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The vocabulary builder workbook : simple lessons and activities to teach yourself over 1,400 must-know words

Lele, Chris,


Includes index. As anyone who has ever studied for a test knows, parroting definitions isn't the way to learn new words. Whether you're studying for the SAT, ACT, GRE, or just want to improve your everyday writing and speaking, The Vocabulary Builder Workbook makes the daunting task of building your vocabulary an opportunity for real learning and growth. The easy-to-follow lessons in this workbook will give you a deeper understanding of over 1,400 words, making a sedulous wordsmith of any lackadaisical student. Simple lessons clearly organized to help you identify roots and form associations. For all levels from beginning to intermediate to advanced vocabulary acquisitions. Retention tools with activities at the end of every lesson to apply what you have learned.
Date Published:2018

Includes index. As anyone who has ever studied for a test knows, parroting definitions isn't the way to learn new words. Whether you're studying for the SAT, ACT, GRE, or just want to improve your everyday writing and speaking, The Vocabulary Builder Workbook makes the daunting task of building your vocabulary an opportunity for real learning and growth. The easy-to-follow lessons in this workbook will give you a deeper understanding of over 1,400 words, making a sedulous wordsmith of any lackadaisical student. Simple lessons clearly organized to help you identify roots and form associations. For all levels from beginning to intermediate to advanced vocabulary acquisitions. Retention tools with activities at the end of every lesson to apply what you have learned.

Date Published:2018

The quick and easy daily grammar workbook : grammar activities for middle and high school students

Daly, Laura


"180 days of practice ; Quick Daily Activities ; Over 30 Grammar Concepts" - front cover With The Quick and Easy Daily Grammar Workbook, you can master basic grammar concepts in just a few minutes a day! These quick, daily lessons cover over 30 different grammar topics that will help you become a better readers and writer.
Date Published:2025

Mini moves for every writer : fifty transferable techniques for writing across the content areas

Futrell, Sam (Samantha),


"Writing is among the most integral skills students can possess. Strong writers are in high demand across all professional domains, and teachers are ideally positioned to help students cultivate and discover their writing in creative ways. In Mini Moves for Every Writer: Fifty Transferable Techniques for Writing Across the Content Areas, Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell present an arsenal of strategies or moves to strengthen students' writing. From introduction to conclusion, these moves, accompanied by demonstrative mentor texts, guide students through the development of well-supported arguments and compelling, engaging craftsmanship. Armed with a variety of tactics to explore their own writing, students employing the mini moves will discover the joy of the creative writing process and the power of their own unique voice"--
Date Published:2025

"Writing is among the most integral skills students can possess. Strong writers are in high demand across all professional domains, and teachers are ideally positioned to help students cultivate and discover their writing in creative ways. In Mini Moves for Every Writer: Fifty Transferable Techniques for Writing Across the Content Areas, Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell present an arsenal of strategies or moves to strengthen students' writing. From introduction to conclusion, these moves, accompanied by demonstrative mentor texts, guide students through the development of well-supported arguments and compelling, engaging craftsmanship. Armed with a variety of tactics to explore their own writing, students employing the mini moves will discover the joy of the creative writing process and the power of their own unique voice"--

Date Published:2025

So let them burn

Cole, Kamilah,


Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from her enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight. She's a legend to her people and a nuisance to her neighbours. When she's forced to attend an international peace summit, Faron expects to perform tricks and then go home. She doesn't expect her older sister, Elara, forming a bond with an enemy dragon - or the gods claiming the only way to break that bond is to kill her sister. As Faron's desperation to find another solution takes her down a dark path, and Elara discovers the shocking secrets at the heart of the Langley Empire, both must make difficult choices that will shape each other's lives, as well as the fate of their world.
Date Published:2024

Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from her enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight. She's a legend to her people and a nuisance to her neighbours. When she's forced to attend an international peace summit, Faron expects to perform tricks and then go home. She doesn't expect her older sister, Elara, forming a bond with an enemy dragon - or the gods claiming the only way to break that bond is to kill her sister. As Faron's desperation to find another solution takes her down a dark path, and Elara discovers the shocking secrets at the heart of the Langley Empire, both must make difficult choices that will shape each other's lives, as well as the fate of their world.

Date Published:2024

Who's all going (to die)?

