Search Results for Spinelli, Jerry.

Loser

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2003.
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
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Crash

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1997, ©1996.
1st Knopf paperback ed.
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
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Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
[2004]
First Dell Laurel-Leaf edition.
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
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Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2000.
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
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Wringer

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1997.
1st ed.
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. He did not want to be a wringer. Palmer LaRue is running out of birthdays. For as long as he can remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten, the day he's supposed to become a wringer. This thing, this not wanting to be a wringer, did it ever knock him from his bike? Unite his sneaker lace? Call him a name? Stand up and fight? Palmer thinks that becoming a wringer is something he can't stop...until the day a visitor shows up at his window. It was simply, merely there, a whisper of feather wings, reminding him of the moment he dreaded above all others. Should he open the window? In his dreams the moment had already come. Should he invite fear into his room? In his dreams he looks down to find his hands around the neck of the pigeon. What is it like to be hated? For much of his life Palmer Larue had felt he was standing at the edge of a black, bottomless hole. On the fifty-ninth day before his tenth birthday, he fell in. Palmer LaRue is running out of birthdays. For as long as he can remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten--the day he'll take his place beside all the other ten-year-old boys in town, the day he'll be a wringer. But Palmer doesn't want to be a wringer. It's one of the first things he learned about himself and it's one of the biggest things he has to hide. In Palmer's town being a wringer is an honor, a tradition passed down from father to son. Palmer can't stop himself from being a wringer just like he can't stop himself from growing one year older, just like he can't stand up to a whole town--right?
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Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2002.
1st Knopf trade paperback ed.
"In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever"--T.p. verso.
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Hokey Pokey

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c2013.
1st ed.
Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."
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Maniac Magee

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1991, c1990.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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Love, Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2009, c2007.
1st Knopf Trade pbk. ed.
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
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Love, Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c2007.
1st ed.
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
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The library card

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1997.
The lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books. Four humorous, poignant stories about how books changed the lives of several youngsters.
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The library card

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1998, c1997.
Apple signature ed.
Newbery Medalist Spinelli has concocted four humours, heartbreaking, and over-the-top short stories - all connected by a magical blue library card - with surprises that will appeal to young adolescent readers.
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Milkweed : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2010, c2003.
1st. trade paperback ed.
Set in Nazi-occupied Poland just before the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Spinelli's first historical novel tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival though the eyes of a young orphan.
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Milkweed : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2003.
1st ed.
Set in Nazi-occupied Poland just before the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Spinelli's first historical novel tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival though the eyes of a young orphan.
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Jake and Lily

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c2012.
1st ed.
"Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes"--
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Jake and Lily

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
©2012.
1st ed.
"Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes"--
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Report to the principal's office

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1991.
Story of young people who have one thing in common, reporting to the principal's office.
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There's a girl in my hammerlock

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1991, (1992 printing).
Trumpet Club special ed.
Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates.
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Who put that hair in my toothbrush?

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1984.
The sibling rivalry between twelve-year-old Megin and her older brother Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond.
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Who put that hair in my toothbrush?

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1984.
1st ed.
The sibling rivalry between twelve-year-old Megin and her older brother Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond.
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There's a girl in my hammerlock

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1993, c1991.
Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates.
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There's a girl in my hammerlock

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1991.
1st pbk. ed.
Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates.
Regular print

Crash

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1996.
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
Regular print

Maniac Magee : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1990.
1st ed.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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Maniac Magee : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
[1999], ©1990.
1st pbk. ed.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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Maniac Magee : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1992, ©1990.
1st Harper Trophy ed.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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Maniac Magee : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1990.
1st ed.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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Knots in my yo-yo string : the autobiography of a kid

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1998.
This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
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Knots in my yo-yo string : the autobiography of a kid

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2000.
This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
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Love, Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
?2007.
Library ed.
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
CD

Milkweed [sound recording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
p2003.
Library ed.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Third grade angels [spoken word]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
p2012.
Library ed.
Mrs. Simms will hold a competition every week to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect.
Sound recording
JLC Title 245h [spoken word]

