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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely how parents can best put it into practice"--
263) Love, Ish
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.
265) Trex
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A mystery following Trex, a boy with an experimental implant, Mellie, a reclusive girl training to be a spy, and their adventures together as they're pitted against middle school bullies, their own parents, and an evil, brain-hacking corporation"--
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape! How did the brain evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, YOU? Get an inside look at the human brain, the most advanced operating system in the world ... if you have the nerve!"--...
267) Stargazing
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Description
"Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. When Moon's family moves in next door to Christine's, Moon goes from unlikely friend to best friend--maybe even the perfect friend. The girls share their favorite music videos, paint their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around, and...
Author
Series
Jiao yang sheng huo volume 51
Publisher
Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
中文(繁體)
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness--only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In January 2015, Barbara Lipska--a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness--was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down. She descended into madness, exhibiting dementia- and schizophrenia-like...
270) She's not sorry
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below. When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin's fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin, and...
272) Poetry for students: Volume 13presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
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