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“Kiera Wilmot didn’t mean to cause an explosion at her high school. But that’s exactly what happened ond day last April….”

~Scholastic Action Magazine, September 2013

The name frog is often used to distinguish the smooth-skinned, leaping amphibians from squat, warty, hopping ones, which are called toads.

Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-

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"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster as her mother spirals out of control, and Ashley is pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system.

Jazz FeelsBy Michael Toomer

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“Jazz makes me feel relaxed and sleepy,It’s like a lightning bold of peace,It has the power to hold me in its musical grip, With a mystic, fast-and-slow-together-sound…”

Encyclopedia Britannica

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Cateringby Andrew Sharbel: a

writer for Loudoun County Times-Mirror“After being in business for more

than five years, Cookology owner and founder Maria Kopsidas has decide to expand the company to provide catering….”

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne

Frank

Read Anne’s own words as she and other Jewish refugees hide from the Nazis in an attic for months. – “a powerful reminder of the horrors of war…and the human spirit.”

Follow along as Myers tells his life story – “from a bad boy role model” to his life in 1950s Harlem where Langston Hughes and Sugar Ray Robinson walked the streets.

“All Jenny Lawson wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her unbalanced father and a eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life.”

Einstein: His Life and Universeby Walter Isaacson

Bad Boyby Walter Dean

Myers

Lets Pretend This Never Happened by

Jenny Lawson

“Bats are in danger, and kids can help save

them” by Christina BaronHow did his mind work? What made

him a genius? The author shows how Einstein’s scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality.

“Unlike cuter animals that are disappearing from the wild , bats are not getting much aid from people.”

~WP Kids Post, August 9, 2013

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“I know thisIt it is difficutlto grow upIt always wasIt always will be

I know thisNobody can tell you how to do itYou just make the same mistakes andYou just thrill to the same excitement

The authors describe Jordan’s rise to fame, accomplishments, and his years in the NBA.

16How to Read A Poem: And Fall in Love with

Poetry byEdward Hirsch“Poet Edward Hirsch describes

why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can make a difference.

15A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William

ShakespeareThis updated version of Shakespeare’s work includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library in London.

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Discover the thoughts of Carl Sanberg, who once roamed the U.S. as a hobo and used his experiences to write beautiful verse.

Carl Sandberg edited by Frances

Shoonmaker

17The Official SAT Study Guide by The College

Board

Features practice tests as well as up-to-date information you need to succeed on the SAT.

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20The Big Book of Comedies by Sylvia

Kamerman

“Enjoy this collection of 25 dramatic pieces, including one-act skits, curtain raisers, and adaptations.”

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Enjoy this 19th century play about a swordsman who is secretly in love with the beautiful Roxane. Will he confess his love? Will she reject him because of his unique looks?

Cyrano de Bergarac by

Edmond Rostand

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Bike messengers battle traffic, parked cars, and pedestrian as they zip through urban downtown areas delivering packages.

Maniacs on BikesA Jamestown

Article

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Peril: (n) exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; dangerEx: They faced the peril of falling rocks.

Webster’s Dictionary