Thunder Cave

Thunder Cave

Author: Roland Smith

Publisher: Perfection Learning

Published: 1997-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780780770423

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After his mother's death, Jacob set off in search of his father, who is tracking elephants in Kenya, and finds himself in a quest to end the devastating drought in Kenya, and to stop poachers who are slaughtering the last of the great elephant herds.


Jaguar

Jaguar

Author: Roland Smith

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 1999-02-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786813124

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The compelling sequel to "Thunder Cave" vividly portrays the beauty and drama of the Brazilian rainforest in the context of page-turning action and adventure.


Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Author: Jostein Gaarder

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2007-03-20

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 1466804270

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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.


The Key to Extraordinary

The Key to Extraordinary

Author: Natalie Lloyd

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-02-23

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0545552753

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The highly anticipated new novel from the author of A Snicker of Magic Everyone in Emma's family is special. Her ancestors include Revolutionary War spies, brilliant scientists, and famous musicians--every single one of which learned of their extraordinary destiny through a dream. For Emma, her own dream can't come soon enough. Right before her mother died, Emma promised that she'd do whatever it took to fulfill her destiny, and she doesn't want to let her mother down. But when Emma's dream finally arrives, it points her toward an impossible task--finding a legendary treasure hidden in her town's cemetery. If Emma fails, she'll let down generations of extraordinary ancestors . . . including her own mother. But how can she find something that's been missing for centuries and might be protected by a mysterious singing ghost? With her signature blend of lyrical writing, quirky humor, and unforgettable characters, Natalie Lloyd's The Key to Extraordinary cements her status as one of the most original voices writing for children today.


Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Author: Ralph Ellison

Publisher: Penguin Books Limited

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780241970560

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The invisible man is the unnamed narrator of this impassioned novel of black lives in 1940s America. Embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being he retreats to an underground cell.


Seedfolks

Seedfolks

Author: Paul Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-07-30

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0062283685

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ALA Best Book for Young Adults ∙ School Library Journal Best Book ∙ Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ IRA/CBC Children's Choice ∙ NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts A Vietnamese girl plants six lima beans in a Cleveland vacant lot. Looking down on the immigrant-filled neighborhood, a Romanian woman watches suspiciously. A school janitor gets involved, then a Guatemalan family. Then muscle-bound Curtis, trying to win back Lateesha. Pregnant Maricela. Amir from India. A sense of community sprouts and spreads. Newbery-winning author Paul Fleischman uses thirteen speakers to bring to life a community garden's founding and first year. The book's short length, diverse cast, and suitability for adults as well as children have led it to be used in countless one-book reads in schools and in cities across the country. Seedfolks has been drawn upon to teach tolerance, read in ESL classes, promoted by urban gardeners, and performed in schools and on stages from South Africa to Broadway. The book's many tributaries—from the author's immigrant grandfather to his adoption of two brothers from Mexico—are detailed in his forthcoming memoir, No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One. "The size of this slim volume belies the profound message of hope it contains." —Christian Science Monitor And don’t miss Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, the Newbery Medal-winning poetry collection!


Walk the World's Rim

Walk the World's Rim

Author: Betty Baker

Publisher: Harpercollins

Published: 1965-01-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780060203818

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Chakoh, a young Apache of the sixteenth century, learns from Esteban, a Spanish slave, the Spaniard's way of life as well as the meaning of such virtues as honor and courage.


Reading Wonders, Grade 1, Your Turn Practice Book

Reading Wonders, Grade 1, Your Turn Practice Book

Author: McGraw-Hill Education

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 2012-05-09

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780021195329

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Your students will engage in their first guided practice with fresh reading selections every week! Students can directly interact with text by underlining, circling, and highlighting text to support answers with text evidence.


The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

Author: Tim O'Brien

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0547420293

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A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.