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The weight of water
Par Sarah Crossan. 2018
Novel in verse. Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England, from Poland to search for her father.…
Believing everyone to be unfriendly, Kasienka finds friendship with a boy she meets at the swimming pool, her only refuge. For grades 6-9. 2012Booked (Crossover)
Par Kwame Alexander. 2016
A novel in verse. Eighth-grader Nick Hall loves soccer and hates books, but he soon learns the power of words…
as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. For grades 5-8. 2016The crossover (The Crossover Series)
Par Kwame Alexander. 2014
Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse. For senior high and older readers. 2014Like bug juice on a burger (Eleanor)
Par Matthew Cordell, Julie Sternberg. 2013
When Eleanor's grandma Sadie surprises her with a sleep-away camp trip over the summer, Eleanor is excited. But her enthusiasm…
wanes when faced with strange food and an embarrassingly low-level swim class. Sequel to Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie (DB 75193). For grades 2-4. 2013Lineup for yesterday
Par Ogden Nash, C. F. Payne. 2011
Collection of Ogden Nash's alphabetical poems of baseball legends, such as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Includes player stats and…
biographical information. Originally published in 1949 in Sport magazine. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2011Gone fishing: a novel in verse
Par Richard Brown, Earlene R. Long, Matthew Cordell, Tamera Will Wissinger. 2013
In this novel told through poems, nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad, so when his pesky little sister horns…
in on their fishing trip, he is none too pleased. Includes primer on rhyme, poetry techniques, rhythm, stanzas, and poetic forms. For grades 3-6The great dog wash
Par Robert Neubecker, Shellie Braeuner. 2009
The Moonglow Roll-a-Rama (Orchard HC Picture Books)
Par Dav Pilkey. 1995
There is a wonderful place on an island beyond the lagoon, where beneath the blue moon lies the Moonglow Roll-O-Rama.…
And every night while people sleep snugly in their beds, the animals go to this spot where the magic of moonlight sweeps them skating up to the sky. For preschool-grade 2Enigma: a magical mystery
Par Graeme Base. 2008
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magician, he learns that is grandfather's rabbit, Enigma,…
has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder. For grades 3-6Flipping Forward Twisting Backward
Par Alma Fullerton. 2022
A diagnosis of dyslexia could change everything for an aspiring fifth-grade gymnast struggling at school in this authentic, high-energy novel…
in verse. The print edition of this title is set in a font developed to be easy to read.The gym is where Claire shines and she’s on her way to qualifying for the state championships. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker—which is fine with her since it helps her hide her reading problem. Claire has never been able to make sense of the wobbling jumble of letters on a page.When a sympathetic principal wonders if she’s acting out because she may have dyslexia, she’s stunned. Claire has always assumed she’s dumb, so she’s eager to get evaluated. But her mother balks. Afraid Claire will be labeled “stupid,” she refuses testing. Can Claire take on both her reading challenges and her mother’s denial? Is it worth jeopardizing her dream of the state championships?Told in clear and poignant verse and featuring black and white illustrations, Claire’s struggle with something that seems to come easily to everyone else will resonate with readers and have them cheering her on.86 years: the legend of the Boston Red Sox
Par Melinda R Boroson. 2005
The Boston Red Sox had won five World Series by 1918. Then Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees, and…
every year afterward the Red Sox lost. Until 2004. Here is the story of the baseball team's history and spectacular comeback. For grades 4-7 and older readersLost Luggage
Par Salvatore Ala. 2011
Journeys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and…
his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems.Hide-and-Seek
Par Susan Weiss. 2016
Casey at the Bat
Par Ernest Lawrence Thayer. 2017
Nine Lives: My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda
Par Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister, Aimen Dean. 2019
As one of al-Qaeda&’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore…
allegiance to Osama bin Laden. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda&’s chemical weapons programme, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives. This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighting on the wrong side – and his fateful decision to work undercover for his sworn enemy. From the killing fields of Bosnia to the training camps of Afghanistan, from running money and equipment in Britain to dodging barrel bombs in Syria, we discover what life is like inside the global jihad, and what it will take to stop it once and for all.The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Dragon Tattoo story (Millennium #4)
Par David Lagercrantz. 2015
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK WITH A UK NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERLisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not…
been in touch for some time.Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying one.More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world-leading advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker.It seems that Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters - and a violent criminal conspiracy that will very soon bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm, to the Millennium team, and to Blomkvist and Salander themselves.The Girl in the Spider's Web is book four in the Millennium series. Book five, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, was published in September 2017.The Girl Who Lived Twice - the final novel in the series by David Lagercrantz - is available to preorder now.Seduction Game: I-Team 7 (I-Team)
Par Pamela Clare. 2015
Fans of Suzanne Brockmann, Maya Banks, Christy Reece, Julie Ann Walker and Cindy Gerard will adore Pamela Clare's expertly plotted…
romantic suspense series, which sets the pages alight with sizzling chemistry. For tension, thrills, romance and passion take a spin with the I-Team.CIA Officer Nick Andris wants revenge. His last mission failed after a Georgian arms smuggler killed his lover. He's been tailing a woman for three weeks hoping she will lead him to his target. But there's a problem with the intel. Holly Elise Bradshaw is nothing more than an entertainment writer with a love for sex and designer clothes. Clearly someone at Langley made a mistake...When Holly finds herself in trouble, the only weapons at her disposal are her brains and her body. But they won't be enough to handle the man who's following her. He's going to turn her world upside-down.Sexy. Thrilling. Unputdownable. Take a wildly romantic ride with Pamela Clare's I-Team: Extreme Exposure, Hard Evidence, Unlawful Contact, Naked Edge, Breaking Point, Striking Distance, Seduction Game.The Canyon's Edge
Par Dusti Bowling. 2020
Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival…
after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong. One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find peace. Nora longs for things to go back to normal, like they were when her mother was still alive, while her father keeps them isolated in fear of other people. But when they reach the bottom of the canyon, the unthinkable happens: A flash flood rips across their path, sweeping away Nora's father and all of their supplies. Suddenly, Nora finds herself lost and alone in the desert, facing dehydration, venomous scorpions, deadly snakes, and, worst of all, the Beast who has terrorized her dreams for the past year. If Nora is going to save herself and her father, she must conquer her fears, defeat the Beast, and find the courage to live her new life.The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Dragon Tattoo story (Millennium #4)
Par David Lagercrantz. 2015
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK.Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time.Then…
Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying one.More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world-leading advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker.It seems that Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters - and a violent criminal conspiracy that will very soon bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm, to the Millennium team, and to Blomkvist and Salander themselves.(P)2015 WF Howes LtdBlack Ops: Danny Black Thriller 7 (Danny Black #7)
Par Chris Ryan. 2019
The seventh book in the bestselling Danny Black series.A series of gruesome killings take place in Dubai, Ghana and America.…
The victims are all connected with the SAS. In Hereford Danny Black realises they have something more specific in common - they were all involved in training a young Muslim soldier, Ibrahim Khan.Khan has been working under cover in Islamic State in a mission organised by MI6. Danny Black sets out to track him down with the help of Khan's MI6 handler on a trail that leads him to a library of ancient manuscripts in Damascus, the Syrian desert and finally back in the Brecon Beacons. There Danny discovers that he has finally met his match, his deadliest enemy - and it is the last person he ever expected.(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited