High

Code Master

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The Ultimate Coding Adventure! In Code Master, your Avatar will travel to an exotic world in search of power Crystals. For all 60 levels, you'll have to use programming logic to help your Avatar collect the Crystals and land at the Portal.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Content Area:

Computer Science

Business/Technology

Play Time:

10 min.

Pyramix

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Pull apart the pyramid! In Pyramix, players take turns removing one cube at a time from the pyramid stack. Cubes come in four colors and are worth 1-3 points depending on their symbol. You can remove a cube as long as two or three faces are exposed and it's not touching a cobra cube.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Other

Play Time:

15 min.

Star Trek: Five-Year Mission

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Star Trek: Five-Year Mission is a cooperative dice placement game for 3-7 players who take the roles of crew members of either the USS Enterprise (from the original Star Trek series) or the USS Enterprise-D (from Star Trek: The Next Generation).

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Other

Play Time:

30 min.

The Builders: Middle Ages

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In The Builders: Middle Ages, the cards represent buildings or workers. Players score points (and gain money) by completing the construction of buildings, while placing a worker on a construction site costs money.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Other

Play Time:

30 min.

Bad Beets

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Bad Beets is a fast-paced bluffing card game in which players must eat their vegetables — well, get rid of their vegetables through any means that they can.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Content Area:

Other

Play Time:

15 min.

King Lear

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Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughter, Goneril, Regan, and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. As the scheme unfolds, Goneril and Regan's true colors emerge, uncovering a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty.

Director:

Trevor Nunn and Chris Hunt

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:53

The Alchemist

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Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids.

Author:

Paulo Coelho

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

910L

Length:

04:01

Everyday Heroes

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Copies: 5

....Is a hero simply someone who has achieved great financial and popular success? Is heroism just about money and fame? If so, any rich celebrity could qualify as a hero.

Or does being a hero have to do with the quality of a person's character? is it more about courage, determination, and a kind of inner fire that keeps a person going in the face of all kinds of difficulties?

Author:

BEth Johnson

Lexile:

820L

Letters My Mother Never Read: An Abandoned Child's Journey

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Copies: 5

When her mother died in a fire, eight-year-old Jerri thought life couldn't get worse. She was wrong. Sent to live with people who didn't want her, Jerri was powerless to stop her once-happy childhood from becoming a nightmare of cruelty and neglect. Only a stubborn belief in her own worth and a fierce will to live allowed her to reach adulthood physically and emotionally intact. This is a book that will inspire not only those who have been orphans or foster children, but anyone who has known the pain of being unwanted.

Author:

Jerri Diane Sueck

Lexile:

870L

Making the Most of Your Life: Eight Motivational Stories & Essays

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Copies: 6

How do some people accomplish so much with their lives? Is it that they're just lucky? Or amazingly smart? Or is it that they are ordinary people who have learned to motivate themselves, even when the going gets tough? Read about real-life people who have faced real-life obstacles--maybe some of the same obstacles that stand between you and the achievement of your dreams. Despite their problems, all have found ways to motivate themselves to succeed. Here are four of the people you'll meet in this book:

Lexile:

870L

High

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