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Franklin volume 2
Language
English
Description
Turtles are slow, but Franklin's penchant for constantly stopping to smell the roses makes him slow even for a turtle. But when it comes to his best friend Bear's surprise birthday party, Franklin is determined to be on time. However, he discovers too late that once again he's allowed his preoccupation with the little things to sidetrack him. / Franklin finds himself having the "worstest" day of his life. He's made to play outside in the snow although...
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Language
English
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Franklin Roosevelt entered the White House in 1933 confronting twenty-five-percent unemployment, bank closings, and a nationwide crisis in confidence. Between March 9 and June 16, FDR sent Congress a record number of bills, all of which passed easily. With reforms ranging from the legalization of alcohol to mortgage relief for millions of Americans, Roosevelt launched the New Deal that conservatives have been working to roll back ever since. Badger...
Author
Series
Bad Mothers volume 7
Language
English
Description
Anton's trial is approaching and Sarah has no fresh leads. As she reviews the evidence, she starts to fear that he might have done it. She's also attracted to Kyle. But someone starts spreading rumors about them.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A collection of the best in mystery writing includes contributions by O. Henry, Dashiell Hammett, Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, John Steinbeck, and Mickey Spillane.
11) Haunted heist
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Bad Guys are back in another holiday adventure! This time, Mr. Wolf and the team are taking on the spookiest day of the year... Halloween! Heists, candy, and maybe a few hilarious costumes. Join the Bad Guys in this novelisation based on the new Netflix Halloween special.
Author
Publisher
Inkshares, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Close your eyes. Picture open plains, wheat stalks swaying gently in the wind. Picture the quaint Main Street of a one-stoplight town. Picture endless summers on sunny, tranquil lakes. With three provocative novellas, Kill Creek author and Kansas native Scott Thomas takes a hatchet to the idyllic tropes of the American heartland. In The Door in the Field, Thomas follows a quarrelsome construction worker named Rayland Allen whose bad day becomes a...
17) The greatest American speeches: the stories and transcripts of the words that changed our history
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Presents speeches given by great Americans that inspired, provoked and changed history.
18) American umpire
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Commentators frequently call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire, sometimes an empire in denial, and often a destructive empire. Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman asserts instead that, because of its unusual federal structure, America has performed the role of umpire since 1776, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned collective approval. This provocative reinterpretation traces America's role in the world from the days of...