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2) Safety
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Describes how to prevent dangerous injuries and accidents with proper safety measures in a variety of situations, including at home, at school, while playing sports, and on the Internet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
"Describes new technologies that can help us reduce pollution and global warming, such as alternative energy sources, buildings that cost less to heat, reducing waste, reducing threats to endangered species, and combining all of these to promote sustainable living"--Provided by publisher.
10) Poverty
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the causes of poverty and the need to make changes in educational systems, global trade, international debt, and aid programs.
11) Cybercrime
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Computer networks allow people to easily share information. Organizations and entire cities rely on computer networks. Hackers can break into networks to disrupt systems or steal data. Hacking and other cybercrimes are on the rise. Cybercrime explores common cybercrimes and how people can guard against these threats.
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
People throw away plastic every day. Lots of it ends up in the ocean. It can harm marine wildlife there. Scientists are developing technology that helps collect plastic from the ocean. Cleaning Up Plastic with Artificial Coastlines looks at the science behind the technology, its risks, and how it could help improve life on Earth.
13) Identity theft
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Many people store and share personal information online. This information is part of a person's identity. Identity thieves can find and steal this information. Identity Theft explores how people can protect themselves from identity theft.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused of terrorism. Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew....
Author
Series
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Working with one of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, un sello de Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Mel se ha pasado toda su vida huyendo de los problemas. Si quiere sobrevivir está noche, deberá encontrar el valor para enfrentar sus miedos. Esta atrevida novela gráfica basada en los ataques de osos grises de 1967 cuenta la historia de uno de los episodios más trágicos en la historia de los parques nacionales de Estados Unidos: un verano del terror que cambió para siempre las concepciones de cómo pueden humanos y osos grises coexistir en...
Author
Series
I survived volume 17
Language
English
Description
No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier National Park before... until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier every year. Mel loves it here -- the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park is a reminder of the past. Then Mel comes face-to-face with a mighty grizzly. She knows basic bear safety: Don't turn your...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Besides being gross, what is the point of boogers and mucus? Read all about how these slimy substances help us digest our food and prevent us from becoming sick. You'll also find out just what this sticky stuff is made of, why we produce more of it when we've got a cold, and what animals like slugs and snail do with their mucus!, "--Back cover.
20) Not all heroes
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Moving halfway across the country did not help eleven-year-old Zinnia deal with her little brother's death, but joining her neighbors and aunt as a Real Life Super Hero does that and more.
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