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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What's that funny feeling coming from your gut? It could be oozing stomach acid or a booming belch or stinky fart that is ready to burst. These revolting reactions happen during the digestion of food. Once you've mashed up and swallowed a meal, your body has to turn it into energy, water, and . . . well . . . poop. Find out about all the nasty...
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Gamers, beware--your video games can think for themselves! Ever wondered what's inside the plastic of your video game console but don't want to crack it open to find out? Crack open this book instead! You'll learn what computer code looks like, how a game console's "brain" makes decisions, and how its memory allows you to return to play each day without starting from scratch.
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What's so great about California? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Golden State! Explore California's beaches, mountains, film studios, and colorful history. The California by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered in the book. A special section provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more. Take a fun-filled tour of all there is to discover in California....
84) Shattered Star
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What's the price of fame? Cassie is the best singer in Southside High's Glee Club and dreams of being famous. She skips school to try out for a national talent competition. But her hopes sink when she sees the line. Then a talent agent shows up out of nowhere. Cassie is flattered to hear she has "the look" he wants. Soon, she is lying and missing rehearsal to meet with him. And he's asking her for more each time. How far will Cassie go for her shot...
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In a virtual reality treasure hunt game, a gamer named Gadget is a steampunk pirate looking for her captain's lost treasure a mysterious mechanical device. If she can find the scattered pieces that make up the device, she'll be released from the game. But the further she gets into it, the more Gadget worries she's in over her head. In a game where it's hard to know who's a real person and who's a non-player character, can Gadget trust anyone?
86) Italy
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Pack your bags! We're headed to Italy. On this whirlwind tour, you'll learn all about the country's landscape, culture, people, and more. We'll see an active island volcano, ride the gondolas in Venice's canals, and visit ancient ruins in Rome. A special section introduces Italy's capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world!
87) The Fight
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"Was he . . . you know?" Bella doesn't know if Dominic was gay or not, but she knows he was bullied. And she knows the adults who could have helped didn't because of some stupid policy. Now Dominic's dead. It's never been Bella's thing to stand up for a cause, but for some reason, this fight has become her fight.
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Crack, crack...animal babies are hatched all over the place. Can you figure out who's who? Watercolor and collage illustrations depict close-up scenes of an egg or eggs about to hatch. The text hints at what the eggs contain: "Hidden in a rock cave/ Deep beneath the ocean waves/ Their mother wraps her long arms around/ To keep these eggs safe...
89) Now You See Me
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Tony has preferred to fly under the radar for most of his life. He doesn't even notice he's developed the ability to turn invisible until he walks into school the day after his sixteenth birthday and realizes no one can see him.
Soon another student finds out about Tony's superpower, and he uses it to blackmail Tony into stealing and...
90) Dance Team
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Izzy's the newest member of the Southside High dance team. And she may have picked a bad time to join up. The team's captain, Camilla, is determined to win regionals by any means necessary. When the dance team discovers that Izzy is best friends with the leader of a rival squad, the pressure's on. Will Izzy injure her old friend to sabotage Southside's competition?
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Mallory McDonald is turning nine! And she is ready to celebrate getting the past year over-one troubled with moving, starting a new school, making new friends, and sibling rivalry. Mallory wants her ninth birthday to be extra special. So instead of celebrating just one day, she plans an entire "birth month" celebration. But soon, things...
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A dark, shiny poster was spread across the board, crowding out school lunch menus and events calendars: NEED TO BANISH A GHOST? CALL THE PARANORMALATOR. I SEEK KNOWLEDGE AND FIND THE SOURCE.
Jackson and Jinx looked at each other. Jinx's mouth hung wide open. Everything about the poster ripped off the Paranormalists.
When a new kid in town tries to get in on Jinx and Jackson's paranormal investigation business, Jinx is furious. But Jinx's quest...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What's so great about Colorado? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Centennial State! Explore Colorado's snowy mountain peaks, wild rivers, and rich history. The Colorado by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered in the book. A special section provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital,...
94) Ghana
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Pack your bags! We're headed to Ghana. On this whirlwind tour, you'll learn all about the country's landscape, culture, people, and more. We'll walk on bridges through the treetops in a tropical forest, see lions and elephants at a wildlife park, and buy kente cloth in a huge outdoor market. A special section introduces Ghana's capital, language,...
95) The Confessional
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I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story. All Jenny Vang wants to do is fit in. Not be popular. Not be cool. Just fit in. After changing schools more than once, she's an expert at it. The way to fit in at Monona High is to talk trash or make boasts on The Confessional, the school's unofficial gossip site. So of course Jenny joins in. But when Jenny lies about hooking up with a teacher, she's slammed with a two-month suspension. She's guilty....
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What do service dogs do? Service dogs work with people who need help with some special tasks. They can open doors and even bring medicine to their sick owners! Learn all about these furry helpers and watch them at work in this playful book.
97) The Late Bus
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Lamar takes the "late bus" home from school after practice each day. After the bus's beloved driver passes away, Lamar begins to see strange things-demonic figures, preparing to attack the bus. Soon he learns the demons are after Mr. Rumble, the freaky new bus driver. Can Lamar rescue his fellow passengers, or will Rumble's past come back to destroy them all?
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Have you ever stared into the night sky, full of stars and planets? As a kid, Neil deGrasse Tyson was star-struck when he first visited a planetarium. The universe was calling him. Tyson pursued his interest in astronomy and studied to be an astrophysicist. In 1996, he became the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. He is passionate about teaching people about the universe. Known for making science fun and easy to understand, he has hosted and...
99) Break the Code
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The prize: $10 million
The rules: Be the first to complete ten tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Do not ask questions. Do not tell anyone what you're doing. Do not fail.
The consequences: Unknown
Maiv is a model daughter, a caring older sister, a top student-the responsible one. She's not someone who'd get mixed up in something as risky as the Contest. But the huge prize would help her afford college and help her family make ends meet....
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Bats are blind. An old dog can't learn new tricks. The early bird catches the worm. You may have heard some of these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let's investigate seventeen statements about animals and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still...