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The name game

a look behind the labels

by Jackson, Donna M. & Stearn, Ted

This illustrated investigation looks at how people get their names in various cultures and at what some of those names mean. It also discusses unusual names, n...

Football Champ

by Green, Tim

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Extreme Scientists

Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places

by Jackson, Donna M.

Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, pre...

Anything but Typical

by Baskin, Nora Raleigh

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Roman diary

the journal of Iliona of Mytilini, who was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Rome, A. D. 107

by Platt, Richard & Parkins, David

When Iliona's ship is boarded by pirates, she ends up in Rome as a slave. Separated from her brother, Apollo, Iliona is soon at the whim of her owners, and the...

Swish

the quest for basketball's perfect shot

by Stewart, Mark & Kennedy, Mike

A history of some notable basketball shots and players.

Vermeer Interviews

by Raczka, Bob

In this innovative look at seven paintings by Jan Vermeer, author Bob Raczka takes on the role of interviewer and the people in the paintings become his willin...

Unite or Die

How Thirteen States Became a Nation

by Jules, Jacqueline & Czekaj, Jeff

After the American Revolution, our country was anything but unified. Using the conceit of a school play, Unite or Die traces the challenges, conflicts, and com...

Diary of a wimpy kid

the last straw

by Kinney, Jeff

Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.

My One Hundred Adventures

by Horvath, Polly

Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor ...