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The Maze Runner (Unabridged)

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When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade - a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

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770L
Length: 
10:50
The Maze Runner (Unabridged)

The Gray Wolf Throne: A Seven Realms Novel, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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New York Times best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima is well known for her Seven Realms fantasy series.

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15:00
The Gray Wolf Throne: A Seven Realms Novel, Book 3 (Unabridged)

A Christmas Carol

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Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol. The star of X-Men and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of this holiday classic to sell-out audiences.

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04:43
A Christmas Carol

Thinking In Pictures: My Life With Autism (Unabridged)

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Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism - because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us.

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Length: 
09:08
Thinking In Pictures: My Life With Autism (Unabridged)

My Brother Sam Is Dead (Unabridged)

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This young adult novel, which successfully captures the pain of the Revolutionary War, is a fine example of historical fiction. The American Revolution was a war that divided families (English loyalists versus eager Patriots) and one of the families being torn apart is the Meeker family.

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Lexile: 
770L
Length: 
04:31
My Brother Sam Is Dead (Unabridged)

Goliath (Unabridged)

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The riveting conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's New York Times best-selling trilogy that's "sure to become a classic" (School Library Journal).

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Lexile: 
790L
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10:35
Goliath (Unabridged)

The Crimson Crown

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A thousand years ago, two young lovers were betrayed-Alger Waterlow to his death, and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, to a life without love.

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Lexile: 
HL710L
Length: 
17:14
The Crimson Crown

The Kill Order: Maze Runner Prequel (Unabridged)

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Before Wicked was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease. Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving the sun flares was easy compared to what came next.

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HL810L
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10:00
The Kill Order: Maze Runner Prequel (Unabridged)

Jason & Marceline

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Copies: 4

Jason and Marceline have been friends since the end of seventh grade. Now in ninth grade, Jason's starting to think that they could be more than friends, and Marceline's starting to think so, too. But does the beginning of romance mean the end of their friendship?

Sequel to Space Station Seventh Grade.

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620L
Jason & Marceline

Stargirl

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Copies: 5

Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." She captures Leo Borlock's heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal.

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590L
Stargirl

Crash

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Copies: 4

Crash Coogan, a seventh-grade football star, has been an aggressive person from the time he was very young; sometimes, he is too aggressive. He enjoys his rough, macho behavior until he meets an unusual neighbor who forces him to think about his life and his way of treating others.

A rare glimpse into the life of a bully in an unforgettable story about stereotypes and surprises.

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270L
Crash

The Hunger Games: Jabberjay Game

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The Hunger Games: Jabberjay is a social card game for 5-12 players (an alternate game on page 2 can be played with 2-4 players). Each player represents a District Citizen or a Capitol Citizen whose identity remains secret during most of the game.

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Middle
High
Content Area: 
Library
ELA
Play Time: 
30 min.
The Hunger Games: Jabberjay Game

The Book Thief

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Based on the beloved best-selling book comes an "extremely moving" (Leonard Maltin, Indiewire) story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II Germany. When her mother can no longer care for her, Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) is adopted by a German couple (OSCAR® Winner Geoffrey Rush and OSCAR® Nominee Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes in Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him.

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Middle
High
Length: 
02:11
The Book Thief

Writing for Students: Editing & Proofreading (2006)

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It's time to dot your i's, and cross your t's and carefully reread what you've written...in other words, it's time to edit and proofread! The conventions of writing, including grammar and mechanics, ensure that what is written accurately conveys what the writer intended to express.

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Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
:23
Writing for Students: Editing & Proofreading

Man of la Mancha

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Jailed during the Spanish Inquisition for offending the church, author Miguel de Cervantes (O'Toole) is forced to act out one of his manuscripts for the entertainment of fellow inmates. Cervantes delivers a rapturous performance as the legendary Don Quixote, the chivalrous knight whose choice to see life as it should be, not as it is, takes him into battles with an imaginary foe and into romance with the beautiful Dulcinea (Loren).

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Middle
High
Length: 
02:09
Man of la Mancha

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