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  All In A Day's Work

  Sequoia Kids Media

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  Who says a job can't be jolly? This hilarious book features doctors, waiters, pirates, and more! While kids read through side-splitting jokes about all kinds of careers, they'll also discover fascinating facts about the world around them.

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  The Big Nothing

  Adrian Fogelin

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  This sensitive and often humorous book tells the story of an adolescent boy who begins to find himself after the people he has always depended on let him down. Alone. That’s how thirteen-year-old Justin feels these days. His older brother Duane has left home, enlisting in the Army, and his father has walked out, maybe for good this time. His mom is too depressed to get out of bed, much less pay the bills and keep food in the refrigerator. And if that’s not enough, his best buddy Ben has a new girlfriend and no longer has time to hang out. There’s not much left for Justin to do but to put his brain in neutral and slide into the state he calls “the Big Nothing.” But slowly Justin discovers he has more resources than he thinks. With the help of his classmate Jemmie and her grandmother, Nana Grace, he learns that underneath all the noisy confusion in his brain lies a talent for music. As he spends time with Jemmie, he begins to understand how simple notes make complex music, and how simple feelings can turn into deep emotions. Award-winning author Adrian Fogelin once again offers readers an emotionally charged story featuring a sympathetic adolescent trying to make sense of the people and world around him.

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  Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandma'...

  Tang Tang

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  Welcome to Fairy Tales from Tang Tang Tang Tang weaves traditional Chinese storytelling with Western fantasy elements, using vivid language to craft unique stories of wonder and magic. These beautiful, poignant fairy tales will leave an imprint on your heart with their universal themes of friendship, family, loyalty and loss.  What happens when …  a young boy is sent to rob a silly ghost?  a young girl faces the Blue Hag feared by everyone in the village?  a magical radish seed sets out to do great things?  a primary school teacher reluctantly takes a class about fairy tales? This book is for children and for adults who never lost their sense of wonder. Translated from the original Chinese

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  Rumble Fish

  S.E. Hinton

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  From the author of The Outsiders: This novel about two brothers in a tough world “packs a punch that will leave readers of any age reeling” (School Library Journal).  An ALA Best Book for Young AdultsA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year   Rusty-James wants to be just like his big brother Motorcycle Boy—tough enough to be respected by everyone in the neighborhood. But Motorcycle Boy is also smart, so smart that Rusty-James relies on him to bail him out of trouble. The brothers are inseparable, and Motorcycle Boy will always be there to watch his back, so there's nothing to worry about, right? Or so Rusty-James believes, until his world falls apart and Motorcycle Boy isn't there to pick up the pieces.   An edgy, emotional portrait of a troubled kid trying to navigate the chaotic world around him, Rumble Fish was made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola and has become a modern classic praised by School Library Journal as “stylistically superb” and beloved by multiple generations of readers.   “Hinton knows how to plunge us right into [Rusty-James’s] dead-end mentality—his inability to verbalize much of anything, to come to grips with his anger about his alcoholic father and the mother who deserted him, even his distance from his own feelings.”—Kirkus Reviews

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  Dragon Storm: Skye and...

  Alastair Chisholm

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  The eighth book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7-9 year olds!
  
  In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons.
  
  Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.
  
  But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans.
  
  To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth.
  
  When Princess Skye returns to Rivven she discovers a city in chaos. After an attack by the fearsome dragon Firedreamer, everyone is preparing to go to war with the Dragonseer Guild!
  
  But Skye knows the Guild is not a threat, and something is terribly wrong. Can she find her own dragon, Soulsinger, and stop this war before dragons disappear forever?
  
  The eighth book in an exciting new fantasy series from the highly acclaimed author of Orion Lost, brilliantly illustrated throughout, and perfect for fans of Beast Quest and Dragon Mountain.

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  Peaceful Protests: Voices for...

  Wayne L. Wilson

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  Perfect narrative non-fiction for young learners! Peaceful Protests: Voices for Civil Rights celebrates individuals and organizations all over the world in the civil rights movement who achieved their greatest victories through peaceful protests. Young readers will learn about peaceful protest methods such as marches, rallies, sit-ins, vigils, boycotts, and marching with picket signs. They will also learn about influential individuals such as Gandhi, Medgar Evers, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and more! Events covered include abolitionists handing out newspapers demanding the end of slavery through Dr. Martin Luther King's efforts to desegregate busses in Montgomery and Black Lives Matter protesting police brutality, and features historical photos, a chronological timeline of events as well as chapter notes, further reading recommendations, and an index.

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