) The Dixon rule
Author
Series
Campus diaries volume 2
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The second in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series ... set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U ... Diana Dixon has a lot going on this summer. She's rehearsing for a ballroom dance competition, juggling two jobs, and dealing with an ex-boyfriend who can't take the hint it's over. Yet despite all that, she still has plenty of time and energy to tell Shane Lindley to screw off. Shane just moved into her apartment building and seems dedicated...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina, a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town's cheerful façade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to The Whitewood School, a local reformatory with a record of putting unruly teens back on the straight and narrow--a...
1889) Someone is missing!
Author
Series
Dear Beast volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Through a series of letters, snobby cat Simon and good-natured dog Baxter team up--sort of-- to find Andy's missing school pet Louie, the leopard gecko.
1890) God's country: a novel
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Details the adventures in the old West of Marder, a coward and racist, and of Bubba, a Black tracker, as they try to find Marder's kidnapped wife.
1891) FAIR AND SQUARE
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Yeti and Unicorn cannot always agree, whether it is about which shape is most pleasing, whose style of painting is best, or, more serious, how to divide up a pie--but the two friends always find a way past their differences, because their friendship is important to both.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Book
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fans of Marvel's Spider-Man are sure to love this all-new Little Golden Book, featuring the Spectacular Peter Porker: Spider-Ham! Filled with thrills and laughs, boys and girls ages 2-5 will love this light-hearted and humorous take on the Marvel universe with animal versions of their favorite characters and in which an ordinary spider becomes a pig-like web-spinning super hero!"--Amazon.
1893) DODO DODGEBALL
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
While the ducks and dodos play dodgeball, Chick sits nearby reading her book.
1894) Carnival catastrophe
Author
Series
Problim children volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
With their scheming neighbor Desdemona O'Pinion attempting to turn the Problim children against each other, the siblings come together to save the carnival and rescue their mother.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Down at the bottom of the tall buildings of New York City, Magnolia Wu sits inside her parents’ laundromat. She has pinned every lost sock from the laundromat onto a bulletin board, in hopes that customers will return to retrieve them. But no one seems to have noticed. In fact, barely anyone has noticed Magnolia at all. What she doesn’t know is that this is about to be her most exciting summer yet. When Iris, a new friend from California arrives,...
Author
Series
World's worst time machine volume 2
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Legend says that an eccentric millionaire hid a treasure somewhere inside the legendary 'White City' of Chicago's 1893 World's Fair. Elsa Rutledge believes that treasure may hold the key to finding her long-lost grandfather. Relying on the World's Worst Time Machine once again, Elsa and Liam are on the hunt! They're not the only ones. To stay one step ahead of all the other time travelers, the kids must upgrade their technology, forge new friendships,...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A family reunion in the Catskills brings hilarity and nostalgia when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway. In its heyday, the Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families-best friends and business partners-have presided over this glamorous resort, which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills...
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