Sophie Washington: Mismatch
Sophie Washington: Mismatch

Author: Tonya Duncan Ellis

Publisher: Page Turner Publishing

Published: 2019-07-14

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Watch out Venus and Serena, Sophie Washington just joined the tennis team, and she's on her way to becoming queen of the court! That is until her coach matches her with class oddball, Mackenzie Clark, and the drama really begins... Mackenzie refuses to talk to Sophie or learn the secret handshake she made up. Sophie just can't figure her out. Then Mackenzie starts skipping practice, and gets sick at school, and Sophie realizes that there's more to her doubles partner than meets the eye. Can Sophie make things right with Mackenzie before their first big game, or is their partnership a complete mismatch?

Mini-Masterpieces
Mini-Masterpieces

Author: Laura Lohmann

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781943147830

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"Exploring art history with hands-on projects for kids" -- Cover.

Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers

Author: Malcolm Gladwell

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0316535621

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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers and why they often go wrong—now with a new afterword by the author. A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn’t true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland—throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know. And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.

Primate Change
Primate Change

Author: Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Publisher: Cassell

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1788401085

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'A work of remarkable scope' - Guardian FT Best science books of 2018 Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE. * This is the road from climate change to primate change. PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why the human body has changed since humankind first got up on two feet. Spanning the entirety of human history - from primate to transhuman - Vybarr Cregan-Reid's book investigates where we came from, who we are today and how modern technology will change us beyond recognition. In the last two hundred years, humans have made such a tremendous impact on the world that our geological epoch is about to be declared the 'Anthropocene', or the Age of Man. But while we have been busy changing the shape of the world we inhabit, the ways of living that we have been building have, as if under the cover of darkness, been transforming our bodies and altering the expression of our DNA, too. Primate Change beautifully unscrambles the complex architecture of our modern human bodies, built over millions of years and only starting to give up on us now. 'Our bodies are in a shock. Modern living is as bracing to the human body as jumping through a hole in the ice. Our bodies do not know what century they were born into and they are defending and deforming themselves in response.'

Finding Mighty
Finding Mighty

Author: Sheela Chari

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2017-05-30

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1683350618

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Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla’s necklace and the disappearance of Peter’s brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it’s too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all? Drawing on urban art forms and local history, Finding Mighty is a mystery that explores the nature of art and the unbreakable bonds of family.

Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum
Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum

Author: Natasha Yim

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2020-12-22

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1623541301

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Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling! On Luna's birthday, the whole family goes out for dim sum--but Luna and her brothers can't agree on how to share their pork buns fairly. How can three people divide up five buns? Should some siblings get more than others? Or should they cut the buns into smaller and smaller pieces so everyone gets the same amount? A playful exploration of division and fractions, featuring Chinese American characters and a cultural note. Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together. Developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC, under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

Sophie Washington: My BFF
Sophie Washington: My BFF

Author: Tonya Duncan Ellis

Publisher: Page Turner Publishing

Published: 2020-09-23

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13:

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A READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Fans of Junie B. Jones, Ivy and Bean, and Jada Jones love reading the entertaining, illustrated Sophie Washington book series. "I think any child reading this book would gain the confidence to be themselves and not feel pressured to follow the crowd."- Readers' Favorite Sophie and Chloe have been best friends since they met in kindergarten. They get along like chips and salsa and do everything together from playing tennis to cheering on the school cheer squad. Lately, Chloe’s been leaving Sophie out, and she doesn’t know why. Sophie does everything she can to make her best friend happy, but it’s not working. Then Chloe asks Sophie to fib to a teacher to help her out and she learns the true meaning of friendship. This is the tenth book in the Sophie Washington book series that includes: Sophie Washington: Queen of the Bee (Book 1) Sophie Washington: The Snitch (Book 2) Sophie Washington: Things You Didn't Know About Sophie (Book 3) Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Book 4) Sophie Washington: Hurricane (Book 5) Sophie Washington: Mission Costa Rica (Book 6) Sophie Washington: Secret Santa (Book 7) Sophie Washington: Code One (Book 8) Sophie Washington: Mismatch (Book 9) Sophie Washington: My BFF (Book 10) Kids Ages 8-12

