The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

Author: Stacy McAnulty

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1524767603

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A lightning strike gave her a super power...but even a super genius can't solve the problem of middle school. This smart and funny novel is perfect for fans of The Fourteenth Goldfish, Rain Reign, and Counting by Sevens. Lucy Callahan's life was changed forever when she was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but the zap gave her genius-level math skills, and she's been homeschooled ever since. Now, at 12 years old, she's technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test--middle school! Lucy's grandma insists: Go to middle school for 1 year. Make 1 friend. Join 1 activity. And read 1 book (that's not a math textbook!). Lucy's not sure what a girl who does calculus homework for fun can possibly learn in 7th grade. She has everything she needs at home, where nobody can make fun of her rigid routines or her superpowered brain. The equation of Lucy's life has already been solved. Unless there's been a miscalculation? A celebration of friendship, Stacy McAnulty's smart and thoughtful middle-grade debut reminds us all to get out of our comfort zones and embrace what makes us different. "Fresh story, great characters, a winner!" --Barbara O'Connor, author of Wish

Lightning Girl
Lightning Girl

Author: Alesha Dixon

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1407186469

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10-year-old Aurora Beam discovers that she's the latest in a long line of girl super heroes in her family - able to shoot beams of light from her fingers! She can't even do a cartwheel properly - HOW CAN SHE BE A SUPERHERO? Will she be able to balance her new skills training with school? Will she be able to keep it all a secret from her friends?

Star Switch
Star Switch

Author: Alesha Dixon

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2020-03-05

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0702301280

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Naomi is the biggest pop star on the planet and should be on top of the world... but she's tired of constant touring and missing her school friends and mum. Ruby is Naomi's biggest fan. She knows the words to every song and dreams of being Naomi's BFF. When the girls have an unexpected encounter and swap bodies, Ruby is thrust into the limelight.

Lightning Girl 2: Superhero Squad
Lightning Girl 2: Superhero Squad

Author: Alesha Dixon

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1407189670

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Aurora Beam is finding this saving-the-world lark isn't all its cracked up to be. World-famous overnight after she foiled the Blackout Burglar's plot to steal a precious stone, she's living in the full glare of the media's flash bulbs: everyone wants a piece of the coolest new superhero in town. When she attends a global gathering of superheroes, will she find support from new friends who know exactly what she's going through? Or will there be rivalries and sabotage to deal with? And what on earth is Grandma Beam - who Aurora thought was running a home for retired alpacas deep in the countryside - doing turning up at this top-secret summit?

Lightning Girl 4: Superpower Showdown
Lightning Girl 4: Superpower Showdown

Author: Alesha Dixon

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2019-07-04

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1407194828

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THE BESTSELLING SUPERHERO SERIES RETURNS IN THIS FOURTH FANTASTIC ADVENTURE! Aurora Beam is reeling after the bombshell revelation of the secret supervillain's identity... but is there someone else even *more* powerful pulling the strings? Light is fading across the globe, with whole countries being plunged into darkness and chaos. Aurora and the Bright Sparks must be brave and believe in themselves to save the day! Laughs on every page and fantastically funny art throughout.

Lightning Girl 3: Secret Supervillain
Lightning Girl 3: Secret Supervillain

Author: Alesha Dixon

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1407194666

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The third laugh-out-loud, high-voltage adventure from superstar ALESHA DIXON in collaboration with Katy Birchall Aurora Beam is a SUPER ANNOYED SUPERHERO. She's desperate to help her mum and grandma track down the stolen precious stone that holds the key to her family's powers, but they're insisting she sit this one out. There's a DANGEROUS SUPERVILLAIN on the loose and not even Lightning Girl and the Bright Sparks may be a match for him or her. Worried that whoever has the stone will destroy it and flick the switch off on her powers for ever, Aurora refuses to hide at home and stay safe. What can she discover about master-of-disguise the Blackout Burglar? And about his boss, the secret supervillain with a deep-seated desire for revenge... Laughs on every page and fantastically funny art throughout.

The Girl from the Hermitage
The Girl from the Hermitage

Author: Molly Gartland

Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books

Published: 2020-04-23

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1785631896

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Galina was born into a world of horrors. So why does she mourn its passing? SHORTLISTED: Impress Prize LONGLISTED: Bath Novel Award LONGLISTED: Grindstone Novel Award It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Vera are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating soup made of wallpaper, with the occasional luxury of a dead rat. Galina's artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could now provide a safe haven, provided Mikhail can navigate the perils of a portrait commission from one of Stalin's colonels. Nearly forty years later, Galina herself is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she embarks upon that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and Galina's familiar world changes out of all recognition. Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland's debut novel guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the glitz and bling of 21st-century St Petersburg. Galina's story is at once a compelling page-turner and an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia. 'A beautifully written book that takes you right into the characters' world. Highly recommended' LUCINDA HAWKSLEY

Save the People!
Save the People!

Author: Stacy McAnulty

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 075955398X

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"Save the People is engaging, funny, affecting and delightful. You’ll never have more fun learning science." --Stuart Gibbs, bestselling author of the Spy School series "Serious science and great gags, with a bit of hope thrown in.” --Steven Sheinkin, bestselling author of Bomb and Fallout An action-packed look at past, present, and future threats to humanity’s survival—with an ultimately reassuring message that humans probably have a few more millennia in us. Scientists estimate that 99% of all species that have ever existed are now extinct. Whoa. So, it's not unreasonable to predict humans are doomed to become fossil records as well. But what could lead to our demise? Supervolcanos? Asteroids? The sun going dark? Climate change? All the above?! Humans—with our big brains, opposable thumbs, and speedy Wi-Fi—may be capable of avoiding most of these nightmares. (The T. rex would be super jealous of our satellites.) But we're also capable of triggering world-ending events. Learning from past catastrophes may be the best way to avoid future disasters. Packed with science, jokes, and black and white illustrations, Save the People! examines the worst-case scenarios that could (but hopefully won’t) cause the greatest mass extinction—our own!

The Lightning Queen
The Lightning Queen

Author: Laura Resau

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0545800862

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A stunningly rendered mystical novel, set in the remote mountains of Mexico in the 1950s, illuminates the power of an unlikely friendship that blends cultures, magic, and possibilities.

Gertie's Leap to Greatness
Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Author: Kate Beasley

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0374302626

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For fans of Three Times Lucky and The Penderwicks, this endearing new classic spins together sparkling humor, sizzle-pop writing, and a sassy main character with an unforgettable voice. Gertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town, Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind. There's just one problem: Seat-stealing new girl Mary Sue Spivey wants to be the best fifth grader, too. And there is simply not enough room at the top for the two of them. From debut author Kate Beasley, and with illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Jillian Tamaki, comes a classic tale of hope and homecoming that will empty your heart, then fill it back up again--one laugh at a time.