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My weird school volume 2
Language
English
Description
A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more.
Author
Series
Trouble in the stars volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Trouble, while training a rescued baby shapeshifter, must go undercover at a military academy to save Electra and the other cadets as a threat from the deep edges of space approaches.
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Language
English
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Christine Gouda, called Tink, and her best friend Jackie are entering sixth grade, and suddenly everything seems awkward and just plain wrong--boys are behaving differently, clothes do not fit the way they should, long term friendships suddenly seem tenuous, and most of all she needs a new nickname because "Tink" just does not fit anymore.
9) A-Okay
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Series
Language
English
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"A-Okay by Jarad Greene is a vulnerable and heartfelt semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic novel about acne, identity, and finding your place." -- Amazon.com
11) Rivka's presents
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Language
English
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In 1918 New York City, little Jewish girl Rivka, who lives on the Lower East Side, trades chores with people in her neighborhood for lessons until she can finally attend school.
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Series
Breadwinner series volume 4
Language
English
Description
On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named...
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English
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Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida -- she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci's...
15) Ruby's wish
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Language
English
Description
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
16) Freedom's school
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Publisher
Disney Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Hungry for learning, Lizzie and her brother Paul attend a new school built for freed slaves.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from different viewpoints, five sixth-graders, facing various challenges and under pressure to do well on statewide assessment tests, agree to a plan for acing the tests.
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Series
Theodore Boone volume 6
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in Strattenburg. He has even helped bring a fugitive to justice. But even a future star lawyer like Theo has to deal with statewide standardized testing. When an anonymous tip leads the school board to investigate a suspicious increase in scores at another local middle school, Theo finds himself thrust in the middle of a cheating scandal. With insider knowledge and...
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