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Author
Publisher
LAK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
164 pages : 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what the biggest failures in American history are?
Which sports teams just can’t seem to catch a break and keep failing, over and over and over in the most disastrous manner?
What are some of the biggest failures in American pop culture?
In The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories and Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught in School you’ll learn all about these embarrassing moments and many other...
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
NASA Takes Photography into Space considers the work of NASA photographers as they began exploring space. Using many stunning, full-page photos, it examines the photography's contributions to NASA's overall mission, including how space exploration has pushed photography technology forward.
Author
Language
English
Description
It's time to wire up and get connected to one of the most complex areas of Minecraft--Redstone. Redstone experts guide you through all aspects of working with Redstone including mining, smelting, using repeaters, circuit components and circuit designs. This handbook also includes exclusive tips from game creator Notch himself and some of the most extraordinary Redstone creations ever made. So power up and get switched on to Redstone--it's electrifying...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Groundbreaking narrative nonfiction for teens that tells the story of the AIDS crisis in America. Thirty-five years ago, it was a modern-day, mysterious plague. Its earliest victims were mostly gay men, some of the most marginalized people in the country; at its peak in America, it killed tens of thousands of people. The losses were staggering, the science frightening, and the government's inaction unforgivable. The AIDS Crisis fundamentally changed...
6) 52: Volume 1
Author
Series
52 volume Vol. 1
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
295 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid Breakdowns by Keith Giffen Art by various Backup features by Waid and various Covers by J.G. Jones The end is near! As the year races towards its close, we follow our heroes through their final steps in space - and time! From the mean streets of Gotham to the far reaches of deep space, the last weeks tick down to their shattering conclusion. World War III is just the beginning! Plus, more...
Author
Publisher
HEEL
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Extended and revised edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This "volume of the...Lego builders' books series addresses beginners as well as skilled builders who want to improve their building techniques and create individual and lifelike buildings, vehicles and all kinds of other fancy designs. Step-by-step instructions help the reader to come up with their own personal Lego masterpiece. The authors clearly demonstrate how to build 'around the corner' or put Lego bricks together so no studs can be seen from...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 5 hrs., 45 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Is Where It Ends comes another unforgettable story of loss, hope, betrayal, and the quest for truth. Best friends Corey and Kyra were inseparable in their snow-covered town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey moves away, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. Corey is devastated-and...
Author
Series
My hero academia volume 9
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Shonen Jump manga edition.
Physical Desc
163 pages, 28 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
The academy students head off to summer camp where they engage in high-impact training to further develop their Quirks, and though the teachers set up some tough challenges, the most life changing is the threat posed by a new group of enemies.
Author
Series
Doomsday with my Dog volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Yen Press Edition ;
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A single teenage girl journeys through the crumbling ruins of civilization--the last human on Earth, exploring the concrete jungle that has outlived mankind. Keeping her company is woman's best friend--the ever-adorable and quick-witted Shiba Inu Haru, who is ready to stick with her through thick and thin! With such a pleasant conversation partner to keep the post-apocalyptic doldrums at bay, the end of the world might not be so bad after all!
Author
Series
Doomsday with my Dog volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Yen Press Edition ;
Physical Desc
106 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a lone high school girl decided to hole up in her room with her trusty canine companion, she never could've dreamed they would become a pair of adventurers exploring everything post-apocalyptic Japan has to offer! Whether they're enjoying a barbecue with Anubis or trying to survive a night in a haunted mansion, life after doomsday is one heck of a roller coaster--and this duo is strapped in for the ride!
12) Virals
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Tory Brennan is the leader of a band of teenage 'sci-philes' who live on an island off the coast of South Carolina and when the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever.
13) The Arab Spring
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A historical account of the Arab Spring, including the events leading up to the string of protests, the people involved, the conditions of political instability, and the lingering aftermath"--
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2021 .
Physical Desc
100 pages : illustrations 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"cities can be surprisingly wild places, especially for the scientists who study them. Join Cylita Guy as she shares the exciting adventures of urban ecologists - herself included - whose work shows that studying urban wildlife can help us make cities healthier for all of their inhabitants.
From a rodent-tracking Ratmobile to a weather station on the back of a bike, discover all the ways these scientists study nature in your neighborhood - and try...
Author
Series
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"History has often ignored men who loved men, women who loved women, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Lee Wind examines primary source letters, poems, and more to rethink the lives and loves of historical figures"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 30
Physical Desc
544 pages.
Language
English
Description
It's been twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage, when Malcolm carried the baby Lyra through an epic flood to Jordan College. It's been almost ten years since the events of His Dark Materials, when Lyra had to leave Will Parry, the love of her young life, on a park bench in another world and return to her own. Sometimes the consequences of our actions take many years to unfold. Lyra and Malcolm are about to be thrown together once again....
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first book in the blockbuster phenomenon The Maze Runner series now features chapters from the highly-anticipated series conclusion, The Fever Code, the book that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Outside the towering...
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Outside the towering...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of -- so she chose it. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen pal letter. There were only ten letters, and forty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got...
20) The Outsiders
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever.