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Twist It Up: More Than 60 Delicious Recipes from an Inspiring Young Chef
by Jack Witherspoon Lisa WitherspoonInspiration resides in the kitchen for eleven-year-old Jack Witherspoon. And for good reason. When Jack was going through incredibly tough times battling leukemia for the second time he sought solace in the Food Network and decided his dream was to become a chef. Before long, Jack was creating his own recipes, cooking for cancer fundraisers, and even coining his own culinary catchphrase ("Twist it up!") to characterize his individual spin on comfort food favorites like French toast, pesto pizza, shepherd's pie, meat loaf, cupcakes, and more. Clear, step-by-step instructions and sumptuous photographs will encourage cooks of all ages to whip up delicious recipes and make mouthwatering memories in the kitchen.
Twist My Charm: Love Potion #11
by Toni GallagherMiddle school crushes are WAY more complicated when you have a love potion. Everyone knows love potions don't really work. But Cleo got one as a gift. And it would be crazy not to at least try it . . . right? The plan is simple: make Cleo's ex-best friend Samantha and her (secret) crush Larry fall in love. If it works, Sam will be so happy, she'll want to be Cleo's friend again! But when Sam gets suspicious, only Larry drinks the love potion. And now suddenly Larry is in love with . . . Cleo? And then it gets worse. Cleo's dad drank the other glass of punch, and suddenly he's in love with Samantha's mom. Which would have been really cool when Cleo and Sam were still friends . . . but now that they're frenemies? Disaster! Is there a potion to make everything go back to normal? Fans of Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Wendy Mass will love this fresh contemporary story with just a touch of magic.
Twisted (Literacy Bridge Young Adult Ser.)
by Laurie Halse AndersonHigh school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background -- average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn't believe. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father's boss's daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy -- and Tyler's secret crush. And that sets off a string of events and changes that have Tyler questioning his place in the school, in his family, and in the world. In Twisted, the acclaimed Laurie Halse Anderson tackles a very controversial subject: what it means to be a man today. Fans and new readers alike will be captured by Tyler's pitchperfect, funny voice, the surprising narrative arc, and the thoughtful moral dilemmas that are at the heart of all of the author's award-winning, widely read work.
Twisted Summer
by Willo Davis RobertsA girl searches for the truth when two of her classmates are caught in the crosshairs of a murder mystery in this Edgar Award–winning novel from Willo Davis Roberts.Cici expected the summer to be special. She had no idea it would change her life forever. Two kids, two lives, ruined before they even began. One, a girl, dead—strangled in an empty cabin. The other, a boy, spending the rest of his life in jail for her murder. To Cici, it all seems so unreal. These were kids she had grown up with, whom she had known. She can’t believe Brody Shurik could have murdered Zoe Cyrek. Something’s going on here, and Cici’s going to find out exactly what it is. But Cici has an even harder time believing what she uncovers. Could the murderer really be someone close to her? Maybe even a member of her family? And if Cici’s on the right track, could she become the murderer’s target?
Twisted Tongues: Jokes, Comics, Facts, and Tongue Twisters––All 100% Gross!
by David Lewman Kit LivelySay this ten times fast: Big bedbugs bite pet pugs&’ butts! Featuring the funniest things in life––like barf, drool, mucus, pus, and gas––Twisted Tongues is an excellent collection of more than 150 tongue twisters, all sure to gross out your parents. Use the Twist Level meters to gauge your skill and challenge others in mouth-mangling twister games. Then enjoy riddles told by two talking boogers! There&’s loads to learn, too: Did you know that ancient Romans scraped off their skin&’s oil and sweat and sold it as medicine? Ewwwww.
Twister
by Saddleback Educational Publishing StaffThemes: Hi-Lo, Family life, adventure, travel. These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values--but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not contain strong language, edgy themes, or dysfunctional families. In fact, family is the main theme of these titles. And one particular Latino family is the focus with their uncanny knack for finding humor, hope, and colorful personalities--even in unusual circumstances. Written at the lowest reading levels, the 50-page story structure is straightforward and moves the reader through the text quickly and efficiently. Antonio slid down the rope. He held on for dear life. It got darker as the twister moved closer. It was loud. Like a giant freight train!
Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House #23)
by Mary Pope Osborne Sal MurdoccaAn adventure to blow you away! That's what Jack and Annie get when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the 1870s. They land on the prairie near a one-room schoolhouse, where they meet a teenage schoolteacher, some cool kids, and one big, scary bully. But the biggest and scariest thing is yet to come!
Twitter®: How Jack Dorsey Changed the Way We Communicate
by Celicia ScottIn the modern world, Twitter has changed the way we talk to each other, the way we share important news, and the way we learn about the world. You've probably heard of movie celebrities, politicians, and sports stars using Twitter to communicate with fans, but the social networking site has also done a lot to change the way ordinary people use the Internet. It's even changed the way we speak! Discover the story of Jack Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder, and how he helped to create one of the Internet's biggest successes. Learn how Jack and his friends came up with the ideas for the business that would change their lives--and the lives of so many Internet users--forever.
Two Degrees
by Alan GratzNew York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee; Ground Zero) is back, tackling the urgent topic of climate change in this breathtaking, action-packed novel that will keep readers turning pages while making their own plans to better the world. <p><p>Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. <p><p>Akira is riding her horse in the California woods when a wildfire sparks—and grows scarily fast. How can she make it to safety when there are flames everywhere? <p><p>Owen and his best friend, George, are used to seeing polar bears on the snowy Canadian tundra. But when one bear gets way too close for comfort, do the boys have any chance of surviving? <p><p>Natalie hunkers down at home as a massive hurricane barrels toward Miami. When the floodwaters crash into her house, Natalie is dragged out into the storm—with nowhere to hide. <p><p>Akira, Owen, George, and Natalie are all swept up in the devastating effects of climate change. They are also connected in ways that will shock them—and could alter their destinies forever. <p><p>Bestselling author Alan Gratz is at the top of his game, shining a light on our increasingly urgent climate crisis while spinning an action-packed story that will keep readers hooked—and inspire them to take action. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Two Degrees
by Alan GratzWhen three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.
Two Dogs in A Trench Coat Start a Club by Accident
by Julie FalatkoSassy and Waldo love school! They get to wear a trench coat and everyone thinks they're a new student named Salty. Except Stewart. He knows the truth. But then Stewart has to stay after school for a club. <p><p> Sassy and Waldo know that a club is a sandwich. But it's not that kind of club. <p> Sassy and Waldo go to the best place to wait for Stewart in the empty school: the cafeteria! Snacks! Running! Places to nap! <p> Their classmates find out what Salty is doing there and they want in on the club. <p> Only it's not the sandwich kind.
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Enter Stage Left (Two Dogs in a Trench Coat #4)
by Julie FalatkoSassy and Waldo are good dogs in the spotlight when their class puts on a school play!Sassy and Waldo love to have fun!Like when they put on their trench coat and everyone think they're a student named Salty.Stewart knows the truth though. He is their best boy.Their whole class is doing a school play.Play? Dogs love to play!But now Stewart is acting like a different person. An evil person.Sassy and Waldo need to get their boy back!Even if it means doing that other kind of play.
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go on a Class Trip (Two Dogs in a Trench Coat #3)
by Julie FalatkoSassy and Waldo are good dogs about to be let loose on their first class trip!Sassy and Waldo love trips!When they put on their trench coat, everyone thinks they're a human kid named Salty.They can go to all the places that don't let dogs in. Like school. And the museum.Stewart says the museum is all facts and learning. He is not excited to go there.But Sassy and Waldo have a permission slip that says lunch on it.How can a trip to a place with lunch be bad?Sassy and Waldo are very excited for their class trip.And that's before they find out about the giant bones.
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School (Two Dogs in a Trench Coat #1)
by Julie FalatkoSassy and Waldo need to save their boy from being bored all day in class, but the school won't let two dogs inside. Good thing they found that trench coat!Sassy and Waldo are good dogs.Sassy and Waldo spend their day keeping the house safe. Has a squirrel ever gotten inside? No!But every day their boy, Stewart, leaves for a scary place: school!Sassy and Waldo need to save Stewart. But they don't let dogs into school. Not even the really good ones.Sassy and Waldo put on a trench coat.Now everyone at Bea Arthur Elementary thinks they are a new student.Everyone except Stewart.
