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Millionaires for the month : teacher guide.


The Langley School District's teacher guide to Stacy McAnulty's Millionaires for the Month: after seventh graders Benji and Felix 'borrow' $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner challenges them to spend over $5 million dollars in thirty days in order to learn life lessons about money.
Date Published:2025

The wrong way home

O'Shaughnessy, Kate,


"What if everything she's been told is a lie"--Cover. Includes excerpt of : The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane. When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.
Date Published:2025

Creaky Acres

Brill, Calista,


Ten-year-old African American Nora learns to love to her new home in rural Greenville when she starts an eventing team with the horseback riders at Creaky Acres.
Date Published:2025

The last hope school for magical delinquents

Pau Preto, Nicki


Unable to control her powers, twelve-year-old Lavinia finds herself at a last-resort magical school where she teams up with her misfit classmates to save the school from danger.
Date Published:2024

The San Francisco earthquake, 1906

Tarshis, Lauren.


Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco-- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken-- literally-- and he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground. Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster?
Date Published:2012

Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco-- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken-- literally-- and he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground. Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster?

Date Published:2012

What happened to Rachel Riley?

Swinarski, Claire,


Publishers Weekly, November 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2022. Kirkus Review, November 2022. Publishers Weekly. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books). Kirkus Review. Thirteen-year-old new girl Anna Hunt decides to make an investigative podcast about how fellow classmate Rachel Riley went from being the most popular girl in school to the most hated.
Date Published:2023

Half a world away

Kadohata, Cynthia.


School Library Journal, September 2014. Booklist starred, July 2014. Pub Weekly, June 2014. New York Times, October 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2014. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Library Media Connection, May 2015. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
Date Published:2014

School Library Journal, September 2014. Booklist starred, July 2014. Pub Weekly, June 2014. New York Times, October 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2014. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Library Media Connection, May 2015. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.

Date Published:2014

The lion who stole my arm

Davies, Nicola, 1958-


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, February 2014. Publisher's Weekly, December 2013. Booklist, February 2014. Horn Book, October 2014. Kirkus Review, December 2013. Library Media Connection, August 2014. After Pedru loses his arm in a lion attack, he vows revenge on the lion that made him unable to become a great hunter like his father, but questions his resolve when he gets the opportunity to work with animal researchers.
Date Published:2013

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, February 2014. Publisher's Weekly, December 2013. Booklist, February 2014. Horn Book, October 2014. Kirkus Review, December 2013. Library Media Connection, August 2014. After Pedru loses his arm in a lion attack, he vows revenge on the lion that made him unable to become a great hunter like his father, but questions his resolve when he gets the opportunity to work with animal researchers.

Date Published:2013

He who dreams

Florence, Melanie.


Kirkus Review, December 2016. Resource Links, December 2016. Kirkus Review. Resource Links. A soccer star surprises everyone by signing up for Indigenous dance classes.
Date Published:2017

The sign of the cat

Jonell, Lynne.


School Library Journal, March 2015. Kirkus Starred, March 2015. Booklist, May 2015. Horn Book, October 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2015. School Library Journal. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. Duncan, eleven, is very smart with the rare ability to speak Cat, but his mother has always insisted he appear only average, and when a perfect test score draws attention to him, he not only discovers the wisdom of his mother's rules, he finds himself crossing the seas on a quest for his true identity.
Date Published:2015

School Library Journal, March 2015. Kirkus Starred, March 2015. Booklist, May 2015. Horn Book, October 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2015. School Library Journal. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. Duncan, eleven, is very smart with the rare ability to speak Cat, but his mother has always insisted he appear only average, and when a perfect test score draws attention to him, he not only discovers the wisdom of his mother's rules, he finds himself crossing the seas on a quest for his true identity.

Date Published:2015

I am Malala : how one girl stood up for education and changed the world

Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-


Malala Yousafzai's describes her fight for education for girls under Taliban rule, the support she received from her parents to pursue an education, and how the Taliban retaliated against her by trying to kill her.
Date Published:2014

Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster

Auxier, Jonathan,


Map on end papers. School Library Journal, August 2018. Booklist starred, August 2018. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2018. Pub Weekly, July 2018. Kirkus Starred, August 2018. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.
Date Published:2018

Map on end papers. School Library Journal, August 2018. Booklist starred, August 2018. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2018. Pub Weekly, July 2018. Kirkus Starred, August 2018. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.

Date Published:2018

Nobody's princess ; #1

Friesner, Esther M.


Sequel: Nobody's prize. Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.
Date Published:2007

Masterpiece ; #1

Broach, Elise.


After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Date Published:2008

Maxi's secrets : (or what you can learn from a dog)

Plourde, Lynn.


School Library Journal, June 2016. Booklist, August 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2016. Kirkus Review, June 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2016. Library Media Connection, March 2017. School Library Journal. Booklist. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Fifth-grader Timminy, who's small for his age and new in town, isn't eager to start middle school--but he gets a great consolation prize in Maxi, a big, deaf, lovable dog.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal, June 2016. Booklist, August 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2016. Kirkus Review, June 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2016. Library Media Connection, March 2017. School Library Journal. Booklist. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Fifth-grader Timminy, who's small for his age and new in town, isn't eager to start middle school--but he gets a great consolation prize in Maxi, a big, deaf, lovable dog.

Date Published:2016

Amulet. 1, The stonekeeper /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-,


Wilson's Children. School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.). After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Children. School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.). After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves.

Date Published:2008

Tangerine

Bloor, Edward, 1950-


Paul Fisher, a stellar soccer player despite being legally blind, finally comes into his own when his family moves to the strange town of Tangerine, Florida.
Date Published:1997

Space case ; #1

Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-


Kirkus Starred, June 2014. Kirkus Starred. Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.
Date Published:2014

A single shard

Park, Linda Sue.


Yearling Book. School Library Journal starred. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Newbery Medal/Honor. Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Date Published:2003

Paperboy

Vawter, Vince.


"A Yearling book." School Library Journal, May 2013. Booklist starred, April 2013. Pub Weekly, March 2013. Horn Book, July 2013. Teacher Librarian, December 2013. Kirkus Review, April 2013. Christian Library, November 2014. Newbery Medal/Honor. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
Date Published:2013

"A Yearling book." School Library Journal, May 2013. Booklist starred, April 2013. Pub Weekly, March 2013. Horn Book, July 2013. Teacher Librarian, December 2013. Kirkus Review, April 2013. Christian Library, November 2014. Newbery Medal/Honor. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.

Date Published:2013