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Ribblestrop
by Andy MulliganWhen your school's motto is "Life is dangerous," you know that anything can happen--and everything does!This raucous tale of education gone awry is "rollicking, ridiculous, and captivating," according a Bulletin starred review. There's no school that's quite like Ribblestrop, complete with roofless dormitories, distracted teachers, and a perilous underground labyrinth. And then there are the students! You'll meet Sanchez, a Colombian gangster's son hiding from kidnappers; Millie, an outcast arsonist and self-confessed wild child; Caspar, the landlady's spoiled grandson; the helpful but hapless Sam and his best friend Ruskin, plus a handful of orphans from overseas who are just happy to have beds--even if they are located in the roofless part of the building. With the "crazy-school appeal of Hogwarts and the grim humor of Lemony Snicket" (The Independent), Ribblestrop, which was awarded the Children's Fiction Prize by The Guardian, is sure to delight the most mischievous among us.
The Rhino in Right Field
by Stacy DeKeyserA boy who loves baseball must get past his hard-working immigrant parents—and the rhino in the outfield—to become a batboy in this laugh-out-loud middle grade novel in the tradition of The Sandlot. <P><P>Nick wants to change his life. For twelve whole years, he’s done what his hard-working, immigrant parents want him to do. Now he’s looking for his own American dream and he thinks he’s found it. The local baseball team is having a batboy contest. Nick’s goal—to be a Mudpuppy for a day! But the contest is on a Saturday—the day Nick has to work in his father’s shop. There’s one other tiny—well, not so tiny—problem. A 2,000-pound rhinoceros named Tank. Nick and his friends play ball right in the city zoo—and Tank lives just beyond the right field fence. Nick’s experience getting the ball out of Tank’s pen has left him frozen with fear whenever a fly ball comes his way. How’s a lousy fielder going to win the contest? One thing Nick knows how to do is work hard, and he practices every day with his best friend, Ace, and a new girl named Penny, who has an impressive throwing arm! But that’s not enough—to get to the contest, Nick resorts to a plan that has him lying to his parents and blackmailing his uncle. All while dodging the school bully, who’s determined to win even by playing dirty. <P><P>Nick will need to keep his eye on the ball and find the courage to face his fears—oh yeah, and stay one step ahead of Tank—in this fast, funny story about a game that can throw you some curveballs—just like life!
Rez Dogs
by Joseph BruchacFrom the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during the COVID-19 pandemic, about a Wabanaki girl's quarantine on her grandparents' reservation and the local dog that becomes her best friend. <p><p>Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation. She’s there for a visit when, suddenly, all travel shuts down. There’s a new virus making people sick, and Malian will have to stay with her grandparents for the duration. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but Malian knows how to keep her family and community safe: She protects her grandparents, and they protect her. She doesn’t go outside to play with friends, she helps her grandparents use video chat, and she listens to and learns from their stories. And when Malsum, one of the dogs living on the rez, shows up at their door, Malian’s family knows that he’ll protect them too. <p><p>Told in verse inspired by oral storytelling, this novel about the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the ways Malian’s community has cared for one another through plagues of the past, and how they keep caring for one another today.
Reynard the Fox and Other Fables
by W. T. Larned John Rae Jean de La Fontaine"Some folks say Reynard the Fox is a rascal. They will tell you he is sly, and up to all sorts of tricks. He prowls around at night, smelling the air with his long nose, and listening with his long ears; and when he has done prowling, you may be pretty sure he is not as hungry as when he set out."So begins "How Reynard the Fox Fooled the Raven," the first of these eighteen enchanting stories. The adventures of Reynard, the great folkloric trickster, along with those of other animals are charmingly adapted by William Trowbridge Larned from Jean de La Fontaine's classic fables. Striking color illustrations by artist John Rae enhance "The Tortoise and the Hare," "Jocko the Monkey and Mouser the Cat," "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Grasshopper Goes to the Ant," and other timeless tales.
Rex Zero, the Great Pretender (Rex Zero)
by Tim Wynne-JonesCommended, Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books: Historical Fiction It's September 1963 when Rex is blindsided by some unexpected news. His family is moving again -- just to the other side of the city, as it turns out, but it might as well be the other side of the moon as far as Rex is concerned. In desperation, he secretly starts taking public transit back to his old school -- a plan that works just fine until he runs out of money. When his sister Annie catches him stealing change from his mum's purse, sisterly blackmail becomes another problem. Not only that, but Rex has got on the bad side of Spew, the hockey thug bully from his old school, and Spew and his sidekicks Puke and Dribble are out to get Rex -- and they know where he lives. Rex ends up using his wits and lively imagination to get himself out of his pickle, with some sobering and surprising consequences.