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Start a Club by Accident (Two Dogs in a Trench Coat #2)
by Julie FalatkoGood dogs Sassy and Waldo start their own after school club and they don't even realize it!Sassy and Waldo love school!They get to wear a trench coat and everyone thinks they're a new student named Salty.Except Stewart. He knows the truth.But then Stewart has to stay after school for a club.Sassy and Waldo know that a club is a sandwich. But it's not that kind of club.Sassy and Waldo go to the best place to wait for Stewart in the empty school: the cafeteria! Snacks! Running! Places to nap!Their classmates find out what Salty is doing there and they want in on the club.Only it's not the sandwich kind.
Two Foot Punch (Orca Sports)
by Anita DaherNikki blames her brother, Derek, for their parents' death in a house fire, but when Derek gets involved with a gang, Nikki knows she is the only one who can save him. Enlisting the help of a girl named Rain, who uses her athletic abilities to carry out acts of petty thievery, Nikki uses all her gymnastic and free-running skills to stay ahead of the gang and keep her brother from being killed.
Two Friends, One Dog, and a Very Unusual Week
by Sarah L. ThomsonTake Pippi Longstocking&’s joie de vivre, blend it with a 21st century urban setting, toss in a dog named Otto for good measure and what do you get? This joyfully carefree story about two unlikely friends.It&’s a pair of silver sequined sneakers that unexpectedly flips Emily&’s comfortable, predictable world upside down. Or, more precisely, it&’s the girl wearing them.The shoes belong to Rani, who moves into Emily&’s apartment building—and her life—with absolutely no one but her dog Otto. (Her research scientist mother is away in Patagonia.) And that&’s only the first rule that Emily watches Rani break without hesitation.But it&’s not just that Rani breaks rules. Most of the time, she doesn&’t seem to know the rules exist. Why can&’t she bungee jump off their building? Or bring an ice cream truck to school?For steady and orderly Emily, Rani&’s approach to life feels impossible . . . and more than a little irresistible. But is there a place for her in Rani&’s world? And should she find a way to make space for Rani in her own?A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Two Gentlemen of Verona: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English (No Fear Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare SparkNotesRead Shakespeare&’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means! Don&’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard&’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear guide contains:The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday languageA complete list of characters, with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentaryDiscover the play that may have been Shakespeare&’s first. Proteus is in love with the coy Julia—but when he travels to Verona and meets Silvia, the object of his best friend Valentine&’s passion, Proteus instantly desires her, too. It isn&’t long before Proteus betrays Valentine in hopes of winning Silvia. But meanwhile Julia has her own plans to get involved . . .
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
by Lucy FrankThis novel-in-verse--at once literary and emotionally gripping--follows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness. <P><P> Chess, the narrator, is sick, but with what exactly, she isn't sure. And to make matters worse, she must share a hospital room with Shannon, her polar opposite. <P><P>Where Chess is polite, Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently, Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better, Shannon seems to be getting worse. <P><P>How these teenagers become friends, helping each other come to terms with their illness, makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read.
Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House: A Novel For Young People
by Michael PooreCombine the thought-provoking time travel of When You Reach Me with the humorous storytelling of Lemony Snicket, and you get a wholly original journey through time, space, and the depths of the human heart. <P><P>This is a story of things that are not possible. <P><P>It's not possible for Amy to see spirits. (She does.) <P><P>It's not possible that Amy and Moo can communicate using only their minds. (They do.) <P><P>It's not possible to time-travel. (Yet.) <P><P>And it's definitely not possible that witches exist. (Seriously?) <P><P>None of these things are possible. (Until now . . .)
