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Common core English language arts in a PLC at work, grades 9-12

Fisher, Douglas, 1965-


"A joint publication with International Reading Association." Explore strategies for integrating the Common Core State Standards for English language arts for grades 9-12 in this resource, which focuses on areas of instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention. You'll also learn how to implement the CCSS within the powerful PLC at Work? process. Critical chapter-opening questions guide discussion and help you leverage the CCSS to optimize student learning.
Date Published:2013

"A joint publication with International Reading Association." Explore strategies for integrating the Common Core State Standards for English language arts for grades 9-12 in this resource, which focuses on areas of instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention. You'll also learn how to implement the CCSS within the powerful PLC at Work? process. Critical chapter-opening questions guide discussion and help you leverage the CCSS to optimize student learning.

Date Published:2013

Venus : fierce and fabulous /

McAnulty, Stacy,


"From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, comes VENUS!-- a light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the sassiest member of our solar system"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2026

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina.


School Library Journal, March 2010. Publisher's Weekly, December 2009. Booklist, December 2009. New York Times, May 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010. Kirkus Review, January 2010. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
Date Published:2010

School Library Journal, March 2010. Publisher's Weekly, December 2009. Booklist, December 2009. New York Times, May 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010. Kirkus Review, January 2010. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.

Date Published:2010

My family's soybean farm

Olthoff, Katie,


"Alexander lives on a soybean farm! What's a soybean farm and what's it like to live there? Learn all about how soybeans grow, are harvested, and are used across the country"--
Date Published:2021

Dragon Girls / #16 : Eloise The Flame Dragon /

Mara, Maddy,


"Three friends, Eloise, Ash, and Maya, have just discovered that they share an amazing gift. They can transform into powerful Fire Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest. Once there, Eloise learns that she is the mighty Flame Dragon. She must lead Ash and Maya on an epic quest to a place in the forest called the Fire Realm, which only appears once every one thousand years. An evil queen is gaining power there. She must be stopped-and Eloise and her friends are just the dragons for the job!"-- .
Date Published:2025

"Three friends, Eloise, Ash, and Maya, have just discovered that they share an amazing gift. They can transform into powerful Fire Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest. Once there, Eloise learns that she is the mighty Flame Dragon. She must lead Ash and Maya on an epic quest to a place in the forest called the Fire Realm, which only appears once every one thousand years. An evil queen is gaining power there. She must be stopped-and Eloise and her friends are just the dragons for the job!"-- .

Date Published:2025

Down came the spiders

Russell, Ally


Arachnophobia meets Five Nights at Freddy's in this middle grade horror novel perfect for fans of K.R. Alexander and Mary Downing Hahn.Can you outrun eight legs?Twelve-year-old Andi loves everything about spiders -- they're endlessly fascinating creatures. So when she finds a species she's never seen before at a classmate's Halloween party, she's over the moon. Until the spiders start to behave in unusual and threatening ways, that is. They can camouflage themselves incredibly well, they can jump higher than she's ever seen, and their webs are strong. Maybe even strong enough to trap a person . . .Andi and her friends Carly and Devon try to find an adult to help, but make a terrifying discovery: the parent chaperones have been immobilized by the spiders. As the only ones who know what's going on, Andi, Carly, and Devon will have to take on the spiders themselves -- before it's too late!
Date Published:2025

Arachnophobia meets Five Nights at Freddy's in this middle grade horror novel perfect for fans of K.R. Alexander and Mary Downing Hahn.Can you outrun eight legs?Twelve-year-old Andi loves everything about spiders -- they're endlessly fascinating creatures. So when she finds a species she's never seen before at a classmate's Halloween party, she's over the moon. Until the spiders start to behave in unusual and threatening ways, that is. They can camouflage themselves incredibly well, they can jump higher than she's ever seen, and their webs are strong. Maybe even strong enough to trap a person . . .Andi and her friends Carly and Devon try to find an adult to help, but make a terrifying discovery: the parent chaperones have been immobilized by the spiders. As the only ones who know what's going on, Andi, Carly, and Devon will have to take on the spiders themselves -- before it's too late!

Date Published:2025

Twinkle, twinkle, little star /

Trapani, Iza.


School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.). An expanded version of the nineteenth-century poem in which a small girl accompanies a star on a journey through the night sky, examining both heavenly bodies and the earth below.
Date Published:1994

Percy Jackson and the Olympians / The graphic novel / #1 : The lightning thief /

Riordan, Rick.


"Adapted from the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Lightning Thief."--Colophon. Chiefly illustrations. "Mythological monsters and gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find a return Zeus's stolen property and bringpeace to a warring Mount Olympus."--
Date Published:2023

"Adapted from the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Lightning Thief."--Colophon. Chiefly illustrations. "Mythological monsters and gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find a return Zeus's stolen property and bringpeace to a warring Mount Olympus."--

Date Published:2023

The Ojibwa Indians /

Lund, Bill, 1954-


L.A. Recommended Foreign Language. Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Ojibwa people, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and more.
Date Published:1997

Dog Man / #1

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


School Library Journal starred, July 2016. Booklist starred, August 2016. Pub Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Review, June 2016. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. "George and Harold have created a new hero who digs into deception, claws after crooks, and rolls over robbers. When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?"--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal starred, July 2016. Booklist starred, August 2016. Pub Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Review, June 2016. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. "George and Harold have created a new hero who digs into deception, claws after crooks, and rolls over robbers. When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?"--Amazon.com.