Maniac Magee

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1990.
1st paperback ed.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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Loser [sound recording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
p2002.
Zinkoff is not like the other kids, who have their own word to describe him: loser. This is the story of Zinkoff's travels from first to sixth grade, and about how any name can be replaced with "hero."
Sound recording
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Stargirl [sound recording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
?2001.
Unabridged.
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Maniac Magee [sound recording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
p2001.
He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Maniac Magee [spoken word]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
p2005.
Unabridged.
He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend.
CD
JLC Title 245h [spoken word]

Eggs [spoken word]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
?2007.
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.--
CD
JLC Title 245h [spoken word]

Fourth grade rats

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
[1999?], ©1991.
Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat, " to be a grown up fourth grader.
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Fourth grade rats

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1991.
Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat, " to be a grown up fourth grader.
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My daddy and me

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2003.
A young boy describes the things he likes to do with his father, including making music, baking cookies, and fixing things.
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I can be anything!

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c2010.
1st ed.
A little boy ponders the many possible jobs in his future, from paper-plane folder and puppy-dog holder to mixing-bowl licker and tin-can kicker.
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The bathwater gang

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1990.
1st ed.
Bertie's all-girl gang becomes involved in a harmless but heartfelt war with an all-boy gang, until Bertie's grandmother steps in with a perfect solution.
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My daddy and me

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2006, c2003.
1st Dragonfly Books ed.
A young boy describes the things he likes to do with his father, including making music, baking cookies, and fixing things.
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The Bathwater Gang gets down to business

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
c1992.
1st ed.
When the Bathwater Gang fails to make money with its pet-cleaning business, Bertie comes up with a slightly dishonest idea to ensure success.
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Eggs [sound recording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
p2007.
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose. The two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
Sound recording
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Third grade angels

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
2012.
1st ed.
"George 'Suds' Morton competes with his third-grade classmates to earn the first 'halo' of the year for good behavior, but being good turns out to be more stressful than he anticipated"--
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Third grade angels

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Stargirl.

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry
2002.
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School Daze: Who Ran My Underwear Up The Flagpole?

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry.
1992.
School Daze.
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Knots in My Yo-yo String the autobiography of a kid.

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry
1998.
Book

Loser

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
©2002.
1st ed.
From the Publisher: Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like "Jabip." Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show that any name can someday become "hero."
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Love, Stargirl

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
2012.
First Ember edition.
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
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Dead Wednesday

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
2021
First edition.
When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the seventeen-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.
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Milkweed : a novel

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
[2004]
He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham -- He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He's a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He's a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. When the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he's a boy who realizes it's safest of all to be nobody.
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Smiles to go

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
[2008]
1st ed.
Will Tuppence's life has always been ruled by science and common sense but in ninth grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the entire world differently and gains new perspective on his relationships with his little sister and two closest friends.
Regular print

The warden's daughter

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
2017.
First edition.
Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.
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Eggs

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
2007.
1st ed.
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
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Dead Wednesday [spoken word]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
[2021]
Unabridged.
Worm Tarnauer's school thinks assigning each eighth grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year will make them contemplate their own mortality. Yeah, sure. But Worm didn't count on Becca Finch. Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything.
CD

The warden's daughter [sound recording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
[2017]
Unabridged.
Cammie O'Reilly is the warden's daughter, living in an apartment above the entrance to the Hancock County Prison. But she's also living in a prison of grief and anger about the mother who died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. And prison has made her mad. This girl's nickname is Cannonball. In the summer of 1959, as twelve turns to thirteen, everything is in flux. Cammie's best friend is discovering lipstick and American Bandstand. A child killer is caught and brought to her prison. And the only mother figures in her life include a flamboyant shoplifter named Boo Boo and a sullen reformed arsonist of a housekeeper. All will play a role in Cammie's coming-of-age. But one in particular will make a staggering sacrifice to ensure that Cammie breaks free from her past.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

My Fourth of July

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
[2019]
First edition.
A young boy and his family celebrate his favorite day, Independence Day, by seeing a parade, having a picnic, watching a talent show, and enjoying fireworks.
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Mama Seeton's whistle

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Jerry,
2015.
First edition.
"Mama Seeton's simple and comforting whistle calls her family home, no matter how far away they may be"--
Regular print

My Fourth of July

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Maniac Magee [videorecording]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

[2006]
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [videorecording]

League of Women Voters of Alaska records, ca. 1962-1978.