Two Hawk Dreams
by Lawrence L. Loendorf Nancy Medaris StoneBighorn sheep graze on the last of the green grass on Gets-Struck-By-Lightning Mountain in the late fall. Two Hawk’s father and older brother, Night Heron, set off through newly fallen snow to hunt with their dogs. Two Hawk is sad to be left behind, but he has heard the bull elk’s mating call for only seven seasons, too few to be old enough to hunt.So begins another day for a boy of the Tukudika (Sheep Eater) Shoshones, living in the traditional ways in what will one day be known as Yellowstone National Park. Two Hawk is learning those ways, accompanied by his dog, Gypsum, and a talkative magpie whose secrets only Two Hawk can hear. His adventures, beautifully illustrated by Davíd Joaquín, show Two Hawk, and the reader, the meaning of rituals and responsibilities and the mystical origins of Two Hawk’s name. Only the appearance of the hairy-face man who crosses paths with Two Hawk’s family suggests the vast changes that are soon to shake the Shoshones’ world.
Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned
by Ernest Thompson SetonThis is one of the great classics of nature and boyhood by one of America's foremost nature experts. It presents a vast range of woodlore in the most palatable of forms, a genuinely delightful story. It will provide many hours of good reading for any child who likes the out-of-doors, and will teach him or her many interesting facts of nature, as well as a number of practical skills. It will be sure to awaken an interest in the outdoor world in any youngster who has not yet discovered the fascination of nature.The story concerns two farm boys who build a teepee in the woods and persuade the grownups to let them live in it for a month. During that time they learn to prepare their own food, build a fire without matches, use an axe expertly, make a bed out of boughs; they learn how to "smudge" mosquitoes, how to get clear water from a muddy pond, how to build a dam, how to know the stars, how to find their way when they get lost; how to tell the direction of the wind, blaze a trail, distinguish animal tracks, protect themselves from wild animals; how to use Indian signals, make moccasins, bows and arrows, Indian drums and war bonnets; how to know the trees and plants, and how to make dyes from plants and herbs. They learn all about the habits of various birds and animals, how they get their food, who their enemies are and how they protect themselves from them.Most of this information is not generally available in books, and could be gained otherwise only by years of life and experience in suitable surroundings. Yet Mr. Thompson Seton explains it so vividly and fully, with so many clear, marginal illustrations through the book, that the reader will finish "Two Little Savages" with an enviable knowledge of trees, plants, wild-life, woodlore, Indian crafts and arts, and survival information for the wilds. All of this is presented through a lively narrative that has as its heroes two real boys, typically curious about everything in the world around them, eager to outdo each other in every kind of endeavor. The exciting adventures that befall them during their stay in the woods are just the sort of thing that will keep a young reader enthralled and will stimulate his or her imagination at every turn.
Two Men and a Car: Franklin Roosevelt, Al Capone, And A Cadillac V-8
by Michael GarlandIt is December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt leads a nation in crisis. He must make a speech to a joint session of Congress that will build support for America’s entry to World War II, but to do that he needs an armored vehicle in which to make the short trip from the White House to the Capitol Building. According to legend, the car Roosevelt rode in that day, borrowed from the FBI’s impound lot, was an armored Cadillac V-8 built for gangster Al Capone in the late 1920s to shield himself from enemies. Is the legend true, or is it an American tall tale in the tradition of Paul Bunyan or John Henry? Either way, it’s an ideal vehicle to compare and contrast the lives of two American men who grew up within miles of one another: one a great president, the other an infamous villain. F&P Level Y
Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War
by Steve SheinkinGet the feeling something big is about to happen? Welcome to the Civil War―one of the scariest, saddest, and occasionally wackiest stories in American History. 1856: Northern and Southern settlers attack each other in Kansas. 1858: Congressmen start sneaking guns and knives into the Senate chamber. 1860: President James Buchanan is heard wailing, “I am the last president of the United States!” That Congressman, Preston Brooks, was ready to attack Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts over remarks Sumner made slamming senators who supported slavery in Kansas. Brooks lifted his cane to beat Sumner, and here the action in the book stops, so that Steve Sheinkin can explain just where this confrontation started. In the process, he unravels the complicated string of events – the small things, the personal ones, the big issues– that led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that threatened America's very existence, revealed in the surprising true stories of the soldiers and statesmen who battled it out.