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(Our best seller) tells the story of Luke Landry, an honest, tough, loner who comes to San Francisco after the death of his cowboy grandfather in Texas. Run from Diablo explores the difficulties of peer pressure on good kids in a broken system. It's uniquely relevant for young adult readers (ages 13-18).
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Orange County poets read excerpts of their critically acclaimed works
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Facing eighth grade is no small feat for the daughter of a Marine Gunnery Sergeant deployed to Iraq. When thirteen-year-old Anne Marie Hayden loses her best friend to the snobby preppies and gets stuck with the most unpopular girl in class, she becomes the odd girl out in her homeroom class. For an outside girl, witness to large and small heartbreaks during the worst year of her life, reading poetry aloud in competitive slams is the last thing she wants to do. After tragedy hits the Marine base, she plants crosses on a hill overlooking the playground to honor fallen heroes and to measure the cost of war. This action costs her but it also enlightens her in unexpected ways. At the insistence of her language arts teacher, she discovers poetry is a way to communicate her most intimate thoughts and connect with others.
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Hannah loses her father's lucky boyhood marbles, bad things start to happen. Hannah's not-quite-right little sister almost chokes to death on one of the marbles left behind, Daddy's Liberty ship sails off to points unknown, and her mother has little time or energy to deal with the strife on the homefront. Unable to stay out of trouble for long, Hannah learns about love, death, and sacrifice as she struggles to find her place in a world at war. Resorting to petty crime, she boards the Red Car to the Long Beach Pike and an exciting new life away from the battles at home. She soon discovers, however, that bad luck can follow anywhere. When a telegram arrives from the warfront, fulfilling the prophecy of a fortuneteller, Hannah is determined to change her luck and salvage her family. Unfortunately, "girls don't play marbles," and she challenges the worst Hannah-banana boy on one of the darkest days in American history.
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follows tells the story of 14 year old Shawn Claxton and his quick-witted friend TK. They are on a quest to raise a sunken barkentine. The Dream Salvagers is full of adventure and takes place in the San Francisco Bay area. Shawn's on a quest to realize his father's dream; TK, with her fast-talking and high-spirits, keeps the story humming. The Dream Salvagers is perfect for young readers ages 11-14 (5th through 7th grade).
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Abandoned in the Alaskan Arctic under the magical Northern Lights, fourteen-year-old Allison Atwood discovers secrets in a remote culture not her own. As the traditional Inuit way of life is threatened by modern influences and a changing environment, Allison rescues Oolik, a young shape-shifter who holds the key to restoring hope and harmony. Defying all odds, they embark upon a hazardous journey. During the ordeal, real and mythological forces thrust them into conflict, a collision of cultures, and the legend of Jade Mountain.
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is an audio read-along program for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade readers. The story is based on a real submarine voyage under the North Pole. Each vocabulary word is used three times in every chapter; a phonetic approach is used in every lesson with the vocabulary lists.
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