- Table View
- List View
Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
by Erin DionneThirteen-year-old Celeste Harris is no string bean, but comfy sweatpants and a daily chocolate cookie suit her just fine. Her under-the-radar lifestyle could have continued too, if her aunt hadn?t entered her in the HuskyPeach Modeling Challenge. To get out of it, she?s forced to launch Operation Skinny Celeste?because, after all, a thin girl can?t be a fat model! What Celeste never imagined was that losing weight would help her gain a backbone . . . or that all she needed to shine was a spotlight. A hilarious debut featuring friendship, family, mean girls and even celebrity crushes, Celeste?s story is a delicious treat that doesn?t add a pound. .
Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking
by Erin DionneFor fans of The Westing Game and From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes a clever, treasure-hunt mystery based on a real-life art heist. Moxie Fleece knows the rules and follows them--that is, until the day she opens her front door to a mysterious stranger. Suddenly Moxie is involved in Boston's biggest unsolved mystery: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Moxie has two weeks to find the art, otherwise she and the people she loves will be in big-time danger. Her tools? Her best friend, Ollie, a geocaching addict who loves to find stuff; her Alzheimer's suffering grandfather, Grumps, who knows lots more than he lets on; and a geometry proof that she sets up to sort out the clues. It's a race against the clock through downtown Boston as Moxie and Ollie break every rule she's ever lived by to find the art and save her family.
Secrets of a Fangirl
by Erin DionneSarah Anne loves lacrosse and the MK Nightshade series that everyone was obsessed over in grade school. The problem is that she's still obsessed, which is way too nerdy for a popular kid like her. So she hides her geekiness with a set of rules meant to keep her geek and jock selves separate. <P><P>Except when she's offered a spot in a Nightshade fandom contest, where the winner gets to see the new movie premiere in LA. No one seems to think Sarah Anne can win, since she's up against a pair of guys in high school--but the more she's called a fake fan, the more determined she is to wipe the floor with her competition. <P><P> As long as none of her friends or anyone at school knows what she's doing. <P><P>Can she keep her geek identity a secret, win the contest, and manage to keep her friends even though she's been living a lie? Sarah Anne is going to have to make some choices about what's truly important to her and which rules she's going to break to stay true to herself.
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet
by Erin DionneAll Hamlet Kennedy wants is to be a normal eighth grader. But with parents like hers - Shakespearean scholars who actually dress in Elizabethan regalia . . . in public! - it's not that easy. As if they weren't strange enough, her genius seven-year-old sister will be attending her middle school, and is named the new math tutor. Then, when the Shakespeare Project is announced, Hamlet reveals herself to be an amazing actress. Even though she wants to be average, Hamlet can no longer hide from the fact that she- like her family - is anything but ordinary.
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
by Evette DionneFor African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. <p><p> An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement--when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle. <p><p> Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Alice Paul. The Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. The 1913 Women's March in D.C. When the epic story of the suffrage movement in the United States is told, the most familiar leaders, speakers at meetings, and participants in marches written about or pictured are generally white. <p><p> The real story isn't monochromatic. <p><p> Women of color, especially African American women, were fighting for their right to vote and to be treated as full, equal citizens of the United States. Their battlefront wasn't just about gender. African American women had to deal with white abolitionist-suffragists who drew the line at sharing power with their black sisters. They had to overcome deep, exclusionary racial prejudices that were rife in the American suffrage movement. And they had to maintain their dignity--and safety--in a society that tried to keep them in its bottom ranks. <p><p> Lifting as We Climb is the empowering story of African American women who refused to accept all this. Women in black church groups, black female sororities, black women's improvement societies and social clubs. Women who formed their own black suffrage associations when white-dominated national suffrage groups rejected them. Women like Mary Church Terrell, a founder of the National Association of Colored Women and of the NAACP; or educator-activist Anna Jullia Cooper who championed women getting the vote and a college education; or the crusading journalist Ida B. Wells, a leader in both the suffrage and anti-lynching movements. <p><p> Author Evette Dionne, a feminist culture writer and the editor-in-chief of Bitch Media, has uncovered an extraordinary and underrepresented history of black women. In her powerful book, she draws an important historical line from abolition to suffrage to civil rights to contemporary young activists--filling in the blanks of the American suffrage story.
Growing Up in Slavery
by Sylviane A. DioufA childhood spent in slavery was dismal and frequently heartbreaking. Some children came to be slaves when they were kidnapped from their homes in Africa and brought to North America. Others were born enslaved and knew no other life. Despite the hardship and suffering, the children of slavery never quite lost their spirit -- and as we recognize today, the traditions they started and perpetuated enrich us to this day.
