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3) The sculptor
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"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance...
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It is difficult for the modern student to truly understand how America could have supported slavery. This volume, containing primary source first-person accounts, allows readers to learn directly from the people of the time. Through their words, some hateful, others inspiring, students will develop a fuller understanding of this chapter in American history. Bibliography, Black-and-White Photographs, Detailed Table of Contents, Full-Color Photographs,...
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With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean - Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about her African-American roots grows, she decides to contact her birth mother. This choice propels Avery into her own complicated exploration of race, identity, and family that threatens to distance her from the parents she's always known. She begins staying away from...
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In a world such as Synkrie that is, filled with deception, betrayal, lust and ambition life can be hard for a teenage fairy. For Kimberly Lismbil life is impossible, Kimberly is a 106 year old teenage fairy that is soon to become a full-fledge member of Synkrie. Which includes inheriting her ancestral magic. Magic comes at a cost it can be good or bad but in Synkrie it can be dangerous. Many species kill fairies for their powers and sometimes they...
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Updated and revised, this 10th Anniversary Edition sequel to the blockbuster hit, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids, advances the bucketfilling concept for pre-teens, teens, and adults. Growing Up breaks new ground through expanded language as it teaches the value of kindness, self-control, resilience, and forgiveness in a world that is not always kind. Readers gain a better understanding of all the ways they can...
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The battle is mine
I will fight your battle
Put your trust in me
Cast your cares upon me
For I am the deliverer, a warrior
I am the healer you need
I am the riches you seek
I am the eternal life you need
I am the protector
I will deliver you
I will deliver you from the power of darkness
I am the light that overcomes darkness
I am your refuge and strength
I am your helper in the time of trouble
I will help you and right early will I deliver...
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The Harvest of Souls Crossover is a story that is exciting, vigorous, and full of suspense about the fight of good and evil in two realms, the light and dark world. The Howdy Family is determined to defeat the world of darkness, led by the seemingly undefeatable dark world leader, Shuby.
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For Angel Ahmadi, life is only about one thing: The Ark -- a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are currently taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fandom has given her everything -- her friendships, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark too. He's their frontman -- and playing in a band is all he's ever dreamed of doing. It's just a shame that recently everything in his life seems to have turned...
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Cardboard kingdom volume 2
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"It's nearly Halloween in The Cardboard Kingdom, and one thing is for sure: a mystery is afoot. Nate is positive he saw a monster in his backyard. It wasn't a shadow or a rustling tree. It wasn't his eyes playing a trick on him. It was a monster, plain and simple. But the trouble is, no one believes him. Even his stepbrother, Elijah, says he must have imagined it ... Until it shows up over and over again in the kingdom. Always at night, always on...
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Cardboard kingdom volume 1
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Follows the adventures of a group of neighborhood children who make costumes from cardboard and use their imagination to create adventures with knights, robots, and monsters.
15) River of ink
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"With grace, poetry, clarity, and expert knowledge, artist Etienne Appert brings us a book about the very origins of the art of illustration--what it means and why it exists. 'Why do you draw?' A simple question by a young boy moves the author to travel with him down the River of Ink, which flows from the present day back to the very first illustration drawn by a human. Along the way, they visit legendary artists of the past and encounter personal...
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Zachary T. Paleozogt--Zot!--is a superhero living on an alternate, utopian Earth circa 1965, a world of robot butlers, flying cars, and zany villains. Jenny Weaver is a high school student living on an imperfect world of disappointment and broken promises--our Earth. Stepping across the portals to each other's worlds, their lives will never be the same.
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Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 6
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A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing the Bad Guys one by one.
19) The bad guys
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Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 1
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Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
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They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys ... and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are tired of being the villains. Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. They are going to break two hundred dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys? And will Mr. Snake please stop swallowing Mr. Piranha?!...
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Arab American Heritage 2023
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Twelve-year-old Iranian refugee Khosrou moves to Oklahoma where he goes by Daniel and models himself after the legendary storyteller Scheherazade as he weaves tales that reflect his perseverance and reinvention.
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a...