Author: Carol Gorman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780671865788
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Amy is babysitting Malcolm, an eight-year-old with a reputation for making up stories. When he tells her he's witnessed the kidnapping of a schoolmate, Amy doesn't know if she should believe him.
Jennifer-the-Jerk is Missing
Author: Carol Gorman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780671865788
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Amy is babysitting Malcolm, an eight-year-old with a reputation for making up stories. When he tells her he's witnessed the kidnapping of a schoolmate, Amy doesn't know if she should believe him.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780671865788
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Amy is babysitting Malcolm, an eight-year-old with a reputation for making up stories. When he tells her he's witnessed the kidnapping of a schoolmate, Amy doesn't know if she should believe him.
Jennifer-the-Jerk Is Missing
Author: Carol Gorman
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 145324865X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
When the boy Amy is babysitting swears he witnessed a kidnapping, Amy isn’t sure whether she should believe his crazy story Thirteen-year-old Amy Whipple is forced to babysit the son of her dad’s most important client, and she is prepared for a boring weekend with a boring eight-year-old. On a trip to the park, Malcolm runs ahead, and when Amy catches up with him, he swears he has just seen the kidnapping of Jennifer Smith from his class. Malcolm is famous for making up stories, and Amy doesn’t believe him . . . until they find the ransom note. In this wild, hilarious adventure, it’s up to Amy and Malcolm to rescue Jennifer—even though she’s a total jerk!
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 145324865X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
When the boy Amy is babysitting swears he witnessed a kidnapping, Amy isn’t sure whether she should believe his crazy story Thirteen-year-old Amy Whipple is forced to babysit the son of her dad’s most important client, and she is prepared for a boring weekend with a boring eight-year-old. On a trip to the park, Malcolm runs ahead, and when Amy catches up with him, he swears he has just seen the kidnapping of Jennifer Smith from his class. Malcolm is famous for making up stories, and Amy doesn’t believe him . . . until they find the ransom note. In this wild, hilarious adventure, it’s up to Amy and Malcolm to rescue Jennifer—even though she’s a total jerk!
The Night She Disappeared
Author: April Henry
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429942452
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part time as a delivery girl at Pete's Pizza. One night, Kayla—another delivery girl—goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working that night. Gabie can't move beyond the fact that Kayla's fate was really meant for her, and she becomes obsessed with finding Kayla. She teams up with Drew, who also works at Pete's. Together, they set out to prove that Kayla isn't dead—and to find her before she is. This title has Common Core connections.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429942452
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part time as a delivery girl at Pete's Pizza. One night, Kayla—another delivery girl—goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working that night. Gabie can't move beyond the fact that Kayla's fate was really meant for her, and she becomes obsessed with finding Kayla. She teams up with Drew, who also works at Pete's. Together, they set out to prove that Kayla isn't dead—and to find her before she is. This title has Common Core connections.
What Do You Stand For? For Teens
Author: Barbara A. Lewis
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 157542746X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Young people need guidance from caring adults to build strong, positive character traits—but they can also build their own. This book by the best-selling author of The Kid’s Guide to Social Action invites children and teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more. Quotations and background information set the stage. Dilemmas challenge readers to think about, discuss, and debate positive traits. Activities invite them to explore what they stand for at school, at home, and in their communities. True stories profile real kids who exemplify positive traits; resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and Web sites.
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 157542746X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Young people need guidance from caring adults to build strong, positive character traits—but they can also build their own. This book by the best-selling author of The Kid’s Guide to Social Action invites children and teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more. Quotations and background information set the stage. Dilemmas challenge readers to think about, discuss, and debate positive traits. Activities invite them to explore what they stand for at school, at home, and in their communities. True stories profile real kids who exemplify positive traits; resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and Web sites.
Educator's Companion to Children's Literature
Author: Sharron L. McElmeel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313079390
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Each of these volumes explores five popular genres and shows how they can be used to promote learning in the library and classroom. After introductory discussions of each genre, McElmeel recommends books, gives lists of related titles, and provides a variety of ideas for genre-related activities that complement classroom thematic units. Grades 4-
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313079390
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Each of these volumes explores five popular genres and shows how they can be used to promote learning in the library and classroom. After introductory discussions of each genre, McElmeel recommends books, gives lists of related titles, and provides a variety of ideas for genre-related activities that complement classroom thematic units. Grades 4-
Shadows at Dusk (Missing in Alaska Book #2)
Author: Elizabeth Goddard
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 149344350X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Montana Detective Trevor West is desperate to learn what happened to his sister, who went missing in Alaska over a year ago, leaving nothing but a few photographs as clues to her whereabouts. At the advice of Police Chief Autumn Long, Trevor enlists the help of an experienced bush pilot. If Carrie James can't help him find the places in the photographs, no one can. But Carrie has her own agenda. Grieving the death of her closest friend and the only person she could trust, Carrie will help Trevor find his sister on one condition--that he help her track down her friend's killer. As the two close in on the answers they crave, they'll face dangers and connections they could not have imagined. They'll have to learn to trust one another--and face the dark secrets of the past--if they are ever to discover the truth and bring a killer to justice.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 149344350X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Montana Detective Trevor West is desperate to learn what happened to his sister, who went missing in Alaska over a year ago, leaving nothing but a few photographs as clues to her whereabouts. At the advice of Police Chief Autumn Long, Trevor enlists the help of an experienced bush pilot. If Carrie James can't help him find the places in the photographs, no one can. But Carrie has her own agenda. Grieving the death of her closest friend and the only person she could trust, Carrie will help Trevor find his sister on one condition--that he help her track down her friend's killer. As the two close in on the answers they crave, they'll face dangers and connections they could not have imagined. They'll have to learn to trust one another--and face the dark secrets of the past--if they are ever to discover the truth and bring a killer to justice.