One Direction: A Year with One Direction
by One DirectionOne Direction are the biggest band on the planet. Celebrate their story with this official guide crammed full of exclusive interviews and never-seen-before photos.
One Direction: Where We Are
by One DirectionCalling all One Direction fans This is the only official book from 1D charting their journey over the last year and a half--from the places theyve visited and fans theyve met, to their thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, highs and lows. It has been a phenomenal year--and this is a phenomenal story. This Christmas, there will be no other book that true One Direction fans will want
One Direction: Our Story
by One DirectionWhere We Are, the hotly anticipated official 1D book, is now combined for the first time in a single ebook volume with One Direction's first-ever official book, Dare to Dream. One Direction: Our Story: The Whole Story from Dare to Dream to Where We Are charts the boys' full story in their own words, from The X Factor to global superstardom, their own movie, and a 133-date tour. A must-have for all fans that missed out on Dare to Dream the first time around. Includes never-before-seen images exclusive to this ebook. Packed with exclusive beautiful photos, backstage snapshots, hand-written annotations, and brand-new insights into the boys' world, Where We Are is a unique book charting the boys' thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, and highs and lows of the last year that no fan's life is complete without—bringing the 1D story right up to date.
One Direction: Meet One Direction
by One DirectionThe only 100% fully official annual--written in collaboration with One Direction. This is the annual for all 1D fans! Find out straight from Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall, and Zayn what they think about success, their musical influences, the making of their movie, their style, their amazing fans, and much more! With exclusive interviews, up-to-the-minute news, and fantastic never-before-seen photos, this is a must-have for all One Direction fans and a fantastic gift for any occasion!
The Sloppy Copy Slipup
by DyAnne DiSalvoBrian Higman is about to be in major trouble. Another big red zero is headed his way. This time his parents will definitely explode. He needs a really good excuse for not doing his sloppy copy. His teacher, known as The General, is waiting. But how can he make her understand that his impossible five-year-old brother, a rock band rehearsal at his house, and the disappearance of his entire life savings all kept him from doing his homework?
The Apostle Bird
by Garry Disher`a masterful achievement? Magpies We have come here to scratch for gold.Once we had a house, a business and a Packard sedan,but they are gone now, seized by the bank.The year is 1934, the time of the Great Depression. The place is a settlement of miners' dugouts far from the nearest town. Fifteen-year-old Neil and his parents have come from Adelaide, hoping to strike it lucky, but the gold is elusive. Then the American Ivan and his daughter Kitty arrive, mysterious and aloof. Soon rumours spread: Ivan killed a man; Kitty helped him rob banks. Neil is drawn to them despite the rumours. But Kitty saw him shoot the apostle bird. How can he convince her that it was an accident?Tensions come to a head when a digger is found dead, his gold missing, and angry miners form a mob to hunt the Americans down. Neil knows the nearby creeks and scrubland, and he can lead Ivan and Kitty to safety ? if they let him.The Apostle Bird is an evocatively written and compelling study of prejudice, honour and courage from Garry Disher, bestselling author of The Divine Wind and The Bamboo Flute.
The Bamboo Flute
by Garry Disher'musical and haunting' Publisher's WeeklyPaul is a dreamer, his head alive with rippling pianos, gentle violins and the smiles of Margaret, the one he loves. But in the cold light of day, Margaret snubs him at school, the piano has been sold, his father is battling to keep the farm, and dejected men are tramping the roads?looking for work, a sandwich, a cup of tea?No one has time for music or dreams. Then Eric the Red comes along. Eric the Red, with his silver flute, his knowing wink and boots held together with wire. Eric the Red, just a step ahead of the law. Eric the Red, who knows how to make a flute from a piece of bamboo?The Bamboo Flute is an evocative story of hardship, hope, respect and recognition, set during the Depression. Amongst many acclamations it has won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year for Younger Readers.
Disney Aladdin: Le Genie Au Bain (Livres Bain Ser.)
by DisneyThe classic Disney story in comics! In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey, Abu, battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery. Through his adventures, Aladdin proves that he is a prince where it truly matters most—on the inside!
Disney Beauty and the Beast: As Told by Emoji (As Told By Emoji Ser.)
by DisneyEnchantment awaits in this modern-day twist on this tale as old as time! Be our guest and join emoji-fied versions of Belle, Beast, Lumière, Cogsworth, and more in this cinestory comic retelling of the magical Disney Beauty and the Beast: As Told by Emoji.
