Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting! (And Lives to Tell About It.)

Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting! (And Lives to Tell About It.)
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781596438378
ISBN-13 : 1596438371
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting! (And Lives to Tell About It.) by : Tommy Greenwald

"Charlie Joe Jackson's best friend Katie Friedman is tough, but can she convince her fellow middle schoolers to give up their phones for a week?"--

Jack Strong Takes a Stand

Jack Strong Takes a Stand
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Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages : 237
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ISBN-10 : 9781596438385
ISBN-13 : 159643838X
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Jack Strong Takes a Stand by : Tommy Greenwald

Jack Strong just wants to be a regular kid. But his parents have overscheduled his week with every extracurricular activity under the sun: tennis, baseball, cello, karate, tutoring, and Chinese language lessons—all on top of regular homework. His parents want him to be "well-rounded" and prepared for those crucial college applications. Jack's just about had enough. And so, in Jack Strong Takes a Stand by Tommy Greenwald, he stages a sit-in on his couch and refuses to get up until his parents let him quit some of the extracurriculars. As Jack's protest gains momentum, he attracts a local television host who is interested in doing a segment about him. Tensions rise as counter-protesters camp out across the street from Jack and his couch. Jack's enjoying this newfound attention, but he's worried that this sit-in may have gone too far.

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit
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Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9781429955430
ISBN-13 : 1429955430
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit by : Tommy Greenwald

Charlie Joe Jackson, the most reluctant reader ever born, made it his mission in the first book to get through middle school without reading a single book from cover to cover. Now he's back, and trying desperately to get straight A's in order to avoid going to academic camp for the summer. In order to do this, he will have to betray his friend, lose the girl of his dreams, and end up acting in a school play about the inventor of paper towels. Charlie Joe's not exactly the "school play kind of guy", but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781596437579
ISBN-13 : 159643757X
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation by : Tommy Greenwald

Charlie Joe Jackson is back and he's at academic summer camp trying to convert all the other kids to non-academicsNone genius at a time. Illustrations.

Twintuition: Double Vision

Twintuition: Double Vision
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 91
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ISBN-10 : 9780062372888
ISBN-13 : 0062372882
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Twintuition: Double Vision by : Tia Mowry

From actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry comes the story of tween twins Cassie and Caitlyn and their discovery that they have the ability to see things before they occur! This is the first book in the popular Twintuition series. When their mother’s new job forces them to move from bustling San Antonio to middle-of-nowhere Aura, Texas, Caitlyn tries to stay positive, focusing on meeting new people and having new adventures. Cassie, on the other hand, is convinced that it’s only a matter of time until they’ll be sick of Aura and ready to move back to the big city. But being the new kids isn’t their only challenge. The girls start experiencing strange visions, and they must work together to change the future before it can happen. Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley gained initial fame on the ’90s sitcom Sister, Sister. Tia can now be seen starring in and producing the Nickelodeon series Instant Mom and on the Cooking Channel’s show Tia Mowry at Home. Tamera is a host and producer on the hit daytime talk show The Real, currently airing on FOX. Together they’ve created a magical series about twin sisters with a powerful gift and an even stronger connection.

The Red Bicycle

The Red Bicycle
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Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 9781771384445
ISBN-13 : 1771384441
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Red Bicycle by : Jude Isabella

Leo rides his beloved red bicycle to school, soccer practice and everywhere in between. He is devastated when he outgrows Big Red. But when Leo learns of a bicycle donation program, he perks up - someone who really needs his bike can give it a new life. Little does he know that Big Red will change other people’s lives, too. Follow the bike as it travels to West Africa, where it helps people in Burkina Faso bring goods to the market, and serves as a makeshift ambulance, proving that an ordinary bicycle can be truly extraordinary.

Hand to Mouth

Hand to Mouth
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780425277973
ISBN-13 : 0425277976
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Hand to Mouth by : Linda Tirado

The real-life Nickel and Dimed—the author of the wildly popular “Poverty Thoughts” essay tells what it’s like to be working poor in America. ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Esquire “DEVASTATINGLY SMART AND FUNNY. I am the author of Nickel and Dimed, which tells the story of my own brief attempt, as a semi-undercover journalist, to survive on low-wage retail and service jobs. TIRADO IS THE REAL THING.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, from the Foreword As the haves and have-nots grow more separate and unequal in America, the working poor don’t get heard from much. Now they have a voice—and it’s forthright, funny, and just a little bit furious. Here, Linda Tirado tells what it’s like, day after day, to work, eat, shop, raise kids, and keep a roof over your head without enough money. She also answers questions often asked about those who live on or near minimum wage: Why don’t they get better jobs? Why don’t they make better choices? Why do they smoke cigarettes and have ugly lawns? Why don’t they borrow from their parents? Enlightening and entertaining, Hand to Mouth opens up a new and much-needed dialogue between the people who just don’t have it and the people who just don’t get it.

Tell the Machine Goodnight

Tell the Machine Goodnight
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9780525533146
ISBN-13 : 0525533141
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Tell the Machine Goodnight by : Katie Williams

FINALIST FOR 2018 KIRKUS PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE "BEST LITERARY FICTION OF 2018' BY KIRKUS REVIEWS "Sci-fi in its most perfect expression…Reading it is like having a lucid dream of six years from next week, filled with people you don't know, but will." —NPR "[Williams’s] wit is sharp, but her touch is light, and her novel is a winner." – San Francisco Chronicle "Between seasons of Black Mirror, look to Katie Williams' debut novel." —Refinery29 Smart and inventive, a page-turner that considers the elusive definition of happiness. Pearl's job is to make people happy. As a technician for the Apricity Corporation, with its patented happiness machine, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being unhappy. The very rejection of joy is his own kind of "pursuit of happiness." As his mother, Pearl wants nothing more than to help Rhett--but is it for his sake or for hers? Certainly it would make Pearl happier. Regardless, her son is one person whose emotional life does not fall under the parameters of her job--not as happiness technician, and not as mother, either. Told from an alternating cast of endearing characters from within Pearl and Rhett's world, Tell the Machine Goodnight delivers a smartly moving and entertaining story about the advance of technology and the ways that it can most surprise and define us. Along the way, Katie Williams playfully illuminates our national obsession with positive psychology, our reliance on quick fixes. What happens when these obsessions begin to overlap? With warmth, humor, and a clever touch, Williams taps into our collective unease about the modern world and allows us see it a little more clearly.

A Complicated Case

A Complicated Case
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Publisher : Gecko Press (Tm)
Total Pages : 111
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ISBN-10 : 9781776570591
ISBN-13 : 1776570596
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis A Complicated Case by : Ulf Nilsson

When one of the animals is saying nasty things about the other forest creatures, Detective Gordon and his assistant Buffy investigate to find the culprit.

Big Friendship

Big Friendship
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781982111922
ISBN-13 : 1982111925
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Big Friendship by : Aminatou Sow

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don’t talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul. Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirming Big Friendship in this honest and hilarious book that chronicles their first decade in one another’s lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, they’ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship—its joys and its pitfalls. Aminatou and Ann define Big Friendship as a strong, significant bond that transcends life phases, geographical locations, and emotional shifts. And they should know: the two have had moments of charmed bliss and deep frustration, of profound connection and gut-wrenching alienation. They have weathered life-threatening health scares, getting fired from their dream jobs, and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a car in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. Through interviews with friends and experts, they have come to understand that their struggles are not unique. And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again. An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society’s most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. Actively choose them. And, sometimes, fight for them.