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ISBN: 9781445454122
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Benji's New Friends
Author: Clues to the Universe
Author: Christina LiPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063008904
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This stellar debut about losing and finding family, forging unlikely friendships, and searching for answers to big questions will resonate with fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead. The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn’t like science, but he can’t get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created the comics, he’s thrilled. Too bad his dad walked out years ago, and Benji has no way to contact him. Though Ro and Benji were only supposed to be science class partners, the pair become unlikely friends, and Ro even figures out a way to reunite Benji and his dad. But Benji hesitates, which infuriates Ro. Doesn’t he realize how much Ro wishes she could be in his place? As the two face bullying, grief, and their own differences, Benji and Ro try to piece together clues to some of the biggest questions in the universe. A Washington Post KidsPost Summer Book Club selection * A Junior Library Guild Selection * A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
Millionaires for the Month
Author: Stacy McAnultyPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593175271
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They're not friends. And they don't have anything to talk about. Until . . . They find a wallet. A wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. They're totally going to return it-but not before Benji "borrows" twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right? But a penny has value. A penny doubled every day for thirty days is $5,368,709.12! So that's exactly how much money Laura Friendly challenges Felix and Benji to spend. They have thirty days. They can't tell anyone. And there are LOTS of other rules. But if they succeed, they each get ten million dollars to spend however they want. Challenge accepted! They rent cool cars, go to Disney World, buy pizza for the whole school-and that's just the beginning! But money can't buy everything or fix every problem. And spending it isn't always as easy and fun as they thought it would be. . . . As smart as it is entertaining, Millionaires for the Month is a thought-provoking story about friendship, privilege, and the value of a penny.
Benji's Doll
Author: Luis AmaviscaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788418133404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Benji wants a doll more than anything in the world. When he finally gets one, he can ́t wait to take it to the park to show his friends... An up-lifting story which reminds us that there are no toys for boys or toys for girls - there are just toys. By the authors of I Love My Colorful Nails, Alicia Acosta and Luis Amavisca.
Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
Author: Sally J. PlaPublisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781643796536
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sammy is having the absolute rottenest, worst day ever. His little brother, Benji, knows exactly what that's like.
Us Against You
Author: Fredrik BackmanPublisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982157518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From Fredrik Backman, New York Times bestselling author of Beartown, comes a heart-wrenching story of the ways loyalty, friendship, and love carry a small community through its darkest days. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local junior hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. As the tension between the two towns simmers, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to try to save the Beartown club. Soon a new team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you’ll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the enmity with Hed grows more and more heated. As the big game between Beartown and Hed approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up. By the time the last game is finally played, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if, after all they’ve been through, the game they love can ever return to something simple and innocent. Us Against You is a declaration of love for all the big and small, bright and dark stories that form and colour our communities. Compelling and heartbreaking, it’s a roller-coaster ride of emotions and a showcase for “Fredrik Backman’s pitch-perfect dialogue and unparalleled understanding of human nature” (Shelf Awareness).
Benji: Benji's Big Adventure
Author: Scout DriggsPublisher: HarperFestival
ISBN: 9780060730833
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Benji and his sidekick, Lizard Tongue, struggle to save Benji's mother from a greedy backyard breeder.
Sag Harbor
Author: Colson WhiteheadPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385529392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys: a hilarious and supremely original novel set in the Hamptons in the 1980s, "a tenderhearted coming-of-age story fused with a sharp look at the intersections of race and class” (The New York Times). Benji Cooper is one of the few Black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small community of Black professionals have built a world of their own. The summer of ’85 won’t be without its usual trials and tribulations, of course. There will be complicated new handshakes to fumble through and state-of-the-art profanity to master. Benji will be tested by contests big and small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke Tragedy, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, just maybe, this summer might be one for the ages. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
Bringing Up the Bones
Author: Lara M. ZeisesPublisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 9780440229742
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This insightful first novel is about a girl who must survive the loss of her first love. "Girls suffering from broken hearts will relate to Bridget's changing perceptions and may even find themselves fortified in the process."--"Publishers Weekly."
Before You Sleep
Author: Benji BennettPublisher:
ISBN: 9781906818128
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#1 Bestselling and award winning children's author, Benji Bennett, creates a new kind of bedtime reading experience that helps parents express their love for their children at the end of each day. Award winning Before You Sleep stands out from all books in its genre as inspired Benji, through his unique style and unrivalled talent, creates an emotional and lasting bond between the reader and the child. Powerful verse and Imaginative illustrations by Roxanne Burchartz, of Oscar Nominated Cartoon Saloon, depict a parent and child sharing magical adventures together filled with love affection. A pull off the shelf favourite for all children and parents at bedtime, Before you Sleep makes it US Publication debut on October 5th 2016. Proceeds from the sale of Before you Sleep go to Paul Newman founded Barretstown, a hole in the wall camp for sick children.