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Changes for Julie Changes for Julie Megan McDonald Julie is in school detention for passing a note to Joy, a deaf student who has trouble understanding what their teacher is saying. Indignant, Julie decides to run for student body president so she ca… OL104333W
You Will Be My Friend You Will Be My Friend Peter Brown This is a humorous children's book about making friends. Lucy is determined to make a new friend with one of the forest animals but struggles with how to make friends. Then, a flamingo stops by and… OL16467338W
Skiing has its ups and downs Skiing has its ups and downs Scott Nickel Danny wants to quit when he has difficulties learning how to ski downhill. OL16505787W
Cartwheel Katie Cartwheel Katie Fran Manushkin Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out. OL17872180W
Blueberry Bonanza Blueberry Bonanza Lauren L. Wohl Why was eight-year-old Nicholas named Best Businessman in town? All it took was managing a hungry bear and picking and selling TONS of blueberries!--Amazon.com OL19715974W
Manjhi moves a mountain Manjhi moves a mountain Nancy Churnin For twenty years, Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel to carve a path through the mountain to allow his poor village access to the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. OL19719397W
Biscuit flies a kite Biscuit flies a kite Alyssa Satin Capucilli,Pat Schories Biscuit and his buddy Puddles are excited to fly kites in the park! They have their kites and lots of string. Now all they need is some wind. At first there is too little, and then there is too much!… OL20050959W
La voie de Zahra La voie de Zahra Sylvie Brien À la mort de son père, Zahra, dix ans, est confié à un riche oncle. La fillette, séparée de sa mère et de sa jeune soeur, n'est pas au bout de ses peines, puisque sa nouvelle famille la considère com… OL24838204W
Life is sales Life is sales Gary Ford Annotation Life is about getting what you want, and sales skills can improve your life. In Life Is Sales, Gary Ford and Connie Bird share their unique perspective on success. Most people resist spell… OL27687756W
Mathieu Hidalf et la bataille de l'aube Mathieu Hidalf et la bataille de l'aube Christophe Mauri Cette fois, Mathieu Hidalf en a trop fait et se retrouve banni de l'école de l'Élite. Reclus au manoir familial, il semble se résigner à sa défaite. Mais c'est mal le connaître : affronter la nobless… OL28942982W
Franklin Rides a Bike (Franklin) Franklin Rides a Bike (Franklin) Paulette Bourgeois,Brenda Clark Franklin is determined to ride his bike without training wheels, and he can't understand why it seems so easy for his friends -- or why it's so hard for him. OL29421W
Paper Lanterns Paper Lanterns Stefan Czernecki With the lantern festival close at hand, Old Chan, the master paper lantern maker, must find an apprentice with the talent to continue his work. OL3263862W
Pearl's new skates Pearl's new skates Holly Keller Pearl's birthday skates have a single blade and learning to use them is harder than she expects. OL37304W
Nate The Great (Nate The Great) Nate The Great (Nate The Great) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat,Marc Simont Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the lost picture! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encour… OL463191W
Sandmare Sandmare Helen Cooper A powerful wish allows the horse that Polly and her father draw in the beach sand to come to life and pursue her dream of reaching the stars. OL507704W
Twilight Twilight Stephenie Meyer Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, a pair of star-crossed lovers whose forbidden relationship ripens against the backdrop of small-town suspicion and a mysterious coven of vampires. OL5720023W
Amandina Amandina Sergio Ruzzier Amandina decides to overcome her shyness and show the town what a talented little dog she is, but when no one shows up for her performance, she finds that she also has a lot of perseverance. OL5730987W
Sadie and the snowman Sadie and the snowman Brenda Clark,Allen Morgan,Allen Morgan When Sadie made a snowman, the animals ate his eyes, nose and mouth and he melted. Then she made another and another etc. while always using a bit of snow from the previous snowman to make the new on… OL860989W
Ice Dreams Ice Dreams Beverly Scudamore Twelve-year-old Maya is an accomplished figure skater whose mother, a former world champion skater and Olympic hopeful, died four years ago. Maya's family pressures her to pursue her mother's Olympic… OL8817121W
Determination Determination Eleanor H. Ayer Examines the meaning and value of determination and how it can be developed, used in combination with persistence, and maintained in the face of obstacles. OL893257W
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