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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Will McLean, a Southern military school cadet with a code of honor all his own, is assigned to protect the school's first African-American student--and in so doing boldly confronts the terrifying injustice of a corrupt institution as he struggles to expose a mysterious group known as "The Ten."
42) The Forsyte Saga
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Consisting of three novels and two interludes, "The Forsyte Saga" chronicles several generations of an upper middle class British family at the beginning of the twentieth century. Full of social satire, "The Man of Property" commences this fictional history and introduces the first generation of Forsytes, prominently featuring Soames and his wife Irene. Keenly aware of their nouveau riche standing and highly desirous of material possessions, Soames...
Author
Series
Heather Wells mysteries volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heather Wells Rocks!
Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two — and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job
...Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Authored by a seasoned diversity educator, Trans Children in Today's Schools provides a pragmatic and thorough approach to creating inclusive, safe, and flexible environments for gender-diverse young people. The primary audience for this text is parents and K-12 educators, as well as the extended support network in a child's life. This book goes well beyond the what and why of gender diversity and answers the questions of how - how do we create inclusive...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual.
The stories we read—and the conversations we have about them—help shape family traditions, create lifelong memories, and become part of our legacy. Reading aloud not only has the power to change a family—it has the power to change the world.
But we all know that connecting deeply with our families can be difficult in our
...Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You've seen the headlines: Parmesan cheese made from wood pulp. Lobster rolls containing no lobster at all. Extra-virgin olive oil that isn't. So many fake foods are in our supermarkets, our restaurants, and our kitchen cabinets that it's hard to know what we're eating anymore. In Real Food/Fake Food, award-winning journalist Larry Olmsted convinces us why real food matters and empowers consumers to make smarter choices. Olmsted brings readers into...
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Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Take Five! for Science transforms those first five minutes of class into engaging writing opportunities. Students will brainstorm their way through 75 topics within three main science divisions: earth, life, and physical science. All prompts are aligned with NGSS and ELA CCSS as students debate, compare, investigate, question, and design in response to 150 prompts. Each topic is divided into a Teacher Page and a Student Page and provides the following:...
Author
Publisher
Novel Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Waking Up White is the book Irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. By sharing her sometimes cringe-worthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As Irving unpacks her own long-held beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill-conceived...
Author
Publisher
Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
In schools and workplaces across the United States, Americans are being indoctrinated with a divisive, anti-American ideology: Critical Race Theory (CRT). Based in cultural Marxism, CRT bullies and demonizes whites while infantilizing and denying agency to blacks, creating a deep racial rift. As Abraham Lincoln famously observed, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." CRT aims to divide
...51) The unteachables
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making a difference in the world--a roadmap to becoming a conscientious global citizen. Equal in urgency and compassion to Half the Sky, this galvanizing new book from the acclaimed husband and wife team is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a deep examination of people who are making the world a better place, and the myriad ways...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Summer break . . . and the livin' ain't easy! Just because the students at New York College have flown the coop doesn't mean assistant residence hall director Heather Wells can relax. Fischer Hall is busier than ever, filled with squealing thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls attending the first ever Tania Trace Teen Rock Camp, hosted by pop sensation Tania Trace herself--who just happens to be newly married to Heather's ex-boyfriend, heartthrob...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award
Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.
Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence,...
Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.
Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence,...
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Wide field of view reveals a larger portion of the night sky, allowing you to view more of the comet's impressive tail. Large 50 mm objective lenses have tremendous light gathering ability, ideal for astronomical use. Multi coated optics dramatically increase light transmission for brighter images with increased contrast and resolution. Large exit pupil provides maximum light during nighttime and low light viewing sessions
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
As the caller reads each card aloud, players scan the cards in front of them. If two cards are matching, the player says "SPLAT!" and flips the card over. The first player to flip over all of their cards wins.
A monstrously fun game of creative mental math.
In this exclusive tin full of fun, card lovers will find 3 exciting games from Mattel -the UNO Card Game, Phase 10 Card Game and ONO 99 Card Game. Each deck offers unique game play for a different...
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Angle, Length Measurements, Area, Geometry, Trigonometry, Experiments, Astronomy. Kids 9 and Up. STEM. Spatial Awareness, Dexterity, Computation and Critical Thinking. Trigmate, Kid-Friendly Guidebook, EZ-Astrolabe, Catapult-kit, Pendulum & String. Real World Measurements, Catapult Invasion Game
59) Posted
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
With multiple starred reviews, don't miss this humorous, poignant, and original contemporary story about bullying, broken friendships, social media, and the failures of communication between kids. From John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed Ms. Bixby's Last Day.
In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies.
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