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The Power to Do Good: Money and Charity
by James FischerCollege is a great opportunity to learn more about the world, become a better person, and make more money in the future. But sometimes you may have to get creative when saving up for college. Learn all this and more in Planning for Your Education.
Starting a Business: Creating a Plan (Young Adult Library of Small Business an)
by James FischerAre you interested in having your own business? Today, young people have never had more opportunities to build new and exciting businesses. Before you start your business, you'll need to know the basics, though. One of the very first steps in starting a business is making sure you have the right plan. Without a plan, many businesses fail or can't reach the success they want. In Starting a Business: Creating a Plan, you'll learn why a plan is so important for a new business, and how to make a plan that suits your business.
This Is Not the Abby Show
by Debbie Reed FischerFans of Joey Pigza, Meg Cabot, and Because of Mr. Terupt will root for hilarious, one-of-a-kind Abby as she navigates ADHD, middle school, family, and friendships. Abby was born for the spotlight. Now it's her time to shine! Abby is twice exceptional--she is gifted in math and science, and she has ADHD. Normally, she has everything pretty-much-sorta-kinda under control. But when Abby makes one HUGE mistake that leads to "The Night That Ruined My Life," or "TNTRML," she lands in summer school. Abby thinks the other summer school kids are going to be total weirdos. And what with her parents' new rules, plus all the fuss over her brother's bar mitzvah, her life is turning into a complete disaster. But as Abby learns to communicate better and finds friends who love her for who she is, she discovers that her biggest weaknesses could be her greatest assets. Hilarious and heartwarming, This Is Not the Abby Show is for everyone who knows that standing out is way more fun than blending in.
My Teacher The Ghost: Tremors
by Emma FischelThese ghostly adventures and spine-chilling stories are great for reads for reluctant readers. Written by well-known authors and illustrated by much-loved illustrators, this series will appeal to boys and girls.
Estrella de mar / Starfish
by Lisa Fipps¡Seleccionado como Honor Book por el Premio Printz! Ellie está cansada de que la avergüencen por su peso y decide cambiar eso en esta conmovedora novela en verso, la primera de Lisa Flipps. Desde que Ellie usó un traje de baño de ballena y causó gran revuelo en su fiesta de cumpleaños número 5, ha sido acosada por su peso. Para sobrellevar la situación, trata de vivir según las Reglas de las Chicas Gordas, como “no hacer olas”, “evitar comer en público” y “no moverse tan rápido para que su cuerpo no se mueva”. Ha encontrado su espacio seguro, su piscina, donde se siente ingrávida en un mundo obsesionado con las grasas. En el agua, puede estirarse como una estrella de mar y ocupar todo el espacio que quiera. También es donde puede alejarse de su madre, quien piensa que criticar con insistencia el peso de Ellie la motivará a hacer dieta. Pero Ellie tiene aliados como su padre, su terapeuta y su nueva vecina, Catalina, que ama a Ellie por quien es. Con este apoyo, Ellie finalmente podrá dejar de lado las Reglas de las Chicas Gordas y las estrellas de mar en la vida real, sin disculparse por ser ella misma ni por ser fabulosa.
