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In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
3) Booked
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
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English
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Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the...
5) The poet X
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Realistic Fiction [High School Readers]
Award Nominated Women Authors
Olympics and Olympians for Teens
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Award Nominated Women Authors
Olympics and Olympians for Teens
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Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands...
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Sam-I-Am is persistent in his hope of convincing the nameless skeptic that green eggs and ham are a delicacy to be savored everywhere and in every way. He tries all manners of presentation-in a house, with a mouse, in a box, with a fox, on a boat, with a goat. In this most famous of cumulative rhyming tales, the list of places to enjoy green eggs and ham, and friends to enjoy them with, gets longer and longer. When the doubter finally does eat the...
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
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English
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Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Newbery Medal Award Winners
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
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Newbery Medal Award Winners
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
9) Candy smash
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Lemonade war series volume 4
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English
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"Explores the distinctive power of poetry and love--fourth grade style"--
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Goddess girls. Main series volume 20
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Despite being the muse of epic poetry, Calliope has trouble putting her bright and fun ideas into action.
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English
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Here's a book With something new - You read to me! I'll read to you! We'll read each page To one another - You'll read one side, I the other. But who will read - Now guess this riddle - When the words are In the middle? The answer's easy! Plain as pie! We'll read together, You and I.
13) A girl like me
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2020.
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English
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"Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" --
16) Dino-soccer
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English
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Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a soccer match.
17) Starfish
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English
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Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
For Fans of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
For Fans of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
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Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
18) Forget me not
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English
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When her mother breaks up with yet another boyfriend, Calliope meets Jinsong at her latest middle school, who becomes her friend despite her Tourette syndrome and the embarrassment it can cause.
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During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to...
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Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance.
Learn devices used to create different kinds of poems such as simile, metaphors, haiku, acrostics, and more.
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