Date Published:2016

My friend Dahmer : a graphic novel /

Derf.


Library Journal, May 2012. Pub Weekly, January 2012. Kirkus Starred, January 2012. Booklist, March 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2012. Library Journal. Pub Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Derf describes his classmate Jeffrey Dahmer's teenage years as a lonely oddball. Dahmer would go on to become one of the United States' most notorious serial killers.
Date Published:2012

Library Journal, May 2012. Pub Weekly, January 2012. Kirkus Starred, January 2012. Booklist, March 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2012. Library Journal. Pub Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Derf describes his classmate Jeffrey Dahmer's teenage years as a lonely oddball. Dahmer would go on to become one of the United States' most notorious serial killers.

Date Published:2012

Asgardians

O'Connor, George,


Description based on volume 1. "Welcome to the Nine Worlds, home of Gods, Valkyries, Dwarves, Jotnar, and more! Travel the burning rainbow bridge to Asgard where Odin, king of the Aesir, surveys his realm. His thirst for knowledge drives him ever onward, but nothing is learned without sacrifice... In Asgardians, George O'Connor's highly kinetic illustrations bring these gritty and astonishing tales of war, betrayal, and the quest for enlightenment at any cost to vivid and startling life and provide the perfect companion to his Olympians series."--
Date Published:2024

Description based on volume 1. "Welcome to the Nine Worlds, home of Gods, Valkyries, Dwarves, Jotnar, and more! Travel the burning rainbow bridge to Asgard where Odin, king of the Aesir, surveys his realm. His thirst for knowledge drives him ever onward, but nothing is learned without sacrifice... In Asgardians, George O'Connor's highly kinetic illustrations bring these gritty and astonishing tales of war, betrayal, and the quest for enlightenment at any cost to vivid and startling life and provide the perfect companion to his Olympians series."--

Date Published:2024

Eleanor & Park

Rowell, Rainbow.


School Library Journal starred, February 2013. Booklist starred, January 2013. Pub Weekly, December 2012. Kirkus Starred, December 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2012. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. "Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal starred, February 2013. Booklist starred, January 2013. Pub Weekly, December 2012. Kirkus Starred, December 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2012. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. "Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2013

Fangirl /

Rowell, Rainbow.


School Library Journal starred, August 2013. Booklist starred, September 2013. Pub Weekly, July 2013. Kirkus Starred, July 2013. New York Times, September 2013. Horn Book, November 2013. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Feeling cast off when her twin sister outgrows their shared love for a favorite fictional character, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal starred, August 2013. Booklist starred, September 2013. Pub Weekly, July 2013. Kirkus Starred, July 2013. New York Times, September 2013. Horn Book, November 2013. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Feeling cast off when her twin sister outgrows their shared love for a favorite fictional character, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.

Date Published:2013

Projekt 1065

Gratz, Alan, 1972-,


It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.
Date Published:2016

The naturals / #1 : The naturals /

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn,


Includes excerpts of Killer instinct and The inheritance games. "Seventeen-year-old Cassie, who has a natural ability to read people, joins an elite group of criminal profilers at the FBI in order to help solve cold cases"--
Date Published:2023

Fourth wing / #1

Yarros, Rebecca,


"Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter--like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise"--
Date Published:2023

"Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter--like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise"--

Date Published:2023

The hate u give /

Thomas, Angie,


ALA Booklist. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. School Library Journal starred, January 2017. Booklist starred, December 2016. Pub Weekly, November 2016. Kirkus Starred, December 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2017. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
Date Published:2017

ALA Booklist. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. School Library Journal starred, January 2017. Booklist starred, December 2016. Pub Weekly, November 2016. Kirkus Starred, December 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2017. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

Date Published:2017

One of us is next

McManus, Karen M.


Sequel to: One of us is lying. Pub Weekly, October 2019. Booklist, November 2019. Kirkus Review, November 2019. Pub Weekly. Booklist. Kirkus Review. "A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher's death, a new mystery has cropped up--a game with dangerous consequences that's targeting students at Bayview again. And if the creator isn't found soon, dangerous could prove deadly"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Sequel to: One of us is lying. Pub Weekly, October 2019. Booklist, November 2019. Kirkus Review, November 2019. Pub Weekly. Booklist. Kirkus Review. "A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher's death, a new mystery has cropped up--a game with dangerous consequences that's targeting students at Bayview again. And if the creator isn't found soon, dangerous could prove deadly"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2020

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : musical genius /

Greene, Carol.


"Childrens Press reinforced binding"--P. [4] of cover. Includes index. Booklist. A brief account of the life of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer, from his acclaim as a child prodigy through his prolific musical career to his early death in 1791 at age thirty-five.
Date Published:1993