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Al Capone does my shirts (Tales from Alcatraz #1)
Par Gennifer Choldenko. 2004
1935. Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan moves to Alcatraz Island when his father takes a job at the maximum-security prison there. Moose…
struggles to make friends and cares for his older autistic sister while their mother applies for the girl's acceptance to a special school. Newbery honor winner. For grades 6-9. 2004Pitcairn's Island
Par Charles Nordhoff. 1934
South Pacific, 1790s-1800s. Fletcher Christian, his fellow H.M.S. Bounty mutineers, and their Polynesian wives flee Tahiti for Pitcairn's Island. Living…
undiscovered for eighteen years, they establish a primitive but thriving settlement until a bitter struggle for vengeance shatters the peace. Sequel to Men against the Sea (BR 15979). 1934Splendid solution: Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio
Par Jeffrey Kluger. 2004
This history of the 1950s battle to develop a polio vaccine focuses on Jonas Salk's successful dead-virus inoculation. Discusses social…
effects of infantile paralysis from 1916 to mid century, the controversy over live-virus vaccines, Walter Winchell's public denouncement of Dr. Salk, and Salk's 1954 vindication. 2004Penguins swim but don't get wet: and other amazing facts about polar animals (Speedy facts)
Par Melvin Berger. 2004
Discusses the Arctic and Antarctic regions of Earth and states interesting facts about creatures living there, including polar bears, reindeer,…
wolves, whales, seals, walruses, birds, and penguins. For grades 2-4. 2004Bad bears in the big city: an Irving & Muktuk story (Irving and Muktuk)
Par Daniel Manus Pinkwater. 2003
The Egyptologist: a novel
Par Arthur Phillips. 2004
1922. Staking his reputation and fiancée's fortune, obsessive Egyptologist Ralph Trilipush excavates King Atum-hadu's tomb. Mystery and discovery unfold through…
Ralph's journal entries and the correspondences of Australian detective Harold Ferrell, who investigates Ralph's possible connection to a series of murders. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 2004Bringing up baby: three steps to making good decisions in your child's first years
Par Claire Lerner. 2005
Professionals in childhood development offer a three-step program to help stressed parents develop self-awareness, tune into the child's needs, and…
make responsive and sound decisions. They advise parents to analyze themselves, to realize that each youngster is unique, and to expect no "cookie-cutter" solutions. 2005The search for Belle Prater (Belle Prater #2)
Par Ruth White. 2005
Virginia, 1950s. Seventh-graders Woodrow, his cousin Gypsy, and their new friend Cassie, who is gifted with second sight, set off…
to find Woodrow's missing mother. They encounter some unlikely and intriguing coincidences along the way. Sequel to Belle Prater's Boy (DB 45802). For grades 5-8. 2005Encore, Grace!
Par Mary Hoffman. 2003
Grace and her friends face unfamiliar experiences: a new girl in class, taking part in a Christmas play, losing a…
dear friend, and challenging the grown-ups to talk to them about situations that could affect their lives. Chapter book. Sequel to Starring Grace (BR 13916). For grades 2-4. 2003A certain truth (Trials Of Kit Shannon Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par James Scott Bell. 2004
Los Angeles, 1907. Criminal lawyer Kit Shannon Fox and her husband are returning from their delayed honeymoon when a murder…
occurs aboard their ship. Kit agrees to defend newly married Wanda Boswell, who is accused of killing her husband. But Kit begins to doubt Wanda's innocence. 2004Real U guide to living on your own (Real U Guides Ser.)
Par Liesa Abrams. 2004
Real U guide to your first apartment (Real U Guides Ser.)
Par Megan Stine. 2004
Information about moving out of the family home and renting an apartment on one's own. Gives practical advice on finding…
a roommate, dealing with landlords, saving money on college housing, and furnishing the new place. For senior high and older readers. 2004Condom sense: a guide to sexual survival in the new millennium
Par M. Monica Sweeney. 2005
This guide to healthy, safe-sex practices presents medical facts about HIV/AIDS transmission. Begins with a self-assessment of the reader's knowledge,…
then focuses on using condoms for prevention of disease. Discusses buying condoms, their proper use, new manufacturing trends, and changing attitudes. 2005I remember: eighty years of black entertainment, big bands, and the blues : an autobiography
Par Clyde E. B Bernhardt. 1986
African American musician's recollections of his jazz and blues career that began in the 1920s. Describes his American and European…
tours with such prominent entertainers as Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and others. Some strong language. 1986In like Flynn (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser.)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2005
In early-twentieth-century, typhoid-ridden New York, policeman Daniel Sullivan hires Molly Murphy to investigate the Sorensen sisters. Molly poses as an…
Irish relative at Senator Flynn's country estate where the siblings, who claim to be spiritualists, are trying to solve the kidnapping of Flynn's son. 2005Smoking / Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn (My Health Ser.)
Par Alvin Silverstein. 2003
Describes the damage to body organs and the respiratory system caused by nicotine and tar in tobacco smoke and explains…
other harmful effects of cigarettes. Presents various methods to stop smoking, lists the benefits of being smoke-free, and provides helpful resources. For grades 4-7. 2003Writing coach offers a humorous four-week guide to penning a first draft, from creating a realistic schedule and developing plot,…
setting, and characters to polishing the manuscript into publication-worthy form. Includes do's and don'ts, encouraging anecdotes, and creativity exercises. 2004Real U guide to your first job (Real U Guides Ser.)
Par Meagan Hassell. 2004
African American musicians (Black stars #11)
Par Eleanora E Tate. 2000
Profiles of African Americans who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past two hundred…
years. Depicts them contending with racism, segregation, and personal hardship to become jazz composers, stride pianists, concert singers, horn players, and gospel and rap artists. For grades 6-9. 2000The book lover's cookbook: recipes inspired by celebrated works of literature and the passages that feature them
Par Shaunda Kennedy Wenger. 2003
Nearly two hundred recipes cooked up, served, or mentioned in novels and works of nonfiction, interspersed with anecdotes about writers…
and writing. Includes "Behold! Ichabod's Slapjacks," John Grisham's "Good Life Veal Piccata," and "Mr. Wonka's Strawberry-Flavored Chocolate-Coated Fudge." 2003