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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 2
Language
English
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An utterly convincing and moving look at the beauty and perils of consciousness.
WINNER OF CANADA READS 2017
WINNER OF THE 2015 GILLER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE 2015 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE 2015 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS
— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.
—I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo,
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Stinky Cecil volume 2
Language
English
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When Cecil the toad is kidnapped from his home pond and taken to a classroom terrarium, he encounters Nesbit the chameleon while his friends mount a rescue mission.
5) Panda-monium
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Series
FunJungle volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Teddy Fitzroy must solve the crime of the kidnapped rare and expensive panda, Li Ping.
6) Cat
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Series
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English
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Pets are fun! Pets need care. How do I care for my pet cat? My Pet: Cat provides young readers in prekindergarten to grade 1 with an introduction to caring for cats. This 16-page book uses simple text and vivid photos to show the daily tasks involved in caring for pets. In this series, simple text and vibrant photos teach young readers about a variety of familiar pets. Each book includes a list of words to look for in the text, with callouts that...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
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"Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breakingand entering? A murderous tree? As New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict,...
10) Zoo
Author
Series
Zoo novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. With wildly inventive imagination and white-knuckle suspense that rivals Stephen King, this is Patterson at his very best.
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English
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Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues in Warriors: Omen of the Stars! The first book in this fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice, brings more adventure, intrigue, and thrilling battles to the epic world of the warrior Clans. It has been foretold that Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and one other cat will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must wait for a sign from StarClan to tell...
13) Lion down
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Series
FunJungle volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Teddy Fitzroy and his girlfriend, Summer, investigate when a mountain lion is accused of killing a prized dog outside of FunJungle Wild Animal Park in the Texas Hill Country.
14) Poached
Author
Series
FunJungle volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
17) Bunny overboard
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English
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Bunny goes sailing on the sea, and the reader is invited to follow instructions to blow wind into his sails, rock the boat, and guess what Bunny will see next as he explores undersea life.
19) Night whispers
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw continue to seek answers to the mysterious prophecy that binds them, they learn that another cat may play an essential role in defeating the Dark Forces.
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Distributed by Maple Pictures
Language
English
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In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey-- a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
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