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Reading recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks across all reading levels.
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Technology and media fuel the world today, and the Internet is a big part of that. Along with using the Internet comes the added responsibility of following certain rules and staying safe. Readers of this essential volume learn why it is so important to stay protected online. They'll see how the choices they make might seem harmless in the moment, but could actually have severe consequences. Concise, accessible text is paired with vibrant illustrations,...
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Playing video games is a fun hobby for many, but sometimes a hobby can turn into an obsession. When this happens, it's time to make some important choices. Readers of this innovative book follow along as one boy's life becomes taken over by his fixation on video games. They'll see the importance of striving to make positive decisions, taking control of your life, and learning from your actions. Vibrant illustrations and relatable characters help readers...
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Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into the essential computer science concept of debugging using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates how debugging is used in everyday life. Readers will...
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Paul’s a normal teenager: he likes sports, junk food, and action movies—he even wants to be in one someday. But what seems like Paul’s big break, his very first acting role, quickly takes a turn for the worse. One minute he’s on a festive bus heading for a new life of stardom, and the next, he’s hurtling toward the ground and certain death. Though saved at the last minute by an unexplained parachute, things don’t...
5) Puce et puce
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Une puce logée dans le long poil d'un chien est expulsée de son nid. Elle aboutit à l'intérieur d'un ordinateur o elle fait la connaissance d'une puce électronique. Quel genre de vie mène une puce électronique ? Est-ce que la puce de chien aurait envie d'habiter dans cette mystérieuse boîte ?
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Ace hates sharing a computer with his older sister, Nora. When Ace and Nora get into a fight over the computer, they're both grounded from using it. But Ace has a new idea he wants to work on-designing a magician character named Fabian who reminds him of learning magic tricks with his absent father. Ace sneaks onto his mom's top-secret work computer in the middle of the night. But when Ace saves the Fabian file, something strange happens. Fabian comes...
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Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into computer science careers using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates computer science careers in everyday life. Readers will follow a narrator as...
10) Crow Flight
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The curious flight patterns of crows lead a teen computer programmer down a path of mystery and romance.
Gin trusts logic a little too much. She even designs programs to decide what to eat and how to spend her time. All that changes when she's paired with a new transfer student, Felix, on a computer modeling assignment to explain certain anomalies in the behavior of crows.
Speaking of anomalies, why is Gin so disappointed that Felix isn't a match...
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Zombie and his friends are up to their old tricks, giving each other outrageous dares.
To prove that he snuck into the Witch's house to finish his dare, Zombie grabs an old Diamond off a back shelf.
But when he emerges, his friends can no longer see him . . . and they are not playing a prank.
Zombie is invisible!
Will anyone ever be able to see Zombie again, or will the curse of the stolen Diamond ruin his life forever?
Jump into this hilarious...
12) Super Stakeout
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Super Stakeout!
The biggest PVP Tournament of the year is happening, and Zombie is in with a shot at the bigtime, thanks to his new lucky controller.
In fact, he is so sure of a win, he won't stop bragging about it during class!
When Principal Hogskins confiscates the controller, Zombie is frantic. He can't win without it!
So Zombie ropes his friends in for a super-sneaky stakeout and recovery mission.
Can he get his controller...
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Zombie is Back!
Zombie is back on dry land after his underwater adventure, and is now developing the coolest video game EVER!
But some monstrous ALIENS have invaded the Overworld and Zombie's video game may be the only that can stop them from taking over all of Minecraft!
Will Zombie, Steve and their new (friendly Alien) friends be able to stop the galactic onslaught?
Or is it GAME OVER for Minecraft?
JUMP IN and FIND OUT!
14) Mission Possible
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The Nuclear Waste Plant needs an important package delivered on the hush-hush.
And Zombie has been hired to do the job.
But when some rotten mobs start to take an interest in the package, Zombie realizes this is no ordinary delivery run.
Can Zombie deliver the package in one piece, or will his mission be impossible?
Jump into this Zany Adventure and Find Out!
15) Royal Recall
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Royal Recall!
All Zombie wants is to get through eighth grade (and have loads of time for video gaming).
But mysterious Uncle Umberto has turned up to tell him he is the Prince of the Hidden Biome.
Zombie has to learn how to be a prince in record time, before he returns with his uncle to take up the throne and rule the Hidden Biome.
But his subjects don't seem to want to be ruled.
Will Zombie be able to bring order to his...
16) Carnival Chaos
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Bogeyman's Big Top Circus is in Town!
And there are all kind of death defying trapeze artists, lose-limbed contortionists, treacherous foot juggling and creepy clowns!
Zombie and his friends can't wait to jump in on the fun!
But while Zombie is practicing his circus act, his Mom disappears!
Can Zombie hold it all together, find his Mom and pull off the craziest circus act ever?
Jump In and Find Out!
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Through the Wormhole!
After Steve and Zombie accidentally launch a prototype display rocket and get sucked through a wormhole, they are happy to land safely back in the Overworld.
However, nothing is like its supposed to be.
Zombie's dad is organized, his mom is scatterbrained (without the brain), Zombie is allowed to stay up all day, and the humans are scaring the mobs!
Could they be in...a parallel universe?!
And, will they...
18) Shrink Ray Saga
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When Zombie and Steve find a shrink ray, they have to try it out.
And who better to try it out on than themselves?
But they didn't really think things through before they pressed the button.
Like, how can they unshrink themselves when they are too tiny to even reach the buttons again?
So Zombie and Steve set off to find a helper, and become entangled in a prank war between the Endermites and Silverfish.
Can Zombie and Steve help put a stop to...
19) Fugly
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A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in her real life and comforts her in her online one.
In real life, eighteen-year-old Beth is overweight, shy, and geeky. She's been bullied all her life, and her only refuge is food. Online, though, she's a vicious troll who targets the beautiful, vain, oversharing It Girls of the internet. When she meets...