The Rex Zero Series Bundle (Rex Zero)
by Tim Wynne-JonesRex Zero and the End of the WorldIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new neighborhood are even building bomb shelters in their backyards. Rex learns that there's trouble closer to home as well. A black panther has escaped from a zoo and he and his friends are sure they have spotted the creature in their local park -- and it is Rex who comes up with a plan to trap it.Rex Zero, King of NothingRex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill. But once again it is trouble on the home front that has Rex's attention. Why is his father so insistent that Rex go with him to the November Remembrance Day services, and why does Dad become so sad at this time every year? Why does he have a stash of secret photographs and letters -- written in German? How can Rex deal with the new teacher, Miss Garr, a manipulative bully?Rex Zero and the Great PretenderIt's September 1963 when Rex is blindsided by some unexpected news. His family is moving again -- just to the other side of the city, as it turns out, but it might as well be the other side of the moon as far as Rex is concerned. In desperation, he secretly starts taking public transit back to his old school -- a plan that works just fine until he runs out of money.
Rex Zero, King of Nothing (Rex Zero)
by Tim Wynne-JonesRex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill. But once again it is trouble on the home front that has Rex's attention. Why is his father so insistent that Rex go with him to the November Remembrance Day services, and why does Dad become so sad at this time every year? Why does he have a stash of secret photographs and letters -- written in German? How can Rex deal with the new teacher, Miss Garr, a manipulative bully? Yet all these problems pale when Rex finds an abandoned address book in a phone booth and sets out to find its owner. When the owner turns out to be the beautiful but desperate Natasha, the victim of an abusive husband, Rex finds himself wishing he had heroic powers so he could rescue this damsel in distress. Storybook solutions, it turns out, are no match for real-life adult problems, and once again Rex finds the answer in his own ingenuity and with the help of good friends.
Rex Zero and the End of the World (Rex Zero)
by Tim Wynne-JonesIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new neighborhood are even building bomb shelters in their backyards. Rex learns that there's trouble closer to home as well. A black panther has escaped from a zoo and he and his friends are sure they have spotted the creature in their local park -- and it is Rex who comes up with a plan to trap it. In this smart, vivid and touching novel, Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults. But it was also a time of great uncertainty and menace, when memories of an old war were still fresh, and fears of a new one were looming.
The Rewindable Clock #2 (Locker 37 #2)
by Aaron Starmer"A laugh-out-loud tour de force." --Kirkus, starred reviewHidden away at Hopewell Elementary School is a magical locker that always delivers a solution to your problems--just not quite in the way you might expect.The unthinkable happens. Keisha forgets to do her science homework! The morning it's due, she rushes to Locker 37 and the locker gives her a clock. Not just any clock, mind you. It's a time-travel device that sends Keisha back to whatever time of day she wants during that particular school day, which means she can scrape together enough time in between her classes to finish her homework. Still, there's no time to help Carson with his stained shirt or to answer Bryce's gummy bear questions (don't ask). Keisha only has time to make things right--but should she use it for herself or for her friends?
Rewind
by Lisa GraffBack to the Future meets When You Reach Me in this powerful novel by National Book Award nominee Lisa Graff, in which a young girl is able to make sense of the present—and change her future—by meeting her father in the past.As far as twelve-year-old McKinley O&’Dair is concerned, the best thing about living in Gap Bend, Pennsylvania, is the Time Hop—the giant party the town throws every June to celebrate a single year in history. That one day is enough to make the few things that aren&’t so fantastic about McKinley&’s life—like her crabby homeroom teacher or her super-scheduled father—worth suffering through. And when McKinley learns that this year&’s theme is 1993, she can&’t wait to enter the Time Hop fashion show with a killer '90s outfit she&’s designed and sewn all on her own. But when the Time Hop rolls around, nothing goes as planned. In fact, it&’s the biggest disaster of McKinley&’s life.Before she knows what&’s hit her, McKinley somehow finds herself in the real 1993—and it&’s not all kitschy parachute pants and Jurassic Park. All McKinley wants is to return to the present, but before she can, she&’s going to have to make a big change—but which change is the right one?This humorous and heartfelt novel about destiny and self-discovery shines a poignant light on the way life could play out—if a person is given a chance to rewind.
