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The lightning thief

Riordan, Rick.


Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2005

The lightning thief

Riordan, Rick.


Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2005

The battle of the Labyrinth

Riordan, Rick.


When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Date Published:2008

Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days

Kinney, Jeff.


In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2009

A long walk to water : a novel

Park, Linda Sue.


"Based on a true story." When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
Date Published:2010

The lost hero

Riordan, Rick.


Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.
Date Published:2010

The son of Neptune

Riordan, Rick.


Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
Date Published:2011

The history of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Schmalzbauer, Adam.


Includes index. Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 2002.
Date Published:2005

Adventures in cartooning

Sturm, James, 1965-


Wilson's Children, July 2009 School Library Journal starred, April 2009 Booklist starred, March 2009 Book Links-starred, May 2009 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2009 Kirkus Review, March 2009 Library Media Connection, August 2009 Uses a story about a magical elf who helps a princess learn how to draw a comic to present techniques for and advice about drawing comics.
Date Published:2009

Amulet No. 1 : The Stonekeeper . Book one, /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Wilson's Children, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, January 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2007. Kirkus Review, November 2007. Library Media Connection, February 2008. After moving to their ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by a tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into the magical world below their home.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Children, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, January 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2007. Kirkus Review, November 2007. Library Media Connection, February 2008. After moving to their ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by a tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into the magical world below their home.

Date Published:2008

The best of pro football

Doeden, Matt.


Highlights some of the best moments and players in professional football history.
Date Published:2010

Amulet No. 2 : the stonekeeper's curse. Book two. /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal, November 2009. Booklist, October 2009. Horn Book, April 2010. Kirkus Review, September 2009. Emily and her brother, Navin, head for Kanalis in order to find the antidote for the poison that has sickened their mother.
Date Published:2009

A dog called Homeless

Lean, Sarah.


School Library Journal, December 2012. Booklist starred, September 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
Date Published:2012

School Library Journal, December 2012. Booklist starred, September 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.

Date Published:2012

The House of Hades

Riordan, Rick.


"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
Date Published:2013

Amulet No. 4 : the last council. Book four. /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Wilson's Children, October 2012. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012. Booklist, October 2011. Upon arriving in Cielis, Emily and her friends find the once busy streets deserted and the remaining townspeople living in fear, and after Emily is escorted to the Academy to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, the most powerful Stonekeepers, an awful secret is gradually uncovered.
Date Published:2011

Big Nate flips out

Peirce, Lincoln,


"In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak; has Nate totally flipped out?"--
Date Published:2013

Dog Man

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2016

Noodleheads see the future

Arnold, Tedd,


Chiefly illustrations. Inspired by folktales about fools from around the world, brothers Mac and Mac Noodlehead exasperate Uncle Ziti, are fooled by their friend Meatball, and make a garden for their mother.
Date Published:2017

Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-,


"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--
Date Published:2018