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The Amber Spyglass By Pullman, Philip, 1946-
Dewey: -Fic-
Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
2000 IL:5-8 RL:6.8
Children of the Great Depression By Freedman, Russell.
Dewey: 305.23
Presents a collection of illustrated archival photographs describing children of the Great Depression, and draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and other first-hand accounts that look at the lives of young Americans during the 1930s.
2005 IL:5-8 RL:6.1
Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz By Green, Joey.
Dewey: 640
Describes unorthodox uses for a variety of brand-name products, each with information on the year the product was invented, the origin of its name, a short history, a list of ingredients, and additional strange facts.
2000 IL: Adult
Come back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story By Akbar, Said Hyder.
Dewey: 958.104
Presents the author's first-hand account and observations of living in Afghanistan when his father is appointed President Hamid Karzai's chief spokesman.
2005 IL: Young Adult
Curse of the Blue Tattoo By Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942-
Dewey: -Fic-
In 1803, after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship, Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where, instead of learning to be a lady, she battles her snobbish classmates, roams the city in search of adventure, and learns to ride a horse.
2004 IL:5-8 RL:8.3
The Diet for Teenagers Only By Wiatt, Carrie Latt.
Dewey: 613.2
Offers nutritional advice and a reducing diet designed specifically for young women.
2005 IL: Adult
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation By Truss, Lynne.
Dewey: 428.2
Lynne Truss, a self-proclaimed stickler, presents a humorous look at the history of punctuation, discussing the use and misuse of commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, and other punctuation marks.
2006 IL: Adult
Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes By Turner, Pamela S.
Dewey: 333.95
Presents a full-color-illustrated examination of the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda, and describes the effects of human exposure on the gorillas, how emergency medical care is provided to them in the wild, and ways to protect their species from poachers and common human diseases.
2005 IL:3-6 RL:7.1
Guys Write for Guys Read Dewey: 810.8
Contains a collection of short stories, drawings, poems, and memoirs from well-known writers of "guy" fiction, written by boys, for boys. Includes pieces by Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, Will Hobbs, Stephen King, Gary Paulsen, among others.
2005 IL: Young Adult
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Leonardo da Vinci By Krull, Kathleen.
Dewey: 509
A biography of Leonardo da Vinci focusing on his scientific rather than his artistic work.
2005 IL:5-8 RL:8.2
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy By Schmidt, Gary D.
Dewey: -Fic-
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
2004 IL:5-8 RL:6.4
Night By Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
Dewey: 940.53
Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
2006 IL: Young Adult
Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War By Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-
Dewey: 973.7
Presents an account of the Civil War using photographs taken under the direction of Mathew B. Brady, a famous New York photographer of the day, and provides information on the life and times of Brady as well as the Civil War. Includes notes and bibliography.
2005 IL:5-8 RL:8.9
Things Not Seen By Clements, Andrew, 1949-
Dewey: -Fic-
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
2002 IL:5-8 RL:7.3
Understanding the Holy Land By Frank, Mitch.
Dewey: 956.9405
Presents a series of questions and answers that seeks to explain the origins and conflict behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, failed attempts at peace, and its significance to the rest of the world.
2005 IL:5-8 RL:8.9
Visual Encyclopedia of Animals Dewey: 590
Contains an illustrated reference book about animals, including sections on insects, fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals.
2005 IL:3-6 RL:7.1
Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists By Bolden, Tonya
Dewey: 704.03
Explores the lives and creations of a select number of notable African-American men and women who have contributed to the American art scene.
2004 IL:5-8 RL:7.4
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century By Friedman, Thomas L.
Dewey: 303.48
Contains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets.
2006 IL: Adult
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