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4) Bicycles
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Aladdin
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English
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"Go behind the scenes and learn how craftsman Aaron Dykstra makes one-of-a-kind bicycles by hand with this non-fiction book that's full of photographs and illustrations about his process. Aaron Dykstra of Six-Eleven Bicycles in Roanoke, Virginia, got his first job at a small local bike shop when he was fifteen and he spent the majority of his teen years riding and racing bikes. After a stint in the air force, Aaron realized his true passion was on...
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English
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Love animals? Make your passion your profession with this comprehensive guide that reveals a whole host of careers that work hands-on with animals of all shapes, sizes, and species in the tenth book in the Be What You Want series.
Do you remember what career you dreamed of having when you were a kid? Right up there along with firefighter, doctor, and astronaut, you'll find veterinarian as one of the top kid's dream jobs. This usually stems from...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Young women today crave strong, independent role models to look to for motivation. In the follow-up to the 2012 bestseller Girls Who Rocked the World, More Girls Who Rocked the World offers a fun and inspiring collection of influential stories with forty-five more movers and shakers who rocked the world before turning twenty. A variety of achievements, interests, and ethnic backgrounds are represented, from Annie Oakley and Cleopatra to Malala Yousafzai...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered over grades, fitting in, and getting things right the first time. Fantastic Failures was created for these students to learn that their mistakes and failures do not define their whole lives, but help them grow into their potential....
8) Skateboards
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Publisher
Aladdin
Language
English
Description
Offers a look at a business owner who makes skateboards by hand, going into how he became involved in skateboards and demonstrating step-by-step how he carefully creates them.
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Dork diaries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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A bump on the head suffered during gym class causes middle school drama queen Nikki Maxwell to have a crazy dream where all of her acquaintances assume the roles of familiar fairy tale characters.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Sally Ride was more than the first woman in space--she was a real-life explorer and adventurer whose life story is a true inspiration for all those who dream big. Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women...
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English
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First published in 1903, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is the charming and classic children's novel beloved the world over. Written by the American author and educator Kate Douglas Wiggin, it is the story of young and poor Rebecca Rowena Randall, who goes to live with her spinster aunts in the town of Riverboro when she is ten years-old. Rebecca's father had died three years before and the family farm had become heavily indebted. In order to ease the...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death.
15) Where's Santa?
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Aladdin
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English
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Children are invited to help save Christmas and locate Santa and his ten elves in a merry "search-and-find" picture book that features elaborately detailed festive scenes from around the world.
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Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
Description
Packed with comics, diagrams and "secret diaries," this book is a wondrous, encyclopedic glance at a dizzying host of different things-from hearts to farts to coconuts-and makes a hilarious and informative guide for curious young readers.
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Nancy Drew diaries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Dear diary...
The good news: Bess, George, and I are on a train bound for Denali National Park, gazing at majestic Mount McKinley as we speed along. It's truly awesome! The bad news: Someone — a creepy passenger or a disgruntled employee? — is still causing major trouble on the Arctic Star cruise ship, and now that we're sightseeing on land, the danger has followed. Whoever it is has got even me in their sights —...
The good news: Bess, George, and I are on a train bound for Denali National Park, gazing at majestic Mount McKinley as we speed along. It's truly awesome! The bad news: Someone — a creepy passenger or a disgruntled employee? — is still causing major trouble on the Arctic Star cruise ship, and now that we're sightseeing on land, the danger has followed. Whoever it is has got even me in their sights —...
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Story thieves volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After Nobody destroys the connection between fictional and nonfictional worlds, causing nonfictional people to lose their imaginations, Owen and Bethany must risk everything to save multiple realities.
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