Middle School Math Solution Mathbook: Course 2, Skills Practice
by Sandy Bartle Finocchi Amy Jones Lewis Josh Fisher Janet Sinopoli Victoria Fisher<p>NIMAC-sourced textbook</p><p>The new Carnegie Learning Middle School Math Solution, 4th edition, ©2022 series is designed as a world class instructional resource for Grades 6-8. Each course seamlessly integrates active, collaborative learning with independent learning through print, consumable MATHbooks and adaptive MATHia software. This multi-layered approach to blended learning ensures each student learns math in a way that builds collaborative and social skills, along with mathematical thinking and reasoning skills, and pushes them to achieve conceptual understanding. The instructional designers worked alongside master math practitioners, cognitive scientists, and researchers to intentionally design, draft, debate, test and revise every piece incorporating the latest in learning science throughout every step of the learning process.</p><p>Student materials include the MATHbook student edition - in print and digital versions, MATHia software, lesson videos, the LiveHint tutor bot, Skills Practice workbook, and much more. Spanish versions of the MATHbook, workbook, and MATHia software are available. Teacher materials include the Teacher's Implementation Guide, lesson presentation PowerPoint and Google slides, editable lesson resources, MyPL lesson videos, formative and summative assessments, MATHia teacher license with reports and LiveLab class management app, the Edulastic assessment suite, and more. Carnegie Learning provides a robust selection of professional development that may be tailored to the needs of individual districts.</p>
Middle School Math Solution, Course 2
by Sandy Bartle Finocchi Amy Jones Lewis Kelly Edenfield Josh FisherNIMAC-sourced textbook
New Kids and Underdogs
by Margaret FinneganWhen perpetual new kid Robyn signs up her special needs dogs for agility training, she gets an unexpected lesson in friendship in this funny and moving novel from the author of We Could Be Heroes and Susie B. Won&’t Back Down.Robyn Kellen has been the new kid six times. She&’s practically an expert on the subject and has developed foolproof rules to help her get by: Blend in, don&’t go looking for trouble, and move on. Unfortunately, Robyn&’s mom has a rule, too: Robyn must do an after-school activity. When Robyn discovers a dog agility class, she thinks she&’s found the perfect thing—but then her dogs, Sundae and Fudge, are rejected from the class. Sundae won&’t do anything without Fudge, and Fudge is deaf and blind, and the instructor refuses to change the rules to fit their needs. Luckily, the instructor&’s grandson, Nestor—a legend at Robyn&’s new school—offers Robyn a deal: If she helps him with math, he&’ll train Sundae and Fudge. Problem is, Robyn isn&’t so great at math herself, so she&’s forced to recruit the class outcast, Alejandra, to help. Suddenly, Robyn finds herself surrounded by people who do anything but blend in—and sticking to her rules becomes harder than ever. But as Robyn learns how to adapt the rules of agility for Sundae and Fudge, she will find that some rules are worth breaking altogether.
Sunny Parker Is Here to Stay
by Margaret FinneganA determined girl spends the summer before middle school learning to stand up for her low-income community in this funny, fast-paced read just right for fans of Kelly Yang&’s Front Desk.Sunny Parker loves the Del Mar Garden Apartments, the affordable housing complex where she lives. And she especially loves her neighbors. From her best friend, Haley Michaels, to Mrs. Garcia and her two kids—developmentally disabled son AJ and bitter but big-hearted daughter Izzy—every resident has a story and a special place in Sunny&’s heart. Sunny never thought living at the Del Mar Garden Apartments made her different—until the city proposes turning an old, abandoned school into a new affordable housing complex and the backlash of her affluent neighborhood teaches Sunny the hard way that not everyone appreciates the community she calls home. Her dad, the Del Mar&’s manager-slash-handyman, wants Sunny to lay low. But as hurtful rhetoric spreads and the city&’s public hearing approaches, Sunny realizes that sometimes there&’s too much at stake to stay silent. With her friends behind her, Sunny Parker is determined to change the narrative—because she and her community are here to stay!
Susie B. Won't Back Down
by Margaret FinneganRoll with It meets Absolutely Normal Chaos in this funny, big-hearted novel about a young girl’s campaign for student council president, told through letters to her hero Susan B. Anthony. <p><p> Susie B. has a lot to say. Like how it’s not fair that she has to be called Susie B. instead of plain Susie. Or about how polar bears are endangered. Or how the Usual Geniuses are always getting picked for cool stuff over the kids like her with butterflies in their brain. And it’s because Susie B. has a lot to say about these very important things that she’s running for student council president! If she’s president, she can advocate for the underdogs just like her hero and fellow Susie B., Susan B. Anthony. (And, okay, maybe the chance to give big speeches to the whole school with a microphone is another perk.) But when the most usual of Usual Geniuses also enters the student council race, Susie realizes this may be a harder won fight than she thought. <p><p> Even worse, Susie discovers that Susan B. Anthony wasn’t as great as history makes it seem, and she did some pretty terrible things to try to help her own cause. Soon, Susie has her own tough decisions to make. But one thing is for sure—no matter what, Susie B. won’t back down.
