As doug struggles to be more than the “skinny thug” that his teachers and the police think him to be, he finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer—a fiery young lady who “smelled like daisies would smell if they were growing in a big field under a clearing sky after a rain. In lil, forever scarred, doug finds the strength to endure an abusive father, the suspicions of a whole town, and the return of his oldest brother, from Vietnam.
Together, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon’s birds, they find a safe haven in the local library, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage. 2011 national book award finalistas a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him.
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The Wednesday Wars
Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. But how can holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? a bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights! As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation—the Big M—in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.
Baker doesn’t like Holling—he’s sure of it. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. His father wants holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: the success of his business depends on it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.
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Pay Attention, Carter Jones
Handpicked by amazon kids’ books editor, Seira Wilson, for Prime Book Box – a children’s subscription that inspires a love of reading. Bestselling author Gary D. Sparkling with humor, this insightful and compassionate story will resonate with readers who have confronted secrets of their own. Carter jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep - one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken.
And ultimately, when his burden of grief and anger from the past can no longer be ignored, Carter learns that a burden becomes lighter when it is shared.
The Wednesday Wars
Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. Width - 5. 15. But how can holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? a bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights! As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation—the Big M—in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.
Mrs. In this newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Baker doesn’t like Holling—he’s sure of it. The wednesday wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year in Long Island, New York.
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The Arrival
Art spiegelman, author of Maus"An absolute wonder. Marjane satrapi, author of persepolis"a magical river of strangers and their stories!" -- Craig Thompson, author of Blankets"A shockingly imaginative graphic novel that captures the sense of adventure and wonder that surrounds a new arrival on the shores of a shining new city.
Muth, caldecott Medal-winning author of Zen Shorts"Bravo. Brian selznick, caldecott Medal-winning author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret"Magnificent. David small, 7, 8, caldecott Medalist Grades - 5, 6, 9. Weight - 052.
Middle Grades Geography 2019 National Survey Student Edition Grade 6/8
Orbiting Jupiter
After spending time in a juvenile facility, he’s placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Clarion Books. Grades - 5, 8, 6, 7, 9. Weight - 052. The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D.
Dragon's Gate Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1867
But otter's dream is to learn all he can, take the technology back to the Middle Kingdom, and free China from the Manchu invaders. Otter and the others board a machine that will change his life -- a train for which he would open the Dragon's Gate. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields, he sees only vast, cold whiteness.
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. Clarion Books. Grades - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Weight - 052. Width - 5. 15. Houghton Mifflin. Depth - 7. 65. This sensitively written historical novel, based on the true story of a community's destruction, highlights a unique friendship during a time of change.
Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, and it opens up a whole new world to him, Turner spends time with Lizzie, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast. The two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner's father, want to force the people to leave Lizzie's island so that Phippsburg can start a lucrative tourist trade there.
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Lizzie bright and the Buckminster Boy Newberry Honor Book
Chains The Seeds of America Trilogy
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight. For freedom. Width - 5. 15. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, the locktons, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel.
Houghton Mifflin. Clarion Books. From acclaimed author laurie halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual. Grades - 5, 7, 6, 8, 9. Weight - 052. Great product!