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1) Wonder
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English
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Books for Disability Pride Month: Grades PreK-12
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Teen Feel-Good Reads
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Teen Feel-Good Reads
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
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Upside-down magic volume 7
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English
Description
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
4) Virtually me
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English
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"Five tweens navigate the pandemic by attending an experimental virtual reality school"--
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The perfect score volume 1
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English
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No one likes or wants to take the statewide assessment tests. Not the students in Mrs. Woods?s sixth-grade class. Not even Mrs. Woods. It?s not as if the kids don?t already have things to worry about. . . . The whole school is in a frenzy with test time approaching?kids, teachers, the administration. Everyone is anxious. When one of the kids has a big idea for acing the tests, they?re all in. But things get ugly before they get better, and in the...
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English
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"At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. Fear of deportation kept Sara up at night, but it didn't keep her from being...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
"... the ... story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher, and the 55-year-old Algerian immigrant who offers his services as a substitute teacher and aids the process of collective healing"--Container.
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Story of the world volume 4
Publisher
Well-Trained Mind Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 4-8) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 4 Revised Edition: The Modern Age is widely used in charter and private schools, as well as co-ops around the world. It builds historical literacy, improves reading and comprehension skills in both fiction and nonfiction, and increases vocabulary--all in an enjoyable and entertaining story-like format. The Story of the World, Volume...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This hilarious, inspirational, and wise collection of personal essays and humor from a longtime educator explores all the joys, challenges, and absurdities of being a teacher, following in the footsteps of such classics as Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, The Courage to Teach, and Up the Down Staircase. Shannon Reed did not want to be a teacher, but now, after twenty years of working with children from preschool to college, there's nothing she'd rather...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosphers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.
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