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82) We can be heroes
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Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
"After a girl is killed by her ex-boyfriend in a school shooting, her two best friends attempt to memorialize her in a town economically dependent on the shooter's family"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Wildfire destruction is worse than it should be. In the 2017 fires, robocalls and digital alerts came too late to help many people. Warnings reached only a small percentage of the population. A better understanding of wildfires is badly needed. STEM concepts--ideas from the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math--can provide a foundation for developing new solutions for dealing with wildfires."--
Author
Series
Dark biology volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Description
Dr. Alice Austen, an officer with the Epidemic Intelligence Service branch of the Centers for Disease Control, goes to New York to investigate the hideous and mysterious death of a seventeen-year-old girl, and uncovers a terrorist plot involving the use of biological weapons.
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Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
89) Wildfires
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses wildfires, including how they happen, why they are important, and when they are dangerous.
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Description
Any gardener knows that pest problems are a fact of life. And while pesticides may work well at first against weeds, caterpillars, and other garden pests, they can damage beneficial insects, foods, and the environment. There is also no guarantee that your pest problem won't recur. This book offers an effective alternative strategy.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Coyotes hold a peculiar interest as both an enduring symbol of the wild and a powerful predator we are always anxious to avoid. This book examines the spread of coyotes across the country over the past century, and the storm of concern and controversy that has followed. Individual chapters cover the surprisingly complex question of how to identify a coyote, the real and imagined dangers they pose, their personality and lifestyle, and nondeadly ways...
93) How I stayed alive when my brain was trying to kill me: one person's guide to suicide prevention
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Description
A survivor of multiple suicide attempts considers the epidemic of suicide in America and offers non-judgmental affirmations to readers struggling with suicidal thoughts and positive advice to their loved ones.
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Description
A generation gap has emerged between parents and their girls. Even in this age of helicopter parenting, the mothers and fathers of tomorrow's women have little idea what their daughters are up to sexually or how they feel about it. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over seventy young women and a wide range of psychologists, academics, and experts, journalist Peggy Orenstein pulls back the curtain on the hidden truths, hard lessons, and important...
95) Mission atomic
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
!3-yr-old Dan Cahill and his sister, Amy, are running out of time. An exiled Cahill known as the Outcast has already re-created 3 of history's worst disasters and he's saved the worst for last.If Dan and Amy can't find and stop the Outcast fast, he will initiate a full-scale nuclear meltdown.
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Series
Description
The battle lines in this bitter rivalry are as old as civilization itself: On one side, an unlikely band of ordinary Americans ready to make their last stand in defense of self-rule, freedom, and liberty, and on the other, an elite cabal of self-styled tyrants who believe that unlimited power should be wielded only by the chosen few. That group, led by an aging, trillionaire puppet-master named Aaron Doyle, will stop at nothing to destroy the myth...
100) Clark the Shark
Author
Series
Clark the Shark (Picture books) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
Clark finds everything about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school