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First Chapter Friday @ ISKL ES Library

Catherine Bae

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00:08:54

Ep 21 - The Christmas Pig

First Chapter Friday @ ISKL ES Library ·

2022/01/11

SFI F ROW A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers. One boy and his toy are about to change everything... Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens — DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost

00:07:38

Ep 20 - Dawn Raid

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2021/12/09

HIS F SMI Through the diary entries of 13-year-old Sofia Savea, Smith explores an era of New Zealand history little known to many readers outside Oceania: the 1970s movement for Pacific Islanders’ rights. In Porirua, 1976, Sofia focuses on the opening of the first McDonald’s in New Zealand, the white go-go boots she craves, and the speech she must prepare to give at school. Her father is a Samoan immigrant, but Sofia doesn’t truly consider her ethnic heritage until her brother Lenny, 17, becomes

00:14:25

Ep 19 - Normal

First Chapter Friday @ ISKL ES Library ·

2021/12/02

920 NEW Praised by R.J. Palacio as "wondrous"--this moving memoir follows a teenage boy with TC syndrome and his exceptional family from diagnosis at birth to now."This touching memoir is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the real-world experiences of a child with craniofacial differences and his extraordinary family. It's also more than that. It's a story about the love between a mother and a son, a child and his family, and the breadth of friends, helpers, and doctors that step

00:10:34

Ep 18 Front Desk

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2021/11/25

REA F YAN Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to

00:13:09

Ep 17 - A wolf called Wander

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2021/11/18

ANI F PAR A New York Times bestseller!“Don’t miss this dazzling tour de force.”—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medalwinning author of The One and Only Ivan This gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolf’s incredible journey to find a safe place to call home. Illustrated throughout, this irresistible tale by award-winning author Rosanne Parry is for fans of Sara Pennypacker’s Pax and Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan. Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with

00:15:27

Ep 16 - Aru Shah and the end of time

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2021/11/11

SFI F CHO Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she’ll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru’s doorstep to

00:05:25

Ep 15 - The Book Case

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2021/11/04

MYS F SHE Bookworm Daphne has been expelled from her old school after an ‘unfortunate incident’ when she gets an unexpected letter offering her a free place at St Rita’s School for Spirited Girls: a boarding school in the middle of nowhere. There she meets Emily Lime, the terse yet intriguing pupil Assistant Librarian,and George, inexplicably the only boy at the school –and immediately, strange things start happening. There’s been a bank robbery in town and a break-in at school, and the trio are

00:03:27

Ep 14 - Saving Winslow

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2021/10/29

ANI F CRE Louie, 10, has a lousy track record of caring for animals before he takes on the mission of SAVING WINSLOW. No one expects the fragile newborn donkey to survive except Louie, who carefully tends to Winslow day and night. Caring for Winslow helps ease his heartache over his beloved brother, who's away in the Army. Louie develops a close bond with Winslow as the donkey grows stronger. His new friend, Nora, is drawn to Winslow as well but worries he'll die, just like her premature baby

00:07:59

Ep 13 - No Ballet Shoes in Syria

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2021/10/21

REA F BRU Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria. When Aya stumbles across a local ballet class, the formidable dance teacher spots her exceptional talent and believes that Aya has the potential to earn a prestigious ballet scholarship. But at the same time, Aya and her family must fight to be allowed to remain in the country, to make a home for themselves and to find Aya’s

00:18:28

Ep 12 - The Night Bus Hero

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2021/10/14

REA F RAU *Ms Rauf will be visiting us virtually during our Book Week in March!* From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes another incredible story, told with humour and heart. 'The boy's an absolute menace.' 'He's a bully. A lost cause!' 'Why can't he be more like his sister?' I've been getting into trouble for as long I can remember. Usually I don't mind 'cos some of my best, most brilliant ideas have come from sitting in detention