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Includes newsletters, meeting agendas and notes, membership lists, bylaws, study materials, and publications.
Mixed material

Today I will : a year of quotes, notes, and promises to myself

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Spinelli, Eileen.
2009.
1st ed.
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Life : our century in pictures for young people

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Thank you, teacher : grateful students tell the stories of the teachers who changed their lives

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

[2016]
"What do rock stars, Nobel laureates, bestselling novelists, astronauts, and attorneys have in common? A teacher changed their lives. Like them, most of us can name a teacher who gave us not only good instruction but also confidence and drive. But, in the face of teachers being blamed for a variety of social and economic woes, teachers themselves can easily wonder whether they are making a difference in students lives. When veteran teacher Bruce Holbert asked himself this question, his wife, Holly, responded by sending letters to hundreds of people she had never met and had no reason to believe would respond, asking about teachers who mattered to them. She was overwhelmed by answers. Thank You, Teacher presents more than eighty of these up-close-and-personal stories. By a delightfully diverse range of contributors, these essays are wise and witty testaments to the teachers who do what they do every day without expecting recognition, but who so richly deserve it." -- Dust jacket.
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Guys write for guys read

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

2005.
There's something for every guy in this collection of stories, mini-memoirs, advice, poems, comics and drawings chosen by readers on the Guys Read web site.
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Connections : short stories by outstanding writers for young adults

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

©1989.
A collection of seventeen short stories by such noted writers for young adults as Gordon Korman, Chris Crutcher, T. Ernesto Bethancourt, Richard Peck, and M.E. Kerr, spanning subjects that include penpals, the first day of high school, computers, and family life.
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Teaching with favorite Newbery books

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Licciardo-Musso, Lori.
c1999.
Contains engaging discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing prompts, and great literature response activities.
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How to write your life story

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Fletcher, Ralph J.
c2007.
1st ed.
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Linda Brown, you are not alone : the Brown v. Board of Education decision : a collection

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

[2003]
1st ed.
A collection of personal reflections, stories, and poems from ten well-known children's authors, who were themselves young people in 1954 when the Supreme Court handed down the decision to desegregate public schools.
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The Newbery & Caldecott medal books, 1986-2000 : a comprehensive guide to the winners

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

2001.
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Dear author : letters of hope

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

c2007.
Letters from celebrated authors respond to an array of tough and meaningful questions from their young fans, giving a glimpse into the hearts and souls of kids today and the writers who have changed their lives.
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Banned books for kids : reading lists and activities for teaching kids to read censored literature

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

Scales, Pat R.,
[2023]
"In our polarized environment, the censorship and outright banning of children's books that some people deem to be controversial or objectionable remains a major concern for schools, libraries, and communities across the United States. Intellectual freedom champion, the American Library Association, created Teaching Banned Books to Kids, a guide that includes both contemporary books that have been banned and classic literature that continues to be under attack for political and/or religious reasons. Parents, school and public librarians, library and information sciences students, and classroom educators will find the assistance and support they need to defend these challenged books with an informed response while ensuring access to young book lovers"--
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Half-minute horrors

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

c2009.
1st ed.
An anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith.
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Recycle this book : 100 top children's book authors tell you how to go green

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

c2009.
1st ed.
With essays from renowned children's book authors such as Ann Brashares, Jeanne DuPrau, Caroline B. Cooney, Laurie Halse Anderson, Bruce Coville, Gennifer Choldenko, and over 100 others, each piece is an informative and inspiring call to kids of all ages to understand what's happening to the environment, and to take action in saving our world. Features helpful tips and facts interspersed throughout the book.
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Our White House : looking in, looking out

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

2008.
1st ed.
More than one hundred leading authors and illustrators donate their talents to a collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry which looks at America's history through the prism of the White House.
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Gale contextual encyclopedia of American literature [electronic resource]

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

c2009.
Covers American authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts - from the biographical to the literary to the historical - in which literature can be viewed.
Electronic resource
JLC Title 245h [electronic resource]

One minute till bedtime : 60-second poems to send you off to sleep

2024-06-02T17:15:17Z

2016.
First edition.
Book of bedtime poetry.
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