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Saving the Night: How Light Pollution Is Harming Life on Earth (Orca Footprints #26)
by Stephen AitkenKey Selling Points Light pollution is threatening the survival of plants and animals all over the world and the ecosystems they depend on. For example, millions of migratory birds die every year because of light pollution. More than 80 percent of the world lives under skyglow from artificial lights. Two-thirds of the U.S. population and more than one-half of the European population can't see the Milky Way with the naked eye. The skyglow from Los Angeles can be seen by a plane 500 miles away. Light pollution and artificial lights like LEDs have a detrimental effect on human health and upsets our circadian rhythm. It has also been linked to some cancers. Plants and animals have adapted to live in darkness over millions of years. Darkness is as necessary as daylight for their survival. Stephen Aitken is a biologist and the author ofListen Up , also in the Orca Footprints series.
Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive (Scientists in the Field Series)
by Dorothy Hinshaw PatentIn this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it’s too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully eradicate certain genetic diseases. In 1995, a deadly disease began sweeping across the Australian island state of Tasmania, killing every infected Tasmanian devil. The disease moved so fast that some scientists feared the species would be wiped out in the wild within a few decades. Where did this disease, named Devil Facial Tumor Disease, come from? What caused it—a virus, bacteria, or something else? How did it pass from one devil to another? What could be done to fight it? When author Dorothy Hinshaw Patent learned of the race to save the devil from her friend, Australian geneticist Jenny Graves, she felt compelled to travel to Australia to learn firsthand from scientists what they were finding out about these iconic Tasmanian animals and what they were doing to help it from disappearing in the wild. Follow Dorothy as she takes readers on a fascinating journey into the Australian mainland and Tasmania, visiting parks and wildlife refuges and joining geneticist, ecologists, and other researchers as they work tirelessly to save Tasmania’s unique icon.
Saving the Team: Saving The Team; Sabotage Season; Win Or Lose; Hat Trick; Shaken Up; Settle The Score (The Kicks)
by Alex MorganFrom star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan comes the New York Times bestselling first book in an empowering, fun-filled middle grade series about believing in yourself and working as a team.Twelve-year-old Devin loves to play soccer. If she hadn't just left Connecticut to move across the country, she would have been named seventh-grade captain on her school soccer team. But now that Devin is starting seventh grade in Kentville, California, all bets are off. After all, some of the best players on the US national team come from California. She's sure to have stiff competition. Or so she thinks. When Devin shows up for tryouts, she discovers that the Kentville Kangaroos--otherwise known as the Kicks--are an absolute mess. Their coach couldn't care less whether the girls win or lose. And Devin is easily one of the most talented players. The good news is, Devin quickly makes friends with funny, outgoing Jessi; shy but sweet Zoe; and klutzy Emma. Can Devin and her newfound friends pull together and save the team from itself?
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports: A Maximum Ride Novel (Maximum Ride #3)
by James PattersonIn MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, the time has arrived for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution", a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race. . . and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them--but can they save the world when they are torn apart, living in hiding and captivity, halfway across the globe from one another?
Savvy (Companion To The Newberry Honor Winner Savvy Ser.)
by Ingrid LawA vibrant new voice... a modern classic.<P><P> For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a “savvy”—a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains, her older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity... and now it’s the eve of Mibs’s big day.<P> As if waiting weren’t hard enough, the family gets scary news two days before Mibs’s birthday: Poppa has been in a terrible accident. Mibs develops the singular mission to get to the hospital and prove that her new power can save her dad. So she sneaks onto a salesman’s bus... only to find the bus heading in the opposite direction. Suddenly Mibs finds herself on an unforgettable odyssey that will force her to make sense of growing up—and of other people, who might also have a few secrets hidden just beneath the skin.<P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Sawdust in His Shoes
by Eloise Jarvis McGrawAn outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in this classic coming-of-age tale from the heyday of the three-ring circus, by three-time Newbery Honor Book author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. The circus is all young Joe Lang knows. The third generation of a circus family, he becomes a star bareback rider by the time he turns fifteen. But when his father, a lion-tamer, is killed by one of his cats, Joe becomes an orphan and is sent away to a vocational school while the law decides whether or not Mo Shapely, an old clown, is a fit guardian for him. Meanwhile, the circus moves on. Joe escapes from the school and stumbles into the farm life of the Dawson family, who take him in. Mistrustful at first, Joe grows to love farming and his foster family. Faced with prejudice as an outsider in a closely-knit rural community, he closely guards the secret of his past--until the day his extraordinary acrobatic talent is called for to save a life. Joe earns respect, but there is still circus is in his blood, sawdust in his shoes. Will he ever be happy away from his former life with the greatest show on earth?
