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1) The giver
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English
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Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
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Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
A young aspiring engineer comes to realize that failure is necessary for success.
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Series
Questioneers volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle-one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters-a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II-need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
5) Jabari tries
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English
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Jabari is making a flying machine all by himself, but when it doesn't work the way he imagined, he learns about perserverance and problem-solving.
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Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 5
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Tallulah loves the grace and elegance of ballet and can pirouette perfectly, but at dance camp struggles to learn tap.
8) Baker makers
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A young boy is determined to create the perfect cake, but when his baking doesn't go quite as planned, he learns to embrace the unexpected"--
10) Clorinda
Author
Series
Clorinda the cow books volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Defying the odds, Clorinda the cow follows her dream of becoming a ballet dancer.
13) Argyle Fox
Author
Publisher
Tanglewood
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When the wind interferes with everything while grumpy Argyle Fox tries to play outside, his mother quietly suggests he think of something made for a windy day.
15) Plunked
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Jack Mogens loses his nerve after getting hit by a pitch, and has to dig deep within himself to avoid giving up the sport he loves.
17) Hook
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A chick hatched by hens turns out to be an eaglet who must get help from a boy in learning how to fly.
18) Big Choo
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Little Choo wants to be just like his father Papa Pufferbelly, but pulling a line of freight cars up a steep mountain might be a little too much for the small engine.
19) Teen, Inc
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jaiden has been raised by NECorp since his parents were killed when he was a baby, so when he discovers that the corporation has been lying about producing illegal levels of mercury emissions, he and his two friends decide to try to do something about it.
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Series
Jenna Fox chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
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