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42) Dirty Gertie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Emma and Olivia are responsible for taking care of their guinea pig, Gertrude. When they forget to do their job, Gertrude becomes dirty and the girls learn about responsibility.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
You may think you know him as the say-anything provocateur. The tactless livewire. Notorious lefty or conservative businessman. Dyed-in-the-wool capitalist. Social progressive. Mouth of the South. Yet there are other sobriquets, more personally meaningful to him: Eco-capitalist. Citizen environmentalist. Anti-nuclear weapons crusader. Humanitarian agitator. Bison baron. Bequeather of land. Last Stand is an exploration of Turner's lesser-known but...
Author
Series
Global icons volume 2
Description
"Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Bored and impatient because her mer-family only seems to summon her when they need her healing abilities, fourteen-year-old India Finch decides to ignore her grandfather and visit them without being called--but when she and her mermaid friends decide to entertain themselves by combining their powers the result is a disaster that exposes the existence of the merpeople to human eyes.
46) The new puppy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Upon getting a new puppy, siblings Jack and Anna come to experience both the fun and difficult aspects of having a pet.
47) The transition
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Do you or your partner spend more than you earn? Have your credit card debts evolved into collection letters? Has either of you received a court summons? Has either of you considered turning to a life of a crime? You are not alone. We know. We can help. Welcome to the Transition. While taking part in the Transition, you and your partner will spend six months living under the supervision of your mentors, two successful adults of a slightly older generation....
48) Responsibility
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Responsibility is important for children to learn and understand at an early age. This title will introduce readers to what being responsible is through everyday and relatable examples that they are sure to experience." -- Publisher's website.
49) Love is
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A girl finds a baby duckling, and discovers that love is taking care of something that needs you, and also knowing when to let it go.
Author
Description
Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken--that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. We need a new economic system that unleashes altruism as a creative force...
52) Level 13
Author
Series
Slacker volume 2
Pub. Date
©2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money); but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the back wall--and all Cameron wants to do is to conquer the...
53) Bat 6: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After carrying a bowl of milk on her head across dunes and the River Niger, and even up a mountain, without spilling a drop despite many distractions, Penda gets a surprise when she arrives at the grasslands to give her father his lunch.
55) The Trickster
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 3
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
As soon as he sees Trickster, the new horse at Quinnś Stables, David knows heś found the horse he was born to ride. But Davidś got a reputation as a troublemaker . . . and Tricksterś still recuperating from an accident. David is determined to clear his name and prove to Mr. Quinn that heś worth taking a chance on. Can he reach his goal?
56) Fudge
Author
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Chad's parents agree to let him take the puppy, Fudge, on a trial basis if he takes care of her.
57) The Shadow Club
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
A high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals. When the harmless pranks become life-threatening, however, no one in the club will admit responsibility.
59) Response-able
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
You Can Make a Difference!
What if the churches of America could feed every hungry person in their cities? What if we had the resources to educate every child in an environment where respect for God was encouraged? What if we could help create jobs that empowered people and gave everyone the opportunity to give back in the same way that they had received?
As a pastor, Matt Hagee recognizes that there are things in our world that need changing, and,...
60) Maggie-now
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
"In Brooklyn's unforgiving urban jungle, Maggie Moore is torn between answering her own needs and catering to the desirous men who dominate her life. Confronted by her quarrelsome Irish immigrant father, the feckless lover who may become her husband, and others, Maggie must learn to navigate a cycle of loss, separation, and hope as she forges her own path toward happiness."--P. [4] of cover.