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21) Outbreak
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The waters off the West African coast are a menacing red, full of algae thick enough to stand on in places. In nearby villages, mysterious deaths start to occur--and the panic mounts. But before an alarm can be sounded, the sea currents shift, the algae vanishes, and the deaths stop. Everyone is relieved when things return to normal, and local government officials are happy to sweep the publicity nightmare under a rug. An American biological researcher,...
22) Steelheart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.
24) Bee or wasp?
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books/Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Bee or Wasp?, beginning readers will learn to spot the differences between these insects. Carefully leveled text relays what the insects look like and how they fly and behave. Each page then asks readers to name which one is shown in the photo. Answers appear upside down on the bottom of each page, making reading for learning interactive and fun. A See and Compare spread shows and labels each insect side by side, while a Quick Facts feature lists...
25) Frog or toad?
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books/Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Frog or Toad?, beginning readers will learn to spot the differences between these hopping amphibians. Carefully leveled text relays what the animals look like and how they behave. Each page then asks readers to name which animal is shown in the photo. Answers appear upside down on the bottom of each page, making reading for learning interactive and fun. A See and Compare spread shows and labels each animal side by side, while a Quick Facts feature...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books/Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Butterfly or Moth?, beginning readers will learn to spot the differences between these insects. Carefully leveled text relays what the insects look like and how they behave. Each page then asks readers to name which one is shown in the photo. Answers appear upside down on the bottom of each page, making reading for learning interactive and fun. A See and Compare spread shows and labels each insect side by side, while a Quick Facts feature lists...
27) Scrivener's moon
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When she returns home after two years, Fever finds that her Scriven mother's creation, New London, the city on wheels, is nearly complete and ready to fight the nomad tribes of Britain--and Fever must journey to the north to find the ancient birthplace of the Scriven mutants and solve the mystery of her own past.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The first 3 segments in a BBC 11-part nature series. 40 camera teams were shooting at over 200 different locations all over the world for more than 5 years to get the pictures seen in the series. Each segment is followed by a sequence investigating the techniques and challenges of wildlife photography within that segment.
From pole to pole: This introduction to the BBC television series looks at the planet as a whole and considers the key factors...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past; to save our future.
Publisher
SlingShot Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Wild Australia : the edge, filmed on the doorstep of Australia's largest city, is about an ancient wilderness-- a labyrinth of lost worlds and magical places - beautiful and treacherous waterfalls, canyons and underground rivers, carved by streams that lead back into a world as it was ninety million years ago. Rappel into this world of exotic creatures and unique plant life with our modern bushwhackers.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their superhuman powers for the first time, working together in a desperate attempt to stop the Hellfire Club and a global nuclear war.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring...
36) Beginning
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From a seed to a plant, an egg to a chick, or a caterpillar to a butterfly, a child and father share the cycles in nature and come to see that as each journey ends a new adventure begins.
Author
Publisher
Sierra Club Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the North Pacific's aquatic habitat, spotlights the plants, invertibrates, fish, and mammals that live there, and describes their characteristics and habits.
Introduces the North Pacific's aquatic inhabitants and spotlights their characteristics and habits
Series
Publisher
Institute for Creation Research
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"What were dinosaurs? When did they live? Why don't we see them stomping around today? Dinosaurs: God's Mysterious Creatures answers these fascinating questions and more! Meet some fun, fierce or frilled dino buddies like Stegosaurus, T. rex, and Triceratops. You'll also encounter some hard-to-pronounce beasts like Parasaurolophus (Pah-rah-sore-o-loe-fus). Read on to discover: What happened to dinosaurs? Did they live on Earth at the same time as...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science. From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
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