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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Gilbert "offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the "strange...
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Language
English
Description
"How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited brick house that is falling apart. The magazine where Willa worked has folded; the college where her husband had tenure has closed. Their dubious shelter is also the only option for a disabled father-in-law...
4) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
6) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
7) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
8) Lone wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 1
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by his pack, a baby wolf with a mysterious mark on his deformed paw survives and embarks on a journey that will change the world of the wolves of the Beyond.
9) Allegiant
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered-- fractured by violence and power struggles, and scarred by loss and betrayal. When offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. But, will she be prepared to face impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love?
10) The invaders
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Hal and the other Herons face many perils as they track down the pirates who stole Skandia's most prized artifact, the Andomal."
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Series
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English
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Back to School, More Titles - Children
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Storytime @ Home: I Can Do It
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Storytime @ Home: I Can Do It
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"In this celebration of everyday girl power, a young girl faces the ultimate challenge: school. With the heroic traits of DC Comics' Wonder Woman--like courage, strength, and kindness--she'll turn a demanding school day into an amazing adventure"--Front jacket flap of previous printing.
12) Reached
Author
Series
Matched trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
"In search of a better life, Cassia joins a widespread rebellion against Society, where she is tasked with finding a cure to the threat of survival and must choose between Xander and Ky"--
13) The outcasts
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as play.
14) Brave Molly
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English
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Description
In this story without words, Molly must overcome her fear of the shadowy monsters that only she can see in order to return a lost book, and to make a new friend.
15) Superbat
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Language
English
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Pat the bat wants to be a superhero, but the trouble is he has no special powers, and the other bats just laugh at him--but when he hears a mouse in distress, he learns that sometimes you just have to use the abilities you already have to make a difference, and that makes you a superhero.
16) Jabari jumps
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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2nd Grade Rocks
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Exercise
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Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Exercise
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Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Eva decides that warning all the animals in the forest about the approaching storm is a perfect project to prove herself worthy of taking the Owl Oath, but when she stops to help a lost pony and they get caught in the storm, they have to take shelter in a cave, and end up helping each other to stay brave.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view. The stories follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
19) The ghostfaces
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
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