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961) Alicia and the hurricane: a story of Puerto Rico = Alicia y el huracán : un cuento de Puerto Rico
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged))
Language
English
Description
"After snuggling into bed each night, Alicia listens for the big voices of the tiny coquíes that live all around Puerto Rico and sing her to sleep. Ko-kee, ko-kee, the little frogs call. Ko-kee, ko-kee. One day a terrible hurricane comes to Puerto Rico, and Alicia and her family take refuge in a shelter. At bedtime Alicia hears grown-ups snoring and babies crying, wind howling and rain pounding. But even though she listens hard, she cannot hear the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Bored by the lack of crime in Quietville lately, Jimmy's vampire dog, Abby, has chewed up his mother's entire shoe collection, and so his parents have insisted in enrolling Abby in obedience training, and the longer it goes on the more "normal" (and boring) she becomes--but when mysterious things start happening to Jimmy's lacrosse team, he and his friends (the Crimebiters) realize they need to get Abby back to her crime fighting ways.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustration ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
We introduce you to Nancy, who believes that more, always, is better when it comes to being elegant. She does not miss a detail, from the tip of her crown to the glitter of her shoes, and is determined to teach her family to become the same stamp of elegance. The way in which Nancy transforms her parents and her little sister to go out one night together gives rise to a fun and touching story, which will delight all those readers who would not dream...
965) Time to roll
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad.
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old (nearly eleven) Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children (even the older ones), sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now another ten-year-old, Naomi, has moved in across the street and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids (even Zara's younger brother Zayd) are listening to Naomi--if she is going to retain her influence Zara needs to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the high school cheerleading team takes over a soda vending machine's funds, which were previously collected by the pep band, Gabe Johnson, an overweight "band geek" tired of being called names and looked down on, declares war.
Author
Series
Twig and Turtle volume 1
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : some illustrations (uncolored) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited and curious about their new small town in Colorado. And for...
970) Toy store trouble
Author
Series
Twig and Turtle volume 2
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : some illustrations (uncolored) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A new toy store in town and a present that comes with all kinds of problems cause Twig and Turtle to question rules that don't always make sense in the second book of the Twig and Turtle chapter book series. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. Having fun isn't supposed to be such hard work! In their tiny house, the rule is Twig and Turtle are each allowed to have five toys. With a new toy store opening in town, the rule is creating a...
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 CDs (12 hr., 16 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious voodoo practitioners.
Author
Language
English
Description
Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one's family ever justified? Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? This novel follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers. In a...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions. This Chinese children's story tells a delightful trip with lots of cultural details along the way! Jia Jun's Dad worked out of town all year around. Now it's time for him to come home. He took a train, bus, three-wheeled motorcycle, ferry-boat and even walked for many miles. He finally made it home and had a reunion dinner with his family on New Year's Eve. On his trip, as Jia Jun's Dad was rushing...
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