We Could Be Heroes
by Margaret FinneganShiloh meets Raymie Nightingale in this funny and heartwarming debut novel about a ten-year-old that finds himself in a whole mess of trouble when his new friend Maisie recruits him to save the dog next door.Hank Hudson is in a bit of trouble. After an incident involving the boy&’s bathroom and a terribly sad book his teacher is forcing them to read, Hank is left with a week&’s suspension and a slightly charred hardcover—and, it turns out, the attention of new girl Maisie Huang. Maisie has been on the lookout for a kid with the meatballs to help her with a very important mission: Saving her neighbor&’s dog, Booler. Booler has seizures, and his owner, Mr. Jorgensen, keeps him tied to a tree all day and night because of them. It&’s enough to make Hank even sadder than that book does—he has autism, and he knows what it&’s like to be treated poorly because of something that makes you different. But different is not less. And Hank is willing to get into even more trouble to prove it. Soon he and Maisie are lying, brown-nosing, baking, and cow milking all in the name of saving Booler—but not everything is as it seems. Booler might not be the only one who needs saving. And being a hero can look a lot like being a friend.
Ever After High: The Junior Novel
by Perdita FinnWhen the rebellious Jackie Frost and her brother, Northwind, plot to take control of the Winter Palace and curse the Royal Winter Family, a treacherous storm threatens all of Ever After! Under Jackie's chilly curse, the Snow King freezes out everyone in the palace, including his daughter: Crystal Winter. As a wicked winter spreads across the land, Crystal takes off on a daring quest with her friends from Ever After High to melt her father's frozen heart and save the world from turning into a giant snow globe. With Jackie and other fairy dark forces working against them, will Crystal, Briar, Ashlynn, and the rest of the gang be able to heat things up before summer is gone forever after? Includes 8-page color insert from the animation! © 2016 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.
Ever After High: Rosabella and the Three Bears
by Perdita FinnThings have gone topsy-turvy at Ever After High! After Faybelle Thorn casts a spell on the midterm hexams, the students find themselves unhexpectedly inside the wrong storybooks! When Rosabella Beauty and Cedar Wood find themselves in Goldilocks and the Three Bears instead of their own fairytale storybooks, they realize the trouble has only just started. Someone has been blowing down houses-and the whole forest is starting to panic. Now it's up to Rosabella, Cedar, and the Three Bears to solve the mystery and get this storybook back on script!©2017 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.
Friendship Games: My Little Pony (Equestria Girls Ser. #5)
by Perdita FinnAnother fun chapter book for fans of My Little Pony Equestria Girls!Book Description:This chapter book picks up where Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine leaves off and ties into the next Equestria Girls movie! © Hasbro 2015. All Rights Reserved.
A Friendship to Remember: My Little Pony (Equestria Girls Ser. #9)
by Perdita FinnJoin Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Apple Jack, and Fluttershy as they rely on their special friendships to guide them through the highs and lows of being students at Canterlot High.© Hasbro 2017. All Rights Reserved.
The Legend of Everfree: My Little Pony (Equestria Girls Ser. #7)
by Perdita FinnA brand-new adventure awaits our Equestria Girls at Camp Everfree and you can read all about it in this exciting chapter book! Camp Everfree is in danger of closing down! It's up to our Equestria Girls and their newfound super abilities to throw a Crystal Gala fundraiser to show their support and help save the camp! ©Hasbro 2016. All Rights Reserved.
