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"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
When Bean's parents leave her in the care of her older sister Nancy for the afternoon, she enlists her neighbor and best friend Ivy to come over and teach Nancy how to be a really good babysitter.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young girl decides that Samantha, the new kid in school, is a snob because she wears a fur coat, has an indoor pool, and her mother looks like a movie star, until she discovers that she and Samantha have a lot in common.
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Attic Press
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Dejected when the class hayride that she helped organize is cancelled because of rain, Megan consoles herself with a trip to Ellie's attic where the magic mirror transports her to ancient Greece.
Author
Publisher
Knopf, Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.
34) Clark the Shark
Author
Publisher
Harper
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clark finds everything about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When pets show up to school with their kids, they have no respect for school rules and every class gets out of hand until the principal demands to know who invited the pets to school.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An English teacher is gaslit by his charismatic high school bully in this tense story of deception, manipulation, and murder. Single father Todd is relaxing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of a man approaching from the water's edge. As the man draws closer, Todd recognizes him as Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly in their teenage years, but now seems overjoyed to have "run into" his old friend. Jack suggests a meal to...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Edition
1st Hyperion pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Annabelle and Tiffany, dolls living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house, and try to stop a doll who is threatening all dollkind.
38) Bossy Bear
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bossy Bear spends his time telling everybody what to do until he realizes something very important.
39) Dancing shoes
Author
Publisher
Bullseye Books
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st Bullseye Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
237 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her mother's death, Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary are taken in by Aunt Cora, who runs a dancing school where Rachel's spoiled cousin Dulcie is the star pupil.
40) Rattlebang
Author
Publisher
Chariot Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Some cars and trucks refuse to help Rundle when it crashes into a big tree, but Rattlebang proves to be a good Samaritan by caring for the smashed vehicle.