Brian Holden
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Series
Doughnut fix volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When his family moves to tiny Petersville, eleven-year-old Tris stops focusing on his perfect sister, Jeanine, by using his cooking expertise to revive a town tradition of chocolate cream doughnuts.--Provided by Publisher.
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Series
Doughnut fix volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Tris tries to save his doughnut business and town of Petersville, New York, by competing on a cooking show.
3) Superstar
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year!
"Lester's first-person narrative is honest and pure." —Kirkus (starred review)
Perfect for fans of Fish in a Tree and Wonder, this uplifting debut novel from Mandy Davis follows space-obsessed Lester Musselbaum as he experiences the challenges of his first days of public school: making friends, facing bullies, finding
...4) Speechless
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"As if being stuffed into last year's dress pants at his cousin's wake weren't uncomfortable enough, thirteen-year-old Jimmy has just learned from his mother that he has to say a few words at the funeral the next day. Why him? What could he possibly say about his cousin, who ruined everything they did? He can't recall one birthday party, family gathering, or school event with Patrick that didn't result in injury or destruction. As Jimmy attempts to...
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"From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Nake Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to know). This essential, fully updated edition is packed with real-life advice on everything from making friends to managing stress. Hilarious, outrageous, and telling stories from students on over 100 college campuses cover the basics, and then some, including...
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Jeremiah just wants a normal summer with his dad. But his dad has moved in with his new boyfriend Michael who serves weird organic food and is constantly nagging him. Worst of all, Michael rides a bicycle decorated to look like a unicorn. This is not the summer Jeremiah wanted. But Jeremiah soon learns that being a family comes in many surprising forms.
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The geeks will inherit the earth.
With well over two hundred episodes and a dozen seasons, The Big Bang Theory is one of America's favorite television series, bringing a new class of character to mainstream television: the science nerd.
In spite of its evident popularity and influence in shaping public attitudes to science and scientists, there are relatively few books that explore the show's culture and social dimension.
This book is a light-hearted...
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Fire Your Boss is the disruptive alternative blueprint for charting a new life-giving career path that gives you control, allowing you to set your own rules for your work life. Provocative, liberating, and universally appealing, Fire Your Boss seeks to help readers resolve the deepest root of workplace unrest-namely, fear and self-preservation. This book upgrades readers' core belief systems, demonstrates how to liberate their careers forever, and...
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The bestselling author of Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red share more than 150 baffling, bizarre, and enlightening facts in the fun trivia collection.
This curious, captivating collection of trivia will surprise and intrigue readers with amazing answers to questions like:
• Is Jurassic Park possible?
• What causes "the shakes" after drinking a lot of alcohol?
• Why do dogs walk in circles before lying down?
• What makes popcorn pop?
The...
10) Framed!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series.
So you're only halfway through your homework and the Director of the FBI keeps texting you for help...What do you do? Save your grade? Or save the country?
If you're Florian Bates, you figure out a way to do both.
Florian...
11) The Journey Home
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Two brothers must rely on all their wilderness skills to survive their journey home after reuniting with their father and living off the grid in the second adventure of the Wilder Boys series.
At the start of the summer, Jake and Taylor Wilder set out on the adventure of a lifetime. After seeing their mother loaded into an ambulance because of Bull, her terrifying boyfriend, the boys know they are no longer safe. So they go in search of their father,...
12) Kubrick's Men
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English
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A provocative re-reading of Stanley Kubrick's work and its focus on masculine desire
The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts to a sustained reflection on the male condition: past, present, and future. The persistent theme of his filmmaking is less violence or sex than it is the pressurized exertion of masculinity in unusual or extreme circumstances, where it may be taxed or exaggerated to various effects, tragic and comic-or metamorphosed, distorted,...
13) Firefighter
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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The second installment of the action-packed Scout series, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Li Shotz.
It's official: Scout is now a K9 in the National Guard. But being a certified hero means Scout has his job cut out for him. He needs to work even harder to protect his country and his human best friend, Matt. When Matt's classmates get trapped in a raging wildfire, Matt knows that only Scout can track them down and bring them...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Even though he has disbanded his Shadow Club, formed to play mean-spirited tricks on his enemies, fourteen-year-old Jared finds himself suspected when a popular boy at school becomes the target of new pranks.
15) The Shadow Club
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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When a junior high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals, the harmless pranks escalate until they become life-threatening.
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Blake Taylor's mother first suspected he had ADHD when he, at only three years of age, tried to push his infant sister in her carrier off the kitchen table. As time went by, Blake developed a reputation for being hyperactive and impulsive. He launched rockets (accidentally) into neighbor's swimming pools and set off alarms in museums. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old. In ADHD and Me, he tells about the next twelve...
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In 2008, Touraj Parang's award-winning startup, Jaxtr, had 10 million users, raised nearly $20 million from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, and seemed poised to sail straight through the Great Recession. But, by January of 2009, Jaxtr's only hope for survival was to find a buyer-sadly, it was too late for that.
In Exit Path, Touraj draws on the lessons learned from that chaotic experience and the extraordinary successes that followed once he made...
18) Saving Cody
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Two brothers fight to save their grandmother's land from developers in the third adventure of the Wilder Boys series.
When a run-in with the local bully means the boys risk losing their beloved dog, Cody, they hatch a plan to keep him safe. They'll take him to live with their grandmother in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He'll be safe there, and Grandma-who lives off the grid-will benefit from the companionship. But first they've got to figure out...
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English
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If your child is starting life in college, there's a surprise around every corner . . .
But that doesn't mean you can't be prepared! The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only is a witty and wise guide to everything you need to know about the college experience. Harlan Cohen, America's most trusted college life expert, delivers the best advice, facts, stats, tips, and stories from parents, students, and experts across the country to ensure that you and...
20) Get Hired Now!: How to Accelerate Your Job Search, Stand Out, and Land Your Next Great Opportunity
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Accelerate your job search, stand out, and land your next great opportunity
In Get Hired Now!, ZipRecruiter founder and CEO Ian Siegel tells you exactly how to find a new job fast. With an insider's view of how over a million employers really make hires, Ian pulls insights from the data to give you step-by-step instructions for writing a resume that works, finding the right jobs to apply to, acing a job interview, and negotiating a job offer.
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