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  Scat - The Incredible Science of...

  Anita Sanchez

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  Discover how poop can actually help protect our planet in this nonfiction book on the nutrient cycle and scientific problem solving. 
    
  What could be more revolting, useless, and downright disgusting than poop? But in nature’s endless and complex cycles, there’s no such thing as waste. The poop of wild animals is full of surprising power: it can be food, shelter, a way for creatures to communicate, and more. For scientists, scat can reveal clues about how animals are responding to climate change threats. 
    
  From researchers in India using tiger poop to track the endangered big cat to scientists in Mexico using bat guano to help replant a forest destroyed by fire, Scat shows how scientists are getting creative when it comes to studying animals and protecting ecosystems from climate change. 
    
  Award-winning nonfiction author Anita Sanchez’s writing is clear, concise, and lightly punny, providing readers with an accessible introduction to the nutrient cycle and the world of animal poop that is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. 
    
  A Books for a Better Earth™ Title 
    
  A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 
    
  "This title would be perfect for a research project on the subject."—School Library Journal

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  The Christmas Masquerade

  Mary E Wilkins Freeman

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  The Christmas Masquerade is a Christmas story. A mayor hosts a big party for all children of the town, so that the poor children also get to enjoy Christmas. Put then the children are put under a spell and only the shopkeeper can help them. The moral of the story is: helps those in need, not jut once, but continuously. Recommended for age 6+.

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  The Call of the Wild

  Stewart Ross

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  Domestic dog Buck is happy spending his days eating and sleeping in the Californian sunshine. That is until he is kidnapped, and is forced to work in the frozen north of Alaska as a sledge dog. Here he must resist returning to a wild state and fight for his life. An atmospheric story of adventure and survival, this adaptation is perfect for children aged 6+. 
   
  ABOUT THE SERIES: Abridged and retold in modern English, Arcturus Easy-to-Read Classics make 16 classic stories accessible to readers as young as six, while retaining all the charm, atmosphere, and sense of adventure that made the original tales world-famous.

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  A Galaxy of Sea Stars

  Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

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  Eleven-year-old Izzy feels as though her whole world is shifting, and she doesn’t like it. She wants her dad to act like he did before he was deployed to Afghanistan. She wants her mom to live with them at the marina where they’ve  
  moved instead of spending all her time on Block Island. Most of all, she wants Piper, Zelda, and herself—the Sea Stars—to stay best friends as they start sixth grade in a new school.  
   
  Everything changes when Izzy’s father invites his former interpreter’s family, including eleven-year-old Sitara, to move into the marina’s upstairs apartment. Izzy doesn’t know what to make of Sitara, with her hijab and refusal to eat  
  cafeteria food, and her presence disrupts the Sea Stars. But in Sitara, Izzy finds someone brave, someone daring, someone who isn’t as afraid as Izzy is to use her voice and speak up for herself. As Izzy and Sitara grow closer, Izzy must make a  
  choice: stay in her comfort zone and risk betraying her new friend or speak up and lose the Sea Stars forever.  
   
  A Galaxy of Sea Stars is a heartwarming story about family, loyalty, and the hard choices we face in the name of friendship.

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  Mumfie and the Music Boxes

  Mumfie audiobooks in English

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  Written by Julie Rey and directed by Benoist Husson. After his walk on the ice floe, Mumfie returns to his igloo and presents the music boxes that Yoyo gave him. He turns the cranks on the boxes and discovers the wooden toys inside, each playing a different melody, creating a beautiful harmony.

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  Playing Through the Turnaround

  Mylisa Larsen

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  In a timely, insightful story told with sparkling wit and heart, young musicians protesting plans for budget cuts navigate miscalculations, indifferent adults, and unexpected loss as they discover the power of speaking out and the value of listening. 
  “A brave and dazzling debut, this timely novel is a blueprint for hope.”—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medalist and best-selling author of The One and Only Ivan 
  “Keen and clear and fiercely funny.”—Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and best-selling author of A Long Walk to Water 
  “Brilliant, sharp, comic, poignant, and true.”— Gary D. Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars 
  “A splendid novel filled with honesty and heart.”—Karina Yan Glaser, best-selling author of the Vanderbeekers series. 
  Fifth period is hands down the best time of day in Connor U. Eubanks Middle School, because that’s when Mr. Lewis teaches Jazz Lab. So his students are devastated when their beloved teacher quits abruptly. Once they make a connection between budget cuts and Mr. Lewis’s disappearance, they hatch a plan: stop the cuts, save their class. 
  Soon, they become an unlikely band of crusaders, and their quest quickly snowballs into something much bigger—a movement involving the whole middle school. But the adults in charge seem determined to ignore their every protest. How can the kids make themselves heard?

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