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  Riz Chester: The Counterfeit Bust

  R. A. Stephens

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  Riz sometimes notices weird stuff. She can pick the twins apart, notices when people grow, and challenges the lunch staff when they change the cheese brand. Most people think it is odd, so she keeps her observations to herself. 
  But when Riz notices something different about her mum’s cash, she speaks up only to get questioned by the police! 
  With her observations and a little help from some tech-savvy friends Riz leads the counterfeit bust. But can her team follow the right clues, or will it land them all in trouble?

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  The Girl Who Changed Little...

  Maria Pepe, Jean L. S. Patrick

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  Discover the true story of Maria Pepe, an eleven-year-old girl who changed the course of Little League history. Maria Pepe loved baseball. When Little League formed in her hometown in 1972, she was eager to prove herself as a competitor. There was only one problem: Little League was not open to girl players. This didn’t stop Maria. She took her glove and joined her friends, Nicky and Louie, at tryouts. She could hit, pitch, and catch as good as any of the boys—better than many, even, and it was no surprise that Maria made the team. Little did she know, she would make history when the Little League officials refused to let her play because she was a girl.   Highlighting resilience and bravery in the face of opposition, this powerful story details the true events that led to girls being able to play Little League—all told from Maria’s first-person perspective as a young athlete.

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  The Plot to Kill Hitler -...

  Anônimo

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  Perfect for fans of suspenseful nonfiction such as books by Steve Sheinkin, this is a page-turning narrative about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and pacifist who became an unlikely hero during World War II and took part in a plot to kill Hitler. Written by two-time National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick, author of Sold and Never Fall Down and coauthor of the young reader’s edition of I Am Malala.  
  It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his papers in order—and left a few notes specifically for Hitler’s men to see. Two SS agents climbed the stairs and told the boyish-looking Bonhoeffer to come with them. He calmly said good-bye to his parents, put his Bible under his arm, and left. Upstairs there was proof, in his own handwriting, that this quiet young minister was part of a conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler. 
  This compelling, brilliantly researched account includes the remarkable discovery that Bonhoeffer was one of the first people to provide evidence to the Allies that Jews were being deported to death camps. It takes readers from his privileged early childhood to the studies and travel that would introduce him to peace activists around the world—eventually putting this gentle, scholarly pacifist on a deadly course to assassinate one of the most ruthless dictators in history. The Plot to Kill Hitler provides fascinating insights into what makes someone stand up for what’s right when no one else is standing with you. It is a question that every generation must answer again and again.

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  Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom...

  Claudette Colvin, Phillip Hoose

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  Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hoose—author of the Newbery Honor and National Book Award–winning blockbuster biography Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice—to tell her groundbreaking story.This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they’re better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, she’s tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do?On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from her seat—nine months before Rosa Parks will become famous for doing the same. What follows will not only transform Claudette’s life but the course of history itself.In the words of Claudette Colvin herself, as told to acclaimed nonfiction writer Phillip Hoose, this empowering, heroic story illustrates how one simple act of courage can create real and lasting change.A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux Books for Young Readers

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  Guys Read: Unaccompanied Minors...

  Jeff Kinney

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  It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren't your typical anthologies—each book is edgy, inventive, visual, and one-of-a-kind, featuring a different theme for guys to get excited about.  
  Funny Business is based around the theme of—what else—humor, and if you're familiar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you're in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you're through, you'll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world's largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son's room to a biker; the only kid in his middle school who hasn't turned into a vampire, wizard, or superhero; and more. And the contributor list includes bestselling author, award winners, and fresh new talent alike: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo (writing with Jon Scieszka), Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo. 
  Guys Read is all about turning young readers into lifelong ones—and with this book, and each subsequent installment in the series, we aim to leave no guy unturned.

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  Sci-Fi Robots and Androids 2 - 9...

  Philip K. Dick, Harry Harrison,...

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  Sci-Fi Robots and Androids 2 - 9 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Michael Shaara, EE Doc Smith, Alfred Bester, Roger D. Aycock, Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison and James RosenquestFondly Fahrenheit by Alfred BesterSuper Joe Mulloy by Scott F. GrenvilleSlave of Eternity by Roger D. AycockThe Perfect Woman by Robert SheckleyThe Robots Strike by Harry Harrison James P. Crow by Philip K. DickOrphans of the Void by Michael ShaaraMan-Hunting Robot by James RosenquestRobot Nemesis by E.E. “Doc” Smith

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