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My weird school volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A.J. and his classmates are convinced that the new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.
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My weird school volume 1
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
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My weird school volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more.
6) Toys
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Hays Baker and his wife Lizbeth possess super-human strength, extraordinary intelligence, stunning looks, a sex life to die for, and two beautiful children. Of course they do--they're Elites, endowed at birth with the very best that the world can offer. The only problem in their perfect world: humans and their toys! The one with the most toys--dies. The top operative for the Agency of Change, Hays has just won the fiercest battle of his career. He...
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In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.
From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves...
From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves...
8) Hummingbird
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 8
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Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. But those troubles don't compare with grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason's best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family's orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can't understand why Lieutenant Baird won't believe the story Mason has told about that day. Mason's new friend, tiny Calvin Chumsky,...
10) Save me a seat
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Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
11) In other words
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"A series of reflections on the author's experiences learning a new language and living abroad, in a dual-language edition"--
12) Bluefish
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide a learning disability, when he meets a remarkable teacher and a sassy classmate with her own secrets.
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"Written by a cognitive psychologist who has spent decades studying low we learn, OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN is the definitive guide to help students master the skills of understanding material and retaining information. In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying, the tendency is to focus on the mental tasks that we control...
16) The Atlas of Us
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Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she's working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.
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Pub. Date
p2010
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Essential Skills for a Full and Courageous Life.
When you think about personal transformation, do you have a picture of who you want to become? Many of us unconsciously create an idealized image of our "awakened" selves-and in doing so, reveals David Whyte, we undermine both the work and reward of genuine transformation. On What to Remember When Waking, this celebrated poet and teacher offers wisdom for building the essential disciplines that will...
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Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist
The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple.
Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life-driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people...
19) French
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This multi-media program takes you from beginner to advanced level in one convenient package. It uses the Living Language method, which teaches you to speak a new language, not just memorize vocabulary words.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The internationally bestselling author of Goodbye, Things shares insights and practices to help us embrace habits and become the best versions of ourselves.
Fumio Sasaki changed his life when he became a minimalist. But before minimalism could really stick, he had to make it a habit. All of us live our lives based on the habits we've formed, from when we get up in the morning to what we eat and drink to how likely we are to actually make it to the...