Saxon Grammar and Writing Grade 5
by Steck-Vaughn Company Hake CurtisThe Student Textbook contains lessons that instruct students on eight key grammar and usage concepts: Capitalization, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Parts of Speech, Usage, Spelling Rules, Diagramming.
Saxon Math 5/4 (3rd edition)
by Stephen Hake John SaxonAddition is the combining of two groups into one group. For addition example, when we count the dots on the top faces of a pair of dot cubes (dice), we are adding.
Saxon Math 6/5
by Stephen Hake John SaxonThis book is made up of daily lessons and investigations. Each lesson has four parts. The first part is a Warm-Up that includes practice of basic facts and mental math. The second part of the lesson introduces a new mathematical concept and presents examples that use the concept. Third one, the Lesson Practice helps solve problems involving the new concept. The final part is the Mixed Practice which reviews previously taught concepts and solving the problems set gives much benefit to students.
Saxon Math, Intermediate 5: Reteaching Masters (Saxon Math Intermediate 5 Series)
by Stephen HakeNIMAC-sourced textbook
Saxon Math: Grade 5 (California Vol #1)
by Houghton Mifflin HarcourtSaxon Math Intermediate 5 is unlike any math book you have used! It doesn't have colorful photos to distract you from learning. The Saxon approach lets you see the beauty and structure within math itself. You will understand more mathematics, become more confident in doing math, and will be well prepared when you take high school math classes.
Say Cheese - And Die Screaming! (Goosebumps HorrorLand #8)
by R. L. StineGoosebumps now on Disney+!A picture is worth a thousand screams--if it's taken with an evil camera that has a nasty vision of the future. Julie's future doesn't look pretty. And neither does anyone else's after they're caught in her lens!Things start looking up when Julie gets to HorrorLand. That is, until she starts falling down--into the Tunnel of Screams. A giant spider attack really bugs Julie and makes her suspect the park isn't all fun.
Say Cheese and Die - Again!: Bad Hare Day; Egg Monsters From Mars; The Beast From The East; Say Cheese And Die, Again! (Goosebumps #No. 44)
by R. L. StineSourball. That's what Greg calls his English teacher, Mr. Saur. He's a real grouch. And he just gave Greg a big fat "F" on his oral report.He didn't believe Greg's story. About the camera Greg found last summer. About the pictures it took. About the evil things that happened.Poor Greg. He just wanted to prove old Sourball wrong. But now that he's dug up the camera, bad things are happening. Really bad things. Just like the first time...
Say Cheese and Die! (Classic Goosebumps #8)
by R. L. StineGoosebumps now on Disney+!Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out . . . different.When Greg takes a picture of his father's brand-new car, it's wrecked in the photo. And then his dad crashes the car.It's like the camera can tell the future--or worse. Maybe it makes the future!Who is going to take the fall next for the evil camera?Now with all-new bonus material!
Say Cheese, Medusa! (Myth-o-mania Ser. #Bk. 3)
by Kate McMullanIn Greek mythology, Medusa was a Gorgon — a winged monster with snakes for hair. Anyone who looked at her was instantly turned to stone. But she wasn't born that way. Not even close. Athena was so jealous of Medusa's beauty that she cursed her. Zeus changed the story to make his son, Perseus, look good. Hades is here to set the record straight on Perseus, Medusa, and everything in between.