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"Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective,...
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Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
"Voy en busca d un Gran quizá, " Miles se siente fascinado por esta ultimas palabras del escritor Francois Rabelais. Aburrido de su mono̓tona existencia, inicia su propia búsquéda y se muda a Alabama par terminar la preparatoria en el internado...
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This title presents John Green, bestselling author of many award-winning titles for young adults, including Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. The latter book also became a motion picture. Together with his brother, Hank Green, John cofounded the YouTube channel VlogBrothers.
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The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris, ponder a descendant of Newton's apple tree at Trinity College, Cambridge, and more. Each site in The Geek...
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Challenges or questions regarding the content in children's books are very common, but rarely do they result in book banning. No public or school library is immune to those who want to deny children's access to certain books and materials. Scales has compiled a tool to help librarians, teachers, and young readers become aware of the social issues that are most often at the center of the majority of book challenges for children.
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"A Day No Pigs Would Die, Speak, and Thirteen Reasons Why are some of the most beloved and most challenged books. Leaving controversial titles out of a collection or limiting their access is not the answer. This authoritative handbook gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with informed responses and to ensure free access to young book lovers. With a profile of each book, including its plot and characters, related materials...
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"Expand your reading list and stand against literary censorship with this one-year reading challenge and book journal! Featuring 52 modern and classic books that have been challenged or banned, from The Hunger Games to Maus, this book log includes ALA's insights into each title as well as writing prompts for further reflection. A perfect holiday stocking stuffer, birthday present, or gift for bibliophiles, librarians, teachers and educators, activists,...