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1) Mel fell
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith.
Author
Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
3) Ish
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
5) The dot
Author
Series
Creatrilogy volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw - she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of...
6) QB 1
Author
Language
English
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean ... Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat!
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...
Author
Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a year at the palace, Miri and her friends are ready to return home to their beloved Mount Eskel. But when the king orders Miri to start her own princess academy in a faraway swamp for three royal cousins, she is utterly dismayed. She must go on this journey alone, away from everyone she loves and everything she knows.Miri's new students are not at all what she expected. Astrid, Felissa, and Sus are more interested in hunting, fishing, and wrestling...
14) Minn and Jake
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect.
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books
Language
English
Description
"Time to get crackin'! Peg is perfectly content within the safe, contained shell of her egg. While her siblings hatch around her, she imagines all the scary things waiting in the outside world--things that make her happy to stay an egg. But even Peg must hatch. She grows, and grows, and one day . . . CRACK! Peg takes her first hesitant steps into the big, frightening world and discovers . . . the world isn't so bad after all. In fact, it's actually...
16) Popular clone
Author
Series
Clone chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Egmont USA
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Fisher Bas, a science-loving bully magnet, clones himself, only to discover that his double is infinitely cooler than himself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Language
Español
Description
While practicing for the Tower Hills Half-Pipe Challenge, Payton Park suffers an embarrassing wipeout, which his friend and competitor Matt posts to the internet where it becomes an instant sensation; now he is having trouble putting the fall behind him, and remembering that having talent is only part of success--it also takes a lot of hard work.
19) Raise your hand
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Language
English
Description
When Alice Tapper noticed that the girls in her class weren't participating as much as the boys, she knew she had to do something about it. With help from her Girl Scout troop and her parents, she came up with a patch that other girls could earn if they took a pledge to be more confident in school. Alice even wrote an op-ed about the experience for the New York Times! Inspired by that piece, this picture book illustrates her determination, bravery,...
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 1
Language
English
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2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees
2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet List
Battle of the Books 2021-2022: INTERMEDIATE
Rick Riordan Presents Imprint
2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet List
Battle of the Books 2021-2022: INTERMEDIATE
Rick Riordan Presents Imprint
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a...
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