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341) Dragonfly song
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being abandoned by her birth mother, orphaned by her adopted family, and cast out by others, Aissa decides her only escape is to dance for the Bull King.
342) Cassandra steps out
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Cassandra has a gift. Animals can show her what they're thinking. And after keeping her talent a secret, Cassandra sets out to help pets and their people. The trouble is, other parts of Cassandra's life are changing too. Her mom has a boyfriend she really likes, but his daughter can't stand Cassandra. And Cassandra's best friend is about to leave town. Not even her trusty dog Miss Dolly can make things feel okay. When Cassandra gets on the trail...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2, a young autistic boy lives on his parents' farm among the salt flats and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine and music too; every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel. But then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town....
Author
Publisher
All Points Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A seasoned White House correspondent surveys an unusual presidency and answers the most important question: Does Trump matter? Major Garrett has been reporting on the White House for nearly two decades, covering four different presidencies for three news outlets. But if he thought that his distinguished journalistic career had prepared him for the unique challenges of covering Donald Trump, he was in for a surprise. Like many others in Washington,...
345) Life, animated
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship, and brotherhood.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans... By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about consciousness and the meeting of two very different minds. --Provided by publisher.
347) Dog whistle politics: how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
348) The secret cabana
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation at her family cabana, eight-year-old Isla Verde along with best friend Tora and gecko Fitz, search for the mysterious Canto Coast namesake--a mermaid.
Author
Series
Mrs. Murphy mystery volume 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a local mechanic gets his odometer turned back--for good--Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen steps in to investigate. There's more to the crime than meets the eye, though, and sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with faithful corgi Tee Tucker, do their level best to keep Harry out of harm's way.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As librarian at the Washington County Free Library in Maryland, Mary Lemist Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. She was determined that everyone should have access to the library--not just adults and those who lived in town. Realizing its limitations and inability to reach the county's 25,000 rural residents, including farmers and their families, Titcomb set about to change the library system forever with...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
We all know people who seem capable of connecting with almost anyone. They are the ones we turn to for advice, the ones who ask deep questions but also seem to hear what we are trying to say. What do they know about conversation that makes them so special? And what can they tell us about how communication really works? Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues, understand--some by intuition, some by hard-won experience--that there is a science to...
Author
Series
Chatty Corgi mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For ex-accountant Emma Reed and her beloved corgi, Oliver, opening Reeds Classic Tea & Cakes in the idyllic village of Trevena in Cornwall has been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Her cakes are popular, she has a host of wonderful new friends, and even a potential new romance. There is even time left over for plenty of long country walks with Oliver, who is not only the cutest corgi on record (at least to Emma), he happens to talk (at least to...
Author
Publisher
Maxwell Leadership
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It's been said that public speaking is the number one fear of most people, with death being second. "This means," said comedian Jerry Seinfeld, "if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy." How can you overcome fear or ineffectiveness as a speaker? Learn the Laws of Communication! John C. Maxwell has been a public speaker and motivational teacher for more than fifty years. He is one of only eight people...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Conflict is the top reason couples seek help-but it's also an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection, and lasting love according to this essential guide from the world's leading relationship scientists and bestselling authors of The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work.
356) To fetch a felon
Author
Series
Chatty Corgi mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Emma Reed left London because she wanted to put her life in high finance behind her. Her dream is to open a small tea shop in an idyllic village in Cornwall, with its cobblestone streets and twisting byways. Emma plans to bake the recipes handed down to her from her beloved grandmother, and there'll be plenty of space for her talking corgi, Oliver, to explore. Yes... talking. Emma has always been able to understand Oliver, even though no one else...
357) Thunder run
Author
Series
Dactyl Hill Squad volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Now that she has found her brother Montez, Magdalys and her squad have embarked on a secret mission for General Grant, taking them deep into the Louisiana swamplands, to New Orleans, and eventually to the Mexican border where Imperial troops are forming an alliance with the Confederates in pursuit of spreading slavery--and once more Magdalys will have to use her telepathic link to the dinosaurs to save herself, her squad, and the union she believes...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century...
359) GRE prep 2023
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Presents a guide to taking the GRE test, with five full-length practice tests, a review of the topics covered, best strategies for taking the test, and additional study aids available online.
360) Scooby-Doo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery, Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his crime-solving cohorts are individually summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip spring break hot spot. Concerned his park might truly be haunted, the owner tries to reunite those notoriously meddling detectives to sovle the mystery before his supernatural secret scares away the college crowd.
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