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Author Luke Reynolds's humorous and heart-warming contemporary novel, The Looney Experiment, chronicles one boy's journey through bullying, first love, and an up-close examination of the meaning of courage. Atticus Hobart couldn't feel lower. He's in love with a girl who doesn't know he exists, he is the class bully's personal punching bag, and to top it all off, his dad has just left the family. Into this drama steps Mr. Looney, a 77-year-old substitute...
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Middle grades and young adult authors speak candidly on the unspoken rules of adolescence in this collection of moving, inspiring, and often funny essays. This unique volume encourages readers to break with conformity and defy age-old, and typically inaccurate, orthodoxy including such conventions as Boys can't be gentle, kind, or caring; One must wear Abercrombie Fitch in order to fit in; Girls should act like girls; and One must go to college after...
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For little boys who love construction vehicles, race cars, and fire trucks, this is the perfect bedtime story to get them strapped in and ready to blast off to bedtime!
A bed. A boy. His daddy. "Bedtime?"
"Not yet!"
A jet... A pilot... His turbo-boost!
A train... A conductor... His full-steam-ahead!
Debut author Luke Reynolds captures this boy-themed bedtime adventure with perfectly simple but poignant text, while debut illustrator and animator...
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Alladin
Pub. Date
2020.
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"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered, whether it was over grades, fitting in, or simply getting things right the first time. Even More Fantastic Failures is a second installment in Reynolds a personal campaign to show kids it's ok fall down or make a mistakes, just so...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
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"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered over grades, fitting in, and getting things right the first time. [This book] was created for these students to learn that their mistakes and failures do not define their whole lives, but help them grow into their potential. Kids will...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
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"A nonfiction guide to middle school that offers a funny and relatable voice, while skillfully teaching life lessons to not just help kids find their footing during the tough years between elementary and high school, but to find the joy in their new adventures and challenges"--
8) Popped star
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Gumazing gum girl! volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
As Gabby Gomez is trying to tell her family she is Gum Girl, she encounters Ninja-Rina, a masked ballerina for whom no crime is "tutu" big.
9) Gum luck
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Gumazing gum girl! volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
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Gabby Gomez keeps her Gum Girl heroics secret from her parents, but there is a new villain in town and the city needs her to help.
10) Stick together!
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The gumazing Gum Girl! volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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When Gabby Gomez's substitute teacher transforms into a giant hamster monster, she needs help from new friends and old to stop him.
11) Cover blown!
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Gumazing Gum Girl! volume 4
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
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When Gabby and her family visit her uncle in Cobel, Mexico, she learns about her Aztec roots, and faces students from the wrestling school of her uncle's rival.