Rewind: The Plague Trilogy, Book 1) (Replica)
by Marilyn KayeNo one can identify the cause of the mysterious disease. There's evidence that the bacteria infected human genes as much as a million years ago. Back in the prehistoric age. Back when dinosaurs roamed the land. Back when cavepeople communicated in grunts and gestures. And the bacteria has been dormant--until now. Amy's refined genes make her immune to this terrible plague. But when someone close to her shows symptoms of the disease, Amy will do anything to help find a cure. The only way: traveling back to the time when it all began . . .
Rewind (Watchers #2)
by Peter LerangisA mysterious camera gives Adam the chance to change the past In the dead of a Vermont winter, Adam, Edgar, and Lianna skate onto the pond to practice hockey. Suddenly, a crack in the ice sends the two boys tumbling into the frozen water. When he wakes up, Adam remembers nothing—and his best friend is dead. Four years later, guilt haunts Adam. He and his friends are playing laser tag near the pond when he stumbles over a backpack. Inside is a video camera that lets him see into the past. Once he realizes its power, Adam has a chance to learn what really happened that day on the ice. But will the camera let him undo his mistake? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Lerangis including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.
Rewards Writing: Sentence Refinement (Student Book)
by Anita Archer Mary Gleason Steven IsaacsonREWARDS Writing Student Book teaches essential writing skills that students can use in all content areas in English. The book has chapters that provide teachers with the framework for introducing, teaching, practicing, and giving feedback to the students.
Rewards Writing: Word Choice Help Book
by Anita L. Archer Mary M. Gleason Stephen L. IsaacsonREWARDS Writing features 75 (20-30-minute) lessons teaching critical writing skills, including sentence fluency, word choice, and sentence revising strategies while giving valuable practice in writing. For Grades 5-7 and Intervention 5-12.
Rewards Writing: Sentence Refinement, Student Book
by Anita L. Archer Mary M. Gleason Stephen L. IsaacsonREWARDS Writing Student Book
Rewards Secondary: Multisyllabic Word Reading
by Anita L. Archer Mary M. Gleason Vicky VachonNIMAC-sourced textbook
Rewards [Intermediate, Student Book]
by Vicky Vachon Anita Archer Mary GleasonNIMAC-sourced textbook
Rewards and Fairies
by Rudyard KiplingContents Include: A Charm - Introduction - Cold Iron: Cold Iron: Gloriana: The Two Cousins - The Looking-Glass - The Wrong Thing: A Truthful Song - King Henry VII, and the Shipwrights - Marklake Witches: The Way through the Woods - Brookland Road - The Knife and the Naked Chalk: The Run of the Downs - Song of the Men's Side - Brother Square Toes: Philadelphia - If - 'A Priest in Spite of Himself': A St. Helena Lullaby - 'Poor Honest Men' - The Conversion of St. Wilfrid: Eddi's Service - Song of the Red War-Boat - A Doctor of Medicine: An Astrologer's Song - 'Our Fathers of Old' - Simple Simon: The Thousandth Man - Frankie's Trade - The Tree of Justice: The Ballad of Minepit Shaw - A Carol
Rewards: Intermediate Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies
by Anita Archer Mary Gleason Vicky VachonThe REWARDS Intermediate Student Book contains all of the materials a student needs to be successful in learning the decoding and fluency strategy in REWARDS. For grades 4-5 and intervention 4-6.
Rewards: Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies
by Anita L. Archer Mary M. Gleason Vicky VachonThe primary focus of REWARDS Secondary (Original) is to teach students a flexible strategy for decoding long words and to increase oral and silent reading fluency, particularly in content-area passages. For struggling students grades 6-12.
The Revolutionary War Home Front (Americans at War: The Revolutionary War)
by Diane SmolinskiWhen men left their homes to fight in the Revolutionary War, they left behind wives, children, families, and friends. Read this book to discover how colonial men, women, and children left behind struggled to survive.
The Revolutionary War (Cornerstones of Freedom)
by Josh GregoryCornerstones of Freedom, Third Series-Bringing History to Life Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. Read about what makes our country and form of government so great that it has inspired people from all over the world to start life anew here, endure the economic and social upheavals, and defend the land and rights that are unique to the United States
The Revolutionary War: An Interactive History Adventure
by Elizabeth RaumDescribes the events of the American Revolutionary War and explains the significance of the war today, in a book where the reader's choices reveal the historical details from several different perspectives.
Revolution (Sixties Trilogy #2)
by Deborah Wiles*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*<P><P> It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom Summer.<P> Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too. She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe. And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool -- where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs.<P> As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel COUNTDOWN, award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place -- and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right.
Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy #2)
by Deborah Wiles*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom Summer.Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too. She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe. And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool -- where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs.As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel COUNTDOWN, award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place -- and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right.