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Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"In this frank, funny, and useful guide to giving back, Levinson dumps the 'holier-than-thou' perception of volunteerism and gets down to the nitty-gritty. Do you just want to write a check? Great: here's how to make sure the money goes directly to the cause. Worried about going to an unfamiliar neighborhood, or can't stand to be near a nursing home? Don't fret or feel guilty: there are dozens of other ways to pitch in. Combining personal anecdotes...
6) Speak up
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text encourage the reader to speak up about everything from their own name being mispronounced to someone bring a weapon to school. Includes author's note about real people who have found their voices, when to speak up, and how to express oneself without speaking. oneself without speaking.
7) Unstoppable!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
8) Gauge
Author
Series
Dragons of Wayward Crescent volume 2
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the town council decides to demolish the old library clock and replace it with a fancy modern one, Lucy and her mother try to save the historic timepiece--with the help of a dragon.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 2035, Dahlia Grillo, a sixteen-year-old math whiz, joins with six other American teens traveling to England to meet with groups from around the world in hopes of stopping C8, the companies that control nearly everything for their own benefit.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Beyond Words/Simon Pulse edition.
Language
English
Description
Empower yourself in today's highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond. Contains profiles of successful projects, step-by-step guides to applied changemaking, and a variety of resources.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes--big or small--in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves"--
12) Antiracist baby
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.
14) Joe Bell
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg plays the rough-edged Oregon-based father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin by embarking on a walk across America to speak his heart to heartland adults and students about the potential terrifying high costs of bullying.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Tess Newhart knows her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her. He's caviar and champagne; she's takeout Chinese pot stockers. He's an uptight Republican lawyer; she was raised in a commune. He wants to get ahead in business; she just wants him. But there's no way Tess will play second fiddle to his job. Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiancee on a weekend business trip that could make or break Nick's career.
Author
Series
Slacker volume V. 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money), but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the back wall--and all Cameron wants to do is to conquer the...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.