00:09:50

Ep 11 - The Legend of Podkin One-Ear

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2021/10/07

SCI F LAR A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills known as the Razorback Downs . . . Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and guard it in times of danger. But for now, he's quite happy to laze around annoying his older sister Paz, and playing with his baby brother Pook. Then Podkin's home is brutally attacked, and the young rabbits are forced to flee. The terrifying Gorm are on the rampage, and no one and

00:07:40

Ep 10 - Jelly

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2021/09/30

REA F COT Twelve-year-old Jelly hides her true self behind her humor and keeps her true thoughts and feelings locked away in a notebook. Can she find the courage to share who she really is? Angelica (Jelly for short) is the queen of comedy at school. She has a personality as big as she is, and everyone loves her impressions. But Jelly isn't as confident as she pretends to be. No one knows her deepest thoughts and feelings. She keeps those hidden away in a secret notebook. Then her mom's new

00:23:10

Ep 9 - The Raven's Children

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2021/09/23

HIS F YAK Russia in 1938 is a place of great terror. Joseph Stalin is in charge. His Secret Police are everywhere, searching for anyone who might be his enemy. People have no idea who they can trust. Seven-year-old Shura doesn't know about any of this. He's happy in his little home in Leningrad going to school in the mornings, playing with his best friend in the afternoon, fighting with his big sister, spending time with his Mama, Papa and baby brother Bobka. Until one day everything

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Ep 8 - The Thing about Jelly Fish

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2021/09/16

REA F BEN After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting--things don't just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory--even if it means traveling the globe, alone. Suzy's achingly heartfelt journey explores life, death, the astonishing wonder of the universe...and the potential for love and hope right next door. - Amazon

00:19:02

Ep 7A - Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

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2021/09/09

HIS F GRA For Grade 4+ The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. In time for the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, master storyteller Alan Gratz (Refugee) delivers a pulse-pounding and unforgettable take on history and hope, revenge and fear -- and the stunning links between the past and present. September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and

00:09:56

Ep 7 - The Eye of the North (Destiny ebook)

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2021/09/09

Destiny ebook When Emmeline’s scientist parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself heading for a safe house, where allies have pledged to protect her. But along the way, she is kidnapped by the villainous Doctor Siegfried Bauer, who is bound for the ice fields of Greenland. There he hopes to summon a mystical creature from the depths of the ancient glaciers, a creature said to be so powerful that whoever controls it can control the world. Unfortunately, Bauer isn’t the only one determined to

00:21:33

Ep 6 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

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2021/09/02

REA F GEM Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash. Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished—the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box—she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington

00:05:39

Ep 5 - Hunter Moran Hangs Out (Epic! Book)

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2021/08/26

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/11371 Hunter and his twin brother, Zack, are on high alert after they hear about a potential kidnapping in Newfield. But the most shocking news is yet to come: the twins figure out that Steadman, their younger brother, is the kidnapper's target! The boys keep an eye out for suspicious activities around town from a treetop watchtower in Werewolf Woods. They are shocked to discover a probable ax murderer hiding in the cellar of an empty house, Bradley the neighborhood

00:07:20

Ep 4 - Side Tracked

First Chapter Friday @ ISKL ES Library ·

2021/08/20

Epic! Book https://www.getepic.com/app/read/63629 If middle school were a race, Joseph Friedman wouldn't even be in last place--he'd be on the sidelines. With an overactive mind and phobias of everything from hard-boiled eggs to gargoyles, he struggles to understand his classes, let alone his fellow classmates. So he spends most of his time avoiding school bully Charlie Kastner and hiding out in the Resource Room, a safe place for misfit kids like him. But then, on the first day of seventh grade,

00:05:00

Ep 3 - High Rise Mystery

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2021/08/20

MYS F JAC The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, and there's been a murder in THE TRI: the high-rise home to resident know-it-alls, Nik and Norva. Who better to solve the case? Armed with curiosity, home-turf knowledge and unlimited time - until the end of the summer holidays anyway. The first whodunnit in a new mystery series by Sharna Jackson. - Amazon

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