Sophie Washington: Treasure Beach
Sophie Washington: Treasure Beach

Author: Tonya Duncan Ellis

Publisher: Page Turner Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13:

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It's a Treasure Hunt! A message in a bottle leads Sophie Washington and friends on a seaside treasure hunt in this exciting, illustrated chapter book adventure. It's summertime, and Sophie and her best friend, Chloe and her younger brother, Cole, are spending two fun-filled weeks in Corpus Christi, Texas with her young-at-heart grandmother. A surprise discovery on a day out at the beach takes them on a quest for riches. During their search, the kids snorkel, encounter endangered sea turtles, visit a World War II warship and learn that honesty and true friendship are worth more than gold. Here's what Goodreads readers say about Sophie Washington: Treasure Beach: "Ms. Tonya Duncan Ellis come and get your crown. I hereby declare you the Queen of middle grade fiction. These Sophie Washington adventures just keep getting better and better and better." "Very reminiscent of the Magic Treehouse series, which was an important staple in my childhood, this book brought back so many fond memories of adventures wide and far--without ever having left my couch! Ellis has truly tapped into the magic of storytelling for young minds." "I highly recommend it for readers who are between the ages of eight and twelve and enjoy reading books on adventure and friendships." This is the thirteenth book in the Readers' Favorite five star rated Sophie Washington series. Books can be read in any order. Other titles include: Sophie Washington: Queen of the Bee (Book 1) Sophie Washington: The Snitch (Book 2) Sophie Washington: Things You Didn't Know About Sophie (Book 3) Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Book 4) Sophie Washington: Hurricane (Book 5) Sophie Washington: Mission Costa Rica (Book 6) Sophie Washington: Secret Santa (Book 7) Sophie Washington: Code One (Book 8) Sophie Washington: Mismatch (Book 9) Sophie Washington: My BFF (Book 10) Sophie Washington: Class Retreat (Book 11) Sophie Washington: Lemonade Day (Book 12) Sophie Washington: Treasure Beach (Book 13)

Sophie Washington: Lemonade Day
Sophie Washington: Lemonade Day

Author: Tonya Duncan Ellis

Publisher: Page Turner Publishing

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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ENDORSED BY LEMONADE DAY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION "A fun mix of healthy messages and appealing tween characters in relatable situations." - Kirkus Reviews "I recommend Sophie Washington Lemonade Day; it is an amazing book I loved it....I believe this book will help other kids like me to become fearless when thinking about their dreams regarding having a business, even at a young age." - Sabrina Roesler, Lemonade Day Houston 2020 Youth Entrepreneur of the Year When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade Sixth-grader Sophie Washington and friends learn lessons about entrepreneurship, team work, and friendship when they sign up for a city-wide, Lemonade Day event. Sophie wants to buy her mother something special for her birthday, but she’s short on cash. Her bestie, Chloe, comes up with the perfect solution. Build their own lemonade stand to raise money at Lemonade Day. The girls add friends Carly and Nathan, and Sophie’s little brother, Cole, to their team, and decide to donate some of their earnings to a local animal shelter to help save stray animals. Things are going great, until an accident destroys their supplies. Can they save their business in time for the event? This is the twelfth book in the Readers' Favorite five star rated Sophie Washington series. Books can be read in any order.

Sophie Washington: Class Retreat
Sophie Washington: Class Retreat

Author: Tonya Duncan Ellis

Publisher: Page Turner Publishing

Published: 2020-09-23

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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There is no such thing as Big Foot! Or is there… Sophie Washington and her classmates are on their way to Camp Glowing Spring for a class retreat. It’ll be two full days of swimming, eating s’mores around a campfire, tug-of-war, archery, and more! Sophie’s been looking forward to the trip all school year and can’t wait to spend extra time with her friends. It will also be great to get away from her bratty younger brother, Cole, and his constant stories about Big Foot. If Cole warns her about what to do if she sees the hairy ape man on the retreat one more time, she’ll put in ear plugs. Everybody knows Big Foot is a hoax! Once the kids arrive at the retreat site things are as exciting as Sophie imagined. She has fun exploring nature with her besties, Chloe, Valentina, Toby, Nathan, and Mariama, and meeting new friends too. Then the kids see a giant footprint during a nature hike in the woods and the adventure really begins!