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Walk Two Moons In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbo ... |
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Out of My Mind From a multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winning author comes the story of a brilliant girl that no one knows about because she cannot speak or write. "If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, "Out of My Mind" should be it.O--"Denver Post." EAN:9781416971719ISBN:1416971718Edition:ReprintBinding:Paperback ... |
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Outliers: The Story of Success In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, "Outliers" is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate. EAN:9780316017930ISBN:0316017930Binding:PaperbackPages:309Author:Gladwell, Malcolm ... |
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The Catcher in the Rye Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania ... |
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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, re ... |
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The Alchemist Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried near the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the trea ... |
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Night A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate ded ... |
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Wonder The extraordinary #1 "New York Times" bestseller that has captivated over 1 million readers now also includes the bestselling short story "The Julian Chapter." "I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. " August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid--but his new classmates can ... |
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Behold a Pale Horse Cooper, a former U.S. Naval intelligence briefing team member, offers this lucid, rational work that reveals secrets kept guarded by the American government since the 1940s, including the presence of UFOs, the facts behind the J.F.K. assassination, and more. EAN:9780929385228ISBN:0929385225Binding:PaperbackPages:500Author:Cooper, Milt ... |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People You can go after the job you want...and get it You can take the job you have...and improve it You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you Since its release in 1936, "How to Win Friends and Influence People "has sold more than 15 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. As relevant as ever before, ... |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1) "Boys don't keep diaries--or do they?" "The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to" It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In bo ... |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in "your" life? "The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book--and right into your child's heart..." --Mother's Manual "Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative..." --The New York Times Book Review EAN:97803992269 ... |
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Dinosaurs Before Dark Jack and Annie's very first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--the Magic Tree House Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner? Visit the Magic Tree House website MagicTreeHouse.com EAN:9780 ... |
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Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z From apple cars and bugdozers to yellow taxicabs and zippermobiles, follow all kinds of vehicles through the alphabet with Richard Scarry's colorful characters. Full-color illustrations. EAN:9780679806639ISBN:0679806636Binding:Board BooksPages:22Author:Scarry, RichardAudience Age:3 ... |
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The Elements of Style "You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.This book's unique tone, wit and charm have conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use the fourth edition of "the little book" to make a big impact with writing. " ... |
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The Wrinkle in Time Quintet The Time Quintet consists of "A Wrinkle in Time," "A Wind in the Door," "A Swiftly Tilting Planet," "Many Waters," and "An Acceptable Time." The digest box set features the art of Taeeun Yoo."A Wrinkle in Time" is one of the most significant novels of our time. This fabulous, ground-breaking science-fiction and fantasy story is the first of five in the Time Quintet series about the Murry family."A Wind in the Door"--When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg, Calvin, and their teacher, Mr. Je ... |
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Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as ...
Based on Dave Burgess's popular "Outrageous Teaching" and "Teach Like a PIRATE" seminars, this book offers inspiration, practical techniques, and innovative ideas that will help you to increase student engagement, boost your creativity, and transform your life as an educator. You'll learn how to: -Tap into and dramatically increase your passion as a teacher -Develop outrageously engaging lessons that draw students in like a magnet -Establish rapport and a sense of camaraderie in your classroom - ... |
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The Giving Tree Alice Taylor returns to the world of To School Through the Fields in this story of oldstyle country Christmas. She attempts to convey the magic that lies in every detail of the festive season for a young child. EAN:9780060256654ISBN:0060256656Binding:HardcoverPages:64Author:Silverstein, ShelAudience Age:4 - ... |
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story The" New York Times "bestseller" A Long Walk to Water" begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every ... |
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus Expansive synonym lists integrated with alphabetical dictionary entries, based on 'Merrian Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'. EAN:9780877798637ISBN:087779863XEdition:Revised, UpdateBinding:Mass Market PaperboundPages:1259Author:Merriam-Webster ... |