Disney Beauty and the Beast: Be Our Guest Bath Book (World Of Reading Ser.)
by DisneyBe our guest and join the beloved, independent Belle and the Beast with the soul of a prince as they cast an enchanting spell like never before. Disney's beloved modern classic, the first animated feature film in the history of the Oscars nominated for Best Picture (1991), comes to life in this 48 page adaptation. The characters who fill your heart and the magical adventure about finding beauty within all come to spectacular life.
Disney Big Hero 6: Baymax Returns Cinestory Comic
by DisneyWhen fourteen-year-old Hiro discovers the chip his brother Tadashi designed to create Baymax, he sets out to rebuild his friend and health-care companion. However, Hiro's penchant for taking short cuts results in trouble, and the consequences lead him and his friends to don their gear and reassemble as the super hero team Big Hero 6.Blast off to adventure with Disney Big Hero 6: The Series: Baymax Returns Cinestory Comic, a graphic novel–style retelling of the series premiere of the new hit show. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Disney Big Hero 6 Cinestory Comic: Big Hero 6 (Little Golden Book #1)
by DisneyWith all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Big Hero 6 is an action-packed comedy adventure that introduces Baymax, a lovable, personal companion robot, who forms a special bond with robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to Baymax and his diverse group of friends— adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred — who transform into a band of unlikely heroes. Bring home Disney's Big Hero 6 — in almost 400 comic pages of fun for the whole family! <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Disney Cinderella: A Night At The Ball
by DisneyThe classic Disney Princess story in comics! Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Disney Descendants: As Told by Emoji (As Told by Emoji #4)
by DisneyWelcome to this wicked world of emojis! Discover why good is the new bad an join emoji-fied versions of Mal, Evie, Carlos, Jay, and more in this cinestory comic retelling of the anything but ordinary Disney Descendants: As Told by Emoji.
Disney Descendants Wicked World Cinestory Comic Vol. 3 (Disney Descendants Cinestory Comic Ser. #3)
by DisneyWickedly Good Following the Neon Lights Ball, it looks like the Auradon Kids and Villain Kids are finally getting along. But when they try to get ready for the party of the year—the Jewel-bilee—things start to go wrong. First, no one can find Mal's jewel. And then a dance rehearsal goes wild, someone causes a dangerous chemical reaction, and everyone's voices become bewitched! Is there a new troublemaker on the scene? Or could Mal be following in her motherÕs evil footsteps after all?Experience Mal and Evie's wicked new adventures in Disney Descendants: Wicked World Cinestory Comic Volume 3, and find out if good really is the new bad. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Disney Descendants Wicked World Cinestory Comic Vol. 4 (Disney Descendants Cinestory Comic Ser. #4)
by DisneyFierce Friends ForeverThe Jewel-bilee has arrived and it's the biggest celebration of the year. Still, the A.K.s are reeling from the chaos Mal caused when she was cursed, and the new V.K. on the scene wants to crash the party. Mal and Evie will have to summon all their fierceness and rally all their friends to defeat Auradon's greatest threat yet—and save Audrey's musical number.Experience all the magical fun and adventure of Disney Descendants: Wicked World Cinestory Comic Volume 4, the riveting conclusion to Mal and Evie's Wicked World story. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Disney DuckTales: Woo-oo! Cinestory Comic
by DisneyAfter ten years of not speaking to each other, Scrooge McDuck and his nephew, Donald Duck, reunite when Donald needs help caring for his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The boys can&t believe they get to meet the richest duck in the world, and are even more thrilled when they realize he is actually their estranged uncle! With the help of Webby Vanderquack, Huey, Dewey, and Louie rekindle Scrooge's sense of adventure and embark on the quest of a lifetime to the Lost City of Atlantis.Experience all the danger and derring-do of the animated series with this cinestory comic adaptation of Disney XD's all-new Disney DuckTales. Woo-oo!<P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Disney Elena of Avalor: Adventure Takes Flight Cinestory Comic (Disney Elena Cinestory Comic #2)
by DisneyWhile she's still learning to lead, Crown Princess Elena's independent and curious spirit lands her in some unusual trouble…With the help of her friends, Elena must save the day when Chancellor Esteban starts becoming younger and younger at the Fountain of Youth; when an evil malvago turns everyone in Avalor to stone; and when she accidentally awakens an angry ancient totem in the Kingdom of Cordoba.Join the adventure with Princess Elena in this vibrant, graphic novel–style retelling of three exciting episodes of the hit, new show in Disney Elena of Avalor: Adventure Takes Flight Cinestory Comic. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Disney Frozen Cinestory Comic
by DisneyFearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf along the way, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.Featuring a foreword by Leonard Maltin, the Cinestory tells the story of Frozen with images from the movie. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>