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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching draws on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred star athletes to reveal the colorful stories and folklore behind ten major pitches.
2) Pennsylvania
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the state of Pennsylvania and includes ideas for classroom assignments.
Author
Publisher
Ember, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" due to a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It isn't easy being Japanese American in a small, mostly white, northern California town, being raised by a single mother. When Izumi Tanaka discovers her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, it means irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. She travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew-- and discovers being a princess isn't all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling bodyguard, and thousands of years...
Author
Series
To All the Boys I've Loved Before volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes, but she's written each boy a letter about how she felt, and sealed it, and hid it in a hatbox under her bed. One day she finds that her secret box of letters has been mailed, and her life goes out of control.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Publication Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Power to the Parasites! lets you in on a secret: Parasites are all around you, all the time, quietly running the world. You might think of them as slimy, disgusting freeloaders: tapeworms, roundworms, ticks, and lice, too small to be important and too wicked to be liked. But by the end of this book, you'll realize that sometimes parasites are the good guys. Learn where you're most likely to find parasites in your food (heads up - you might not want...
Author
Publisher
Henry and Holt Company
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Kings become outcasts and lovers become foes in The Faithless Hawk, the thrilling sequel to Margaret Owen's The Merciful Crow. As the new chieftain of the Crows, Fie knows better than to expect a royal to keep his word. Still she's hopeful that Prince Jasimir will fulfill his oath to protect her fellow Crows. But then black smoke fills the sky, signaling the death of King Surimir and the beginning of Queen Rhusana's merciless bid for the throne. With...
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Challenge yourself to discover the world's most remarkable plants! From the biggest trees to the deadliest fungus and everything in between, find out all the fascinating facts about the plants that surround us. Features quizzes, trivia, facts, and incredible stories that will shock and amaze!
18) Let's get lost
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Description
During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers -- Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement-- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A thrilling journey into the spiritual, scientific and sometimes threatened world of dolphins. Includes an 8-page photo insert, explores the extraordinary world of dolphins in an interesting and accessible format that engages as well as entertains.
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