Graveyard Moon
Author: Carol Gorman
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453290699
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
An International Reading Association Young Adult Choice: When a night in a graveyard with her friends turns fatal, Kelly knows it’s up to her to find the killer—before the killer finds her New to town, Kelly reluctantly agrees when her friends challenge her to spend the night in a graveyard with them. But she can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching them through the mist. Her friends laugh off her suspicions—until she stumbles on a body covered in blood. As she begins to piece together the puzzle, Kelly realizes that the murderer may have killed before. Can Kelly and her new friend Miles solve the case before the killer strikes again?
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453290699
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
An International Reading Association Young Adult Choice: When a night in a graveyard with her friends turns fatal, Kelly knows it’s up to her to find the killer—before the killer finds her New to town, Kelly reluctantly agrees when her friends challenge her to spend the night in a graveyard with them. But she can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching them through the mist. Her friends laugh off her suspicions—until she stumbles on a body covered in blood. As she begins to piece together the puzzle, Kelly realizes that the murderer may have killed before. Can Kelly and her new friend Miles solve the case before the killer strikes again?
A Partial History of Lost Causes
Author: Jennifer DuBois
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 1400069777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Abandoning her life when her father succumbs to Huntington's disease, Massachusetts native Irina discovers an unanswered letter from her father to an internationally renowned chess champion and political dissident, who she decides to visit in Russia. A first novel.
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 1400069777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Abandoning her life when her father succumbs to Huntington's disease, Massachusetts native Irina discovers an unanswered letter from her father to an internationally renowned chess champion and political dissident, who she decides to visit in Russia. A first novel.
A Disappearance in Drury Lane: A Regency Historical Mystery
Author: Ashley Gardner
Publisher: Jennifer Ashley
ISBN: 0986023892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Cavalry captain Gabriel Lacey returns to Regency London from the Napoleonic wars to begin solving crimes that go unnoticed by the Bow Street Runners, which take him from the mansions of Mayfair to the backstreets of London's rookeries. As Captain Gabriel Lacey prepares for his upcoming wedding, his former neighbor, Marianne Simmons, asks for his help to find an actress friend who’s gone missing. Lacey agrees to help look for the actress, little realizing that the search will pit him against men who think nothing of abduction, assault, or sending incendiary devices to the innocent. At the same time, Lacey’s personal life is changing, and his time for investigation is frequently and frustratingly interrupted. He is also commanded by a new Bow Street Runner to assist in bringing down James Denis, a criminal with whom Lacey now has complicated ties. Lacey must help or else risk hanging alongside Denis. The search for the actress takes Lacey from elegant assembly rooms to the backstage of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, where he finds darkness in all corners. Lacey’s life and honor are constantly challenged as he tries to settle into his new life, until he realizes he can follow no code but his own.
Publisher: Jennifer Ashley
ISBN: 0986023892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Cavalry captain Gabriel Lacey returns to Regency London from the Napoleonic wars to begin solving crimes that go unnoticed by the Bow Street Runners, which take him from the mansions of Mayfair to the backstreets of London's rookeries. As Captain Gabriel Lacey prepares for his upcoming wedding, his former neighbor, Marianne Simmons, asks for his help to find an actress friend who’s gone missing. Lacey agrees to help look for the actress, little realizing that the search will pit him against men who think nothing of abduction, assault, or sending incendiary devices to the innocent. At the same time, Lacey’s personal life is changing, and his time for investigation is frequently and frustratingly interrupted. He is also commanded by a new Bow Street Runner to assist in bringing down James Denis, a criminal with whom Lacey now has complicated ties. Lacey must help or else risk hanging alongside Denis. The search for the actress takes Lacey from elegant assembly rooms to the backstage of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, where he finds darkness in all corners. Lacey’s life and honor are constantly challenged as he tries to settle into his new life, until he realizes he can follow no code but his own.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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