Jeff Gottesfeld
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Eisenhower Public Library Veterans Day 2022 - Kids
Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
Remembering Those Who Gave Their All
Third Grade
Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
Remembering Those Who Gave Their All
Third Grade
Description
"With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America's fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations. Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America's fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone....
2) The code
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Chris always does the right thing. But when he knows who messed with Sam in the school yard, he can't speak up. His friends can't either. There's the silent Code that every kid follows. Chris decides he can't live with himself if he doesn't say something, so he makes a stand and is shocked at the outcome. Mean bully Phil is actually ... cool. But then Phil asks him to do something so wrong." --Amazon.com.
3) Fight school
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Tommy loves MMA. He and his friend Ben are the best at Stars MMA Fight School. They both compete to represent the fight school at a MMA competition in the city. As usual, Tommy chokes. Ben is the winner, even though Tommy is the better fighter. But Ben breaks his leg, and Tommy has to learn to tune out and focus to win." --Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Language
English
Description
Tracy enters the Little Miss Miss beauty pageant when she learns that the prize is a free trip to Washington, D.C., and she is convinced she'll win until she meets Jordi, who has competed in several pageants, and her mean mother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Diego isn't scared easily. Not even when his parents buy the creepiest house in town. He's used to moving. A lot. His parents flip houses for a living. Then he finds something odd in the basement. And it's alive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Moving before the summer of 8th grade sucks. But meeting the guy of your dreams makes it way better. Serena feels accepted in her new school, especially when she starts dating Kai. He seems to be the coolest guy ever. Then Ollie shows up. He's weird. Awkward. Is what he says true?
8) Going viral
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Annie and Erin were besties who loved YouTube kid star Cory Mall. Could the girls make a video that would go viral? They wanted to try. Their first attempt was goofy, but it worked! The girls got a lot of views. When other friends joined them, their next video was even better. Then TV host Big Don got involved. Were they ready to be superstars?
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Her parents moved her from Austria to Tokyo, Japan before she started school. They were all rendered stateless when Nazi Germany and Austria stripped Jews of their citizenship. She graduated high school fluent in Japanese plus four other languages and went to college in America at age 15. Cut off from her parents by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and America's entry into World War II, she went years not knowing if they were alive. She returned...
11) Food for hope
Author
Publisher
Creston Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"John van Hengel started the world's first food bank in 1967 and went on to create a network of food banks through Feeding America. The concept of getting food that would otherwise be wasted to people who are hungry has spread throughout the world. Gottesfeld's warm text and Agatha's lively art shows that there's no shame in being hungry - the shame lies in how long it took for someone to figure out how to feed people! All it took was one person with...
12) Starstruck
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Language
English
Description
"The 5,000th caller on fraternal twins Ned and David's favorite reality show, Ryan s World, will get to spend an entire week with extreme sports superstar Ryan Wilson. Ned and David both dial and redial. Will they win? It doesn't seem likely. But they do! Ryan will spend the entire week with the sixth graders. And stay in their home! But TV Ryan is not the same as real-life Ryan."--Provided by Amazon.com.
13) Standing by Emma
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Language
English
Description
When Emma and Danya are in a terrible car accident Emma is left paralyzed, and she blames Danya for causing the accident.
14) Blackout
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Ellie and her friend Kate get to spend time with Ellie's grandparents at their beach cottage. It's their first trip without their parents. The girls are excited and share everything on social media. But then a solar storm knocks out power to the entire state. People have to learn to live without electricity, running water, or technology. Will the girls be bored to tears?"--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Piper would like to get to know the new girl at her school, but the girl isn t very friendly. She just wants to be left alone. The other kids in their class have given up trying to be the girl s friend. Piper still wants to give her a chance. Maybe the girl has a reason for acting that way. Piper decides to find out what that reason is.
16) Crush
Author
Series
Campus confessions volume 4
Publisher
Saddleback Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Ronette Bradley hasn't exactly been an ideal student. Certainly she's no overachiever. But she's caught a lucky break. And she's determined not to screw up. Part romance-part confessional-part college adventures-each novel is approximately 28,000 words-160 pages. It's a funny thing about time. The proverb, ""Time heals all wounds, "" is true to some extent. But Jayson still hurts. Maybe Ronette doesn't want time to heal this wound. It feels better...
17) Choices
Author
Series
Campus confessions volume 3
Publisher
Saddleback Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Ronette Bradley hasn't exactly been an ideal student. Certainly she's no overachiever. But she's caught a lucky break. And she's determined not to screw up. Part romance-part confessional-part college adventures-each novel is approximately 28,000 words-160 pages. Ronette wants to fly solo for a while. But Cornell London-a senior-is interested. Ronette's not sure she's ready for another relationship. Besides, Jayson still wants her back; for now he's...
18) Frenemies
Author
Series
Campus confessions volume 2
Publisher
Saddleback Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Ronette Bradley. Good on standardized tests, a mess on her report cards. With high school over, and her boyfriend going away to college, she is stuck cleaning hotel rooms. Until one fateful telephone call changes everything ...
19) Too many dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Eva and Carmen want spending money for ice cream at Chill. They want to treat their friends. They want to do more things with their free time than the money they get from their parents allows. But their parents tell them to think of a way to earn it themselves, because they won't waste their cash on extras. So the girls come up with a plan to make extra cash over the summer. But they don't realize how hard having a job can be"--Publisher.
20) XO Ronette
Author
Series
Campus confessions volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Ronette Bradley hasn't exactly been an ideal student. Certainly she's no overachiever. But she's caught a lucky break. And she's determined not to screw up. Part romance -- part confessional --part college adventures -- each ebook is approximately 28,000 words -- 160 pages. Ronette Bradley. Good on standardized tests, a mess on her report cards. With high school over, she's stuck cleaning hotel rooms. Her high school sweetheart Jayson Jones is off...