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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition ;
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
204 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brigit knows all the old songs and legends by heart : of Neve, the daughter of the sea god; of the warrior Finn MacCool; and of people who are not quite human. Lyrics people in the village sing, but no one believes. Brigit knows the truth, though. It's evident in the webbing between her fingers. She's the daughter of a selkie. A secret she must keep from everyone. Even kin like cousin Margaret and that new friendly boy Peter.
But there is another...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After her son Lydan suffers traumatic injuries in a school shooting, single mom Elisabeth Ross grows enraged at men in power. If they won't do anything to help end this epidemic of violence, she will. Believing it's her destiny, she sets out to awaken the world to the cowards these men are and commits her own shocking act of violence. Going by the name Lilith--the first wife of Adam who fled Eden rather than serve a man--she posts a video of her...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Now," continued the cat, "there is nothing more difficult than changing an animal's mind. But I will say, in case I can change yours: humans are more useful to us outside our bellies than in."
Perhaps.
After the Calamity, the animals thought the humans had managed to do themselves in. But, it turns out, a few are left cowering in makeshift villages. So the animals have selected ambassadors to vote on whether to help the last human stragglers......
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A long time ago, when the world was young, there was only one person on earth. Her name was Nüwa. She had plenty to eat and drink, and played with all the creatures of the world, but she was still lonely. So she made a friend from a bit of soft mud, and with one little word, she changed the world.
Inspired by the Chinese creation myth author Viola Wang learned from her grandfather, Hello is a gorgeous reminder of the power of connection.