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1) Me-- Jane
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Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
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Quirk Books
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"Forget the moon landing, the Nobel prizes, and the famous inventions. When the world's most brilliant scientists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Albert Einstein daydreamed instead of paying attention in class. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails in her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. Kid Scientists tells these stories and more...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Based on the international best seller by Amos Oz, the story of his youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories told, become the stories lived.
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2016]
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203 pages ; 22 cm
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Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Dremas childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Dremas coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa,...
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2023.
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For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans. Jill and Derick knew a normal life wasn't possible for them. As a star on the popular TLC reality show...
8) Wind up
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The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 8
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Jeter Children's, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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170 pages ; 24 cm.
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"As Derek and his team tackle playoffs, everyone deals with the pressure in different ways. And practice gets intense! One of Derek's teammates, Avery, starts being especially hard on herself. She isn't even enjoying the game anymore. Can Derek and the rest of the team pull her out of her funk?"--
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Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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384 pages cm
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"HOLLYWOOD PARK is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country's most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fiercelove and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer. We were never young. We were just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or...
13) Little Shaq
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Little Shaq volume 1
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
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73 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Seven-year-old Shaquille O'Neal, a talented basketball and video game player, learns to share the spotlight with his cousin Barry when the youngsters work together to earn money by watering plants.
16) Dimestore
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2016.
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"Dimestore?s fifteen essays are crushingly honest, wise and perceptive, and superbly entertaining. Smith has created both a moving personal portrait and a testament to embracing one?s heritage. It?s also an inspiring story of the birth of a writer and a poignant look at a way of life that has all but vanished."--Amazon.com.
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From 1972 to 1990, Alexandra Fuller grew up on farms in the remotest regions of Africa. While her father was away for long stretches of time, fighting on the side of the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, her mother managed the farming work, with a fierceness and passion fuelled by a love of life and an almost illogical love for Africa.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
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236 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.
19) Change up
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The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 3
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Jeter Children's, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
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154 pages, 22 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm.
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Young Derek's dream of sailing to a championship under his father's coaching is complicated by unexpected challenges.
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