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1) Old Yeller
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In the rugged landscape of early frontier Texas, fourteen-year-old Travis faces taking over his family's farm and making a painful, important decision.
3) Old Yeller
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set amidst the landscape of 1860s Texas, a young boy named Travis wants nothing to do with a lop-eared stray. But Old Yeller quickly proves himself a loyal friend, protecting the family farm and saving Travis' life. They become inseparable pals, sharing joyous experiences, and Travis learns valuable lessons about growing up.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (45 p.)
Language
English
Description
"I started collecting recipes in the 50's - some from Home Economics classes, some from newspapers and magazines, and many from friends and family. Now, 6 kids, 10 grandkids, and 4 great-grandkids later, I'm organizing all my old recipes so I don't have to dig around in a cardboard box every time one of the grandkids asks for a recipe. The first book in this series is all about casseroles. Most of the recipes are very easy to prepare and easy on...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (88 p.)
Language
English
Description
"I started collecting recipes in the 50's - some from Home Economics classes, some from newspapers and magazines, and many from friends and family. Now, 6 kids, 10 grandkids, and 4 great-grandkids later, I'm organizing all my old recipes so I don't have to dig around in a cardboard box every time one of the grandkids asks for a recipe. Grandma Betty's Classic Desserts is the second book in this series. Most of the recipes are very easy to prepare...
6) Hunger Moon
Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (112 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ruthie Tepper just wants the yelling to stop. Ruthie Tepper wants to make people laugh-to be a star on her own TV show. She wants to write stories as wonderful as the ones she reads in True Romance. She also wants her family to stop yelling-about money, about work, and especially about her brother Eddy. No one at school says hi to Eddy. He knows the name of every street in the city of Baltimore but can't eat his dinner without making...
Author
Publisher
Andre Klein
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Ahmed is an Arab scrap dealer in the Holy Land, just like his grandfather who used to cart away the unwanted belongings of foreigners with his old horse wagon, yelling "Alte Sachen", that ancient Yiddish call for clutter. Living in a land that has been conquered, occupied, and battled over for thousands of years, Ahmed's livelihood depends on the immigrants and everything they throw away. He secretly marvels at their foreign ways, until one day he...
8) The Hike
Author
Publisher
Story Shares
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (33 pages)
Language
English
Description
Three teen boys find an old map and embark on a long hike to find the elusive Bridal Veil falls. Their misadventure will make you wonder, "are some things not meant to be seen?" --Provided by publisher.
Excerpt: The footsteps were right at us now. I peeked through the branches to see, but only saw boots; black, heavy work boots. They walked slowly on the trail right in front of our hiding place. They stopped. They turned around. Whoever was wearing...
Author
Series
Cassandra Slick mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Meet Cassandra Slick--a private investigator who knows that few pleasures in life can compare to a dry martini, a sexy blonde, and serving sweet justice on New Jersey's meanest streets...
While other little girls dreamed of growing up to be princesses, Cassandra Slick wanted to be Pam Grier in Foxy Brown, busting bad-ass criminals while yelling "Take that, you jive turkey!" She got her wish, but at the request of her girlfriend Laura--the beautiful,...
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (288 pages)
Language
English
Description
Buckingham Palace, London, 2013. My mum and I seem to be on the cover of every magazine these days. She must be really pleased that I've made her so famous. Before I arrived, I don't suppose many people had even heard of her. Kensington Palace, London, 2013. Dad's a pilot who flies helicopters right up in the sky. I think that's why he's called Highness. But just because Dad flies helicopters, it doesn't make him good at changing nappies. He had his...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Becoming a parent is a seismic shift. For most, that sparkling newborn rocks your world with their smooth skin and fuzzy head you just can't stop sniffing. But as soon as you get the hang of caring for them, they change! Soon enough they are three-years-old and screaming in what seems like ACTUAL pain that they have to wear clothing (the nerve!). Then comes the hard eye rolls and sarcasm in 4th grade. And eventually a teenager who can outright refuse...
Author
Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dealing with defiant children can be frustrating, time-consuming, and emotionally exhausting for parents and kids alike. But with this practical, reassuring handbook, you no longer have to feel helpless. You'll learn how to defuse the negativity, hostility, antagonism, and explosive anger that can ruin your child's relationships with family, friends, teachers, and other authority figures. This book helps you to: *Choose which battles to fight *Follow...
Author
Publisher
Vianka Van Bokkem
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Angels and Vampires"I am a female angel named 'Anael'. I was sent on a mission to Earth by my father. Finding the young boy who lived in Oxnard, California, was easy. I could hear his mother yell at him from the kitchen to finish his homework. I watched him through his bedroom window, sitting at his desk looking at a magazine, the homework all but forgotten. I wanted to watch him before I decided to show myself. All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kris Pearson
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Meet Rory and Alfie - the third of three hot couples from Kris Pearson's New Zealand Heartlands Series. Shy Kiwi heiress Alfrieda Hamlin is reduced to shocked silence when her hateful grandfather announces she's to marry within a month - to a man she's never met. Then she yells blue murder because there's no way she'll give her body to a stranger, or have her expected freedom and inheritance stolen away. Exiled from his family for half his life, hard-living...
15) Trick And Treat
Author
Publisher
R. Richard
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
As I approach the young men who are loitering in front of a bodega, I snarl, "Young punks!"The Hispanic male tends to have what is called 'macho.' The young Hispanic male doesn't take insults. At least, he doesn't take insults from a lone gabacho, when he's with a group of his buddies.I find myself surrounded by angry young Hispanic males. One of them asks, "You look for trouble, gabacho?"I shift slightly and push the one that I have selected. As...
Author
Series
How to train your dragon volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
214 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.
17) Coup de grâce
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Serenity crew head to Yell City, one of the settlements on Abel, a moon in the Rim. Their job: track down the killers of a local lawyer shot dead in the streets by a local gang. Their client is Annie Roberts, the eighteen year old daughter of the murdered man. Lucky for them, Annie Roberts is more than capable of handling herself. Unlucky for them, the job is lot more complicated than they first think. Annie's father is not just the victim of...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (approximately 5 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eanes shares her hard-won wisdom for overcoming limiting thought patterns and recognizing emotional triggers, as well as advice for connecting with kids at each stage, from infancy to adolescence. This heartfelt, insightful advice comes not from an "expert," but from a learning, evolving parent. Filled with practical, solution-oriented advice, this is an empowering guide for any parent who longs to end the yelling, power struggles, and downward spiral...
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