Chris Baron
1) The Gray
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English
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Sasha has been bullied at his middle school and his anxiety, which he calls the Gray, is growing, so his parents and therapist suggest a summer in the country with his aunt might help him.
2) Death Count
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English
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Art shop owner Kent Cross is intrigued by his friend's sudden request that he pay him a visit. But Robin Riverton has bad news. One of the paintings which adorned the walls of his huge house has been stolen.
Instinct tells Kent not to get involved. But instead he enlists the support of his assistant and confidante, Cora, and sets off in pursuit of the missing painting.
He soon begins to wonder if there is any truth in the tales of old prophecies...
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English
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The anniversary of a tragic accident is less than a week away and Will Calby is struggling to cope.
Then an out of the blue message draws him into the aftermath of a theft from one of Dublin's oldest museums. Although quite reluctant, he begins to search for information and to try to piece together the puzzle.
But when he stumbles unexpectedly across the answer, Will discovers a truth more terrifying than he could ever have imagined.
And little...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don't know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he's at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. Soon, other kids tease Etan for being friends with the creature....
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Publisher
Yellow Jacket,◊
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts, and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California, are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York. On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek. There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take one home, and their long-distance friendship begins. It's soon clear that these are no ordinary...
6) All of me
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Thirteen-year-old Ari faces what it is to be a man while dealing with a cross-country move, his parents' separation, being bullied for his weight, and belatedly starting bar mitzvah preparations." --
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A joyful middle-grade anthology centered around Passover-from an exciting array of bestselling and award-winning Jewish creators! Welcome to Passover, a Jewish holiday that has been celebrated for thousands of years. The heart of Passover is the seder-a meal full of rituals, special foods, and songs-where we gather together to retell the story of the Exodus, when the Jewish people achieved freedom from Egypt. And yet this story is about more than...
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English
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It's one of the most important and difficult questions of our time...can the human race find a way to co-exist with the natural world before we destroy it? With thirty football fields of forest lost each minute, the world needs answers now more than ever, and sometimes the most innovative solutions can come from unexpected places. Frontier Sumatra is the incredible story of a ground-breaking conservation project called Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER)....
10) Space
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National Geographic Television & Film
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This is a collection of National Geographic's most popular explorations of space. Using cutting-edge science, Inside the Milky Way constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of our galaxy. Monster Black Holes explores what happens to matter when it comes too close to one, and wonders whether our Milky Way galaxy will one day end when the black hole at the galaxy's center explodes. Hubble's Amazing Universe journeys into the far ends of the universe...
12) See Spot run
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Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
Description
Gordon, an offbeat mailman, never met a dog he couldn't handle. That is until he offers to watch a neighbors young son, James. Together, Gordon and James befriend an FBI crime-fighting superdog, "Agent 11" (whom they name "Spot"), who is hiding from the mob. Gordon, James and "Spot" save the day by rescuing an FBI agent, who has been caught by the mob boss.
