Sharon M Draper
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
This special movie tie-in edition showcases a new cover with an image from the original movie now available on Disney+!
A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!
"Unflinching and realistic." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a "gutsy, candid, and compelling" (School Library Journal, starred review) story that will forever...
A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!
"Unflinching and realistic." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a "gutsy, candid, and compelling" (School Library Journal, starred review) story that will forever...
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Considered by many to be mentally challenged, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
3) Blended
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Language
English
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Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
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Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she's Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she's Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now...
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Series
Language
English
Description
After their counselor told them a story about spirits in the woods near their campsite, Ziggy and his friends get lost in that very place. Ziggy and his Black Dinosaur pals are excited about their overnight camping trip to Caesar's Creek State Park -- it was named after an ex-slave who later became a Shawnee chief! Their camping counselor is descended from Caesar, and she fills the campers' imaginations with intriguing but sometimes spooky stories...
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While in Florida to celebrate her Grammy's birthday, nine-and-a-half-year-old Sassy worries that an approaching hurricane will ruin not only the party, but a nest of sea turtle eggs, as well. Includes facts about hurricanes and sea turtles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Because she has a terrible singing voice, fourth-grader Sassy must use a different talent to be part of her school's musical performance on the importance of saving our planet. Includes "Fifteen ways that you can help save our earth."
12) Bella ballerina
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
At her first ballet recital, a young ballerina overcomes a bout of stage fright to help a fellow dancer in need.
13) Tears of a tiger
Author
Series
Hazelwood High trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
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Description
Tigers don't cry, or do they? After the death of his longtime friend and fellow Hazelwood Tiger, Andy, the driver of the car, blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain. While his other friends have managed to work through their grief and move on, Andy allows death to become the focus of his life. In the months that follow the accident, the lives of Andy and his friends are traced through a series of letters, articles, homework assignments,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.
16) Panic
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.
17) November blues
Author
Series
Jericho trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin, who gives up a promising music career to play football during his senior year in high school.
Author
Series
Jericho trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
As Kofi, Arielle, Dana, November, and Jericho face personal challenges during their last year of high school, a misunderstood student brings a gun to class and demands to be taken seriously.
19) Double Dutch
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
20) Copper sun
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
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