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Books of Ember volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Lina and Doon helped the citizens of Ember escape the city that threatened to destroy them. They've been given safe haven in a small village called Sparks, a place filled with color and life. Although Sparks seems like the answer the long-suffering Emberites have been hoping for, tempers soon escalate. The villagers have never had to share their world before, and it only takes a tiny "spark" to ignite a battle between the two struggling groups. Lina...
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Language
English
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"After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset--those who believe that abilities are fixed--are less likely...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An expert on the psychology of belief examines how our thoughts and feelings, actions and reactions, respond not to the world as it actually is but to the world as we believe it to be. This book explores the psychology of belief - how beliefs are formed, how they are influenced both by internal factors, such as perception, memory, reason, emotion, and prior beliefs, as well as external factors, such as experience, identification with a group, social...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Horton the Elephant hears a tiny voice calling for help from a speck of dust, he is determined to save his new friend. because a person's a person, no matter how small. He sets out to save the inhabitants of a speck of dust, in this classic and hilarious tale about friendship and respect from Dr. Seuss.
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English
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"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don't bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.
Author
Publisher
Times Books/Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother's abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong--but when he's run down by bullies at his new school,...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
When Eva Wingdale sees something large and white flying above her she is convinced that it is a ghost, although most of the other owls just laugh at her--until something large and heavy and white lands on the school roof.
"¡Eva ve un fantasma! O al menos, eso piensa... Así que con su mejor amiga, sale en busca del fantasma. Perfecto para niñas a las que les encantan las historias de animales y de amistad. "
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis--from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex--far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve--and too often our limited solutions are shaped by partisan politics and individual interpretations of truth. In Misbelief, preeminent...
14) Eva sees a ghost
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches / Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Eva Wingdale sees something large and white flying above her she is convinced that it is a ghost, although most of the other owls just laugh at her--until something large and heavy and white lands on the school roof.
15) Cheesus was here
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Delaney Delgado knows miracles aren't real--if they were, her kid sister wouldn't be dead. So when the image of baby Jesus appears on a Babybel cheese wheel, she's not buying the idea that God's got a dairy obsession. Soon, religious signs begin turning up all over Del's hometown, tiny Clemency, Texas. Overnight, news vans fill the streets and religious pilgrims start searching for God in the discount aisle of the grocery store...Hell-bent...
16) Saint: a novel
Author
Series
World of the Narrows volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After years of escaping deadly storms and gaining the reputation of being the luckiest to sail the Narrows, Elias's luck may have run out when he crosses paths with a young dredger from the Unnamed Sea, who tests his faith like never before.
Author
Publisher
Toonhound Studios
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Bellwood's person demon embodies workaholism, imposter syndrome, and fear of missing out. Fed up with its constant nagging, she sets out to defang and humanize her inner critic in one-panel comics that will resonate with people from all walks of life. Her collection is for anyone who wants to talk back to the little voice in their head that says 'You're no good.'
18) A single stone
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Every girl dreams of being part of the line - the chosen seven who tunnel deep into the mountain to find the harvest. No work is more important. Jena is the leader of the line - strong, respected, reliable. And - as all girls must be - she is small; her years of training have seen to that. It is not always easy but it is the way of things. And so a girl must wrap her limbs, lie still, deny herself a second bowl of stew. Or a first. But what happens...
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