Magic, Magic Everywhere! My Little Pony (Equestria Girls Ser. #8)
by Perdita FinnMagical Mayhem and Mischief Our Equestria Girls are back from an adventurous summer at Camp Everfree-but they can't relax quite yet! After saving the camp from disaster, they still have to raise the money to do necessary repairs, and a car wash might not cut it. The Equestria Girls are ready to try new things-starting with a mishmashed music video-and even get caught up in the world of movie magic. But when real magical powers come into play, the girls are going to have to use their own newfound powers and links to Equestria to save the day once again! © Hasbro 2017. All Rights Reserved.
The Mane Event (My Little Pony)
by Perdita FinnWhen Canterlot High has a musical showcase, it's the perfect opportunity for the Equestria Girls' new band to perform. But another group - the Dazzlings - are determined to turn the friendly showcase into a Battle of the Bands!Can the Equestria Girls win? And do the Dazzlings want more than to be the best band...
The Mane Event: My Little Pony (Equestria Girls #3)
by Perdita FinnThe third exciting adventure in the Equestria Girls series! The girls rock a new story about friendship at Canterlot High. The follow-up to Through the Mirror and Rainbow Rocks.
Monster High: The Junior Novel
by Perdita FinnWelcome to Monster High! You know that Monster High is the most creeperific school in the world, but do you know how it came to be? It all started with a girl named Draculaura-the daughter of Dracula-who had a dream about creating a place where monsters could belong, get along, and be themselves. To make her dream come true, Draculaura and her best ghoulfriends went on fangtastic adventures around the world to recruit monsters to attend Monster High. But all was not perfectly monstrous at Monster High when a villainous zombie set out to ruin everything Draculaura and her friends worked so hard for. Can the ghouls save the day...and save Monster High? ©2016 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.
Monster High: The Junior Novel
by Perdita FinnWhen the ghouls discover Clawdeen Wolf's big dream of opening a salon for monsters and Normies alike, they can't wait to make it a monstrous success! And Frankie knows just the place for such a voltageous idea-her old power station. But while the ghouls are preparing their electric styles, Twyla spots Moanica D'Kay working on a shocking plan of her own. And with Frankie Stein's latest invention-a super powerful battery-in Moanica's hands, the whole Normie World could be in high-voltage danger! Can these ghoulfriends save the Normies and make Clawdeen's dream a clawesome reality? Only one thing's for sure-it's going to be electrifying!Includes an 8-page color insert! ©2017 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.
Monster High: Freaky Fusion The Junior Novel
by Perdita FinnDuring the Bite-Centennial, the ghouls discover an old scientist's workshop and travel back 200 years to the beginning of Monster High. But when they try to get home, they go through a vortex that fuses some of the ghouls together! With the help of the Hybrids, the new monsters in school, they learn how to control their combined flaws and together face their greatest challenge...saving Frankie!
Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! The Junior Novel
by Perdita FinnWhen Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the queen is not over yet. The Ghouls must locate an ancient artifact known as the Vampire's Heart in order to discover the identity of the true Vampire Queen. It's a fangtastic adventure that will lead them from the Tower of Londoom, to a haunted river boat in New Goreleans and finally to the glamorous boo-vie lots of Hauntlywood. Could this be the moment when Draculaura finally receives her vampire powers and discovers screams really can come true?
Monster High: The Junior Novel
by Perdita FinnWelcome to Monster High where the children of the world's most famous monsters brave the horrors of high school! Join Spectra Vondergeist, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and all their new spooky ghoulfriends on a haunting new adventure!The next book in a series of junior novels from the freaky-fabulous world of Monster High! Includes an eight-page photo insert!
Rainbow Rocks: My Little Pony (Equestria Girls #2)
by Perdita FinnAnother exciting chapter book for fans of My Little Pony Equestria Girls! Copyright © 2014 Hasbro.