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Series
Notable Book List volume 2014
Language
English
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"For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times--the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person," is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness."
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the gang spread across the country (and beyond) at college, Spencer is back to feeling out of place, even when he returns home over winter break. Desperate to escape his grandfather who is sharing his room, and to feel confident again, he attempts to fix the broken Jumanji video game, giving his friends no choice but to level up and return to rescue him.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 16
Language
English
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Description
No girls allowed at the Olympic Games! That's the rule when the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece. But when Annie tells Jack to go to the games without her, he knows she's up to something. Will Annie find a way to see the games? Or will she herself--and Jack--into Olympic-size trouble?
7) Game night
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.
8) Tag
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade--risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry, 'You're It!' This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they're coming...and he's ready"--Container....
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
Language
English
Description
Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
11) Battleship
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada while on a naval war games exercise. An intense battle ensues over sea, land, and air.
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
It's Halloween on Mouse Island, and it seemed like everyone was out to get me, Geronimo Stilton! My cousin Trap kept pulling scary pranks on me. And then my sister Thea told me I had to write a book about Halloween in less than one day! Before you could say boo, my nephew Benjamin had dragged me to a graveyard to do research. There I met a very spooky mouse who -- yikes! -- tried to lock me up in her coffin! Oh, how would a 'fraidy mouse like me ever...
14) Piggies
Author
Language
English
Description
Ten little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Language
English
Description
Spy kids: When their international spy parents are kidnapped by children's TV program host Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents.
Spy kids 2: Now Carmen and Juni Cortez are full-fledged Spykid operatives with the OSS. Together they embark on a mission to a mysterious island to retrieve a valuable device which in the wrong hands could jeopardize the world.
Spy kids 3: Secret agents Juni and...
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Children play games from dress-up to hide-and-seek with animals from all over the globe to explore languages, letters, numbers, colors, shapes and more! Play with your favorite animals ; Enhance reading and language skills ; Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills ; Explore foreign languages "--Publisher description.
20) Holey moley
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Can goat guess where mole lives? Here's a clue: it absolutely, very definitely, really clearly ISN'T in a hole. Gus the Goat and Mavis Mole will have you laughing out loud in this super-silly, quirky, and totally HOLE-ARIOUS guessing game of a story!