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1) Guatemala
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Simple text and color photographs introduce young readers to Guatemala, including its landscape, history and capital, education, animals, and culture. Includes a color map, fact boxes, a glossary, and online resources for further information.
4) Graceling
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In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
10) Leaves of grass
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Presents the major literary works of America's poet of democracy, including "Song of Myself," "Starting from Paumanok," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Song of the Open Road," and "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."
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"Pete is spending the day at the seashore. He has fun collecting shells and building a sand castle. But the beach is very hot. There is a whole ocean for Pete to cool off in, but it looks scary. Pete's brother, Bob, offers to teach Pete to surf. Will that be enough to help Pete get over his fear of the water?"--Description from Amazon.com.
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Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots but he doesn't have a horse. Then he meets a horse named Maybelline and the two become best friends until Leroy forgets one of the rules for caring for Maybelline and the two are separated. Now Leroy must brave a storm to rescue Maybelline, and in the process, he encounters some familiar characters including Stella, Frank, Mrs. Watson, and Mercy the pig.
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"Everything Comes Next contains Naomi Shihab Nye's most beloved poems, including "Famous," "A Valentine for Ernest Mann," "Kindness," and "Gate A-4," as well as new, unpublished poems. It is an introduction to the poet's work for new readers, as well as a comprehensive edition for classrooms"-- Provided by publisher.
14) Owl at home
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Relates five stories of Owl and his cozy, warm little house.
15) Apples
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Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown.
16) The BFG
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Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
17) Jumanji
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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
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"When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it... Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy...
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Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.