Springer, Lisa (Young adult author)


Ariana is ready to get away. From the chill of a New York winter. From the anxiety around her volleyball injury and what that means for her future. Thanks to her new friend Oakley, she can do just that. Oakley has offered Ariana an all-expenses-paid trip to her parents' wellness retreat on an island off Barbados. The Dream resort is the perfect escape. At least, it was before lifestyle guru Juniper-Moon began introducing suspect activities like psychedelic mushroom tea ceremonies and bee venom facials. And as disturbing accidents start happening around the island and tension between the guests and staff builds, Ariana realizes she and her friends might not be in paradise after all. Now it's no longer a question of when but if they can make it home alive.
Date Published:2025

Ariana is ready to get away. From the chill of a New York winter. From the anxiety around her volleyball injury and what that means for her future. Thanks to her new friend Oakley, she can do just that. Oakley has offered Ariana an all-expenses-paid trip to her parents' wellness retreat on an island off Barbados. The Dream resort is the perfect escape. At least, it was before lifestyle guru Juniper-Moon began introducing suspect activities like psychedelic mushroom tea ceremonies and bee venom facials. And as disturbing accidents start happening around the island and tension between the guests and staff builds, Ariana realizes she and her friends might not be in paradise after all. Now it's no longer a question of when but if they can make it home alive.

Date Published:2025

They cage the animals at night

Burch, Jennings Michael.


One Misty Evening, Jennings Michael Burch's mother, too sick to care for him, left her eight-year-old son at an orphanage with the words "I'll be right back." She wasn't.... Shuttled through a bleak series of foster homes, orphanages, and institutions, Jennings never remained in any of them long enough to make a friend. Instead, he clung to a tattered stuffed animal named Doggie, his sole source of comfort in a frightening world. Here, in his own words, Jennings Michael Burch reveals the abuse and neglect he experienced during his lost childhood. But while his experiences are both shocking and devastating, his story is ultimately one of hope - the triumphant tale of a forgotten child who somehow found the courage to reach out for love and found it waiting for him.
Date Published:2017

One Misty Evening, Jennings Michael Burch's mother, too sick to care for him, left her eight-year-old son at an orphanage with the words "I'll be right back." She wasn't.... Shuttled through a bleak series of foster homes, orphanages, and institutions, Jennings never remained in any of them long enough to make a friend. Instead, he clung to a tattered stuffed animal named Doggie, his sole source of comfort in a frightening world. Here, in his own words, Jennings Michael Burch reveals the abuse and neglect he experienced during his lost childhood. But while his experiences are both shocking and devastating, his story is ultimately one of hope - the triumphant tale of a forgotten child who somehow found the courage to reach out for love and found it waiting for him.

Date Published:2017

The case of the missing marquess

Springer, Nancy,


When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers-all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother's strange disappearance. Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues and find her mother?
Date Published:2020

When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers-all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother's strange disappearance. Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues and find her mother?

Date Published:2020

I loved you in another life

Arnold, David, 1981-


Two soulmates. Infinite lifetimes. Evan and Shosh can't shake the feeling that they've once shared something - time, understanding, a place in the world. But they've only just met, so how can that be? Drawn together by a song no one else can hear, Evan and Shosh will begin to unravel an extraordinary mystery, one that transcends time and space and the unfathomable physics of love.
Date Published:2023

The boy who followed his father into Auschwitz : a true story of family and survival

Dronfield, Jeremy,


Originally published in Chicago in 2018 by Chicago Review Press under the title The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz. Includes readers' extras. Vienna. "When Jewish blood drips from the knife" ; Traitors to the people -- Buchenwald. Blood and stone: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald ; The stone crusher ; The road to life ; A favorable decision ; The new world ; Unworthy of life ; A thousand kisses ; A trip to death -- Auschwitz. A town called Oicim; Auschwitz-Monowitz ; The end of Gustav Kleinmann, Jew ; Resistance and collaboration: the death of Fritz Kleinmann ; The kindness of strangers ; Far from home ; Resistance and betrayal -- Survival. Death train ; Mauthausen ; The end of days ; The long way home -- Jewish blood. In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved, and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.
Date Published:2020

Originally published in Chicago in 2018 by Chicago Review Press under the title The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz. Includes readers' extras. Vienna. "When Jewish blood drips from the knife" ; Traitors to the people -- Buchenwald. Blood and stone: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald ; The stone crusher ; The road to life ; A favorable decision ; The new world ; Unworthy of life ; A thousand kisses ; A trip to death -- Auschwitz. A town called Oicim; Auschwitz-Monowitz ; The end of Gustav Kleinmann, Jew ; Resistance and collaboration: the death of Fritz Kleinmann ; The kindness of strangers ; Far from home ; Resistance and betrayal -- Survival. Death train ; Mauthausen ; The end of days ; The long way home -- Jewish blood. In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved, and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.

Date Published:2020

Everything we never had

Ribay, Randy,


The Maghabol family journey begins with sixteen-year-old Francisco, who has left everything behind in the Philippines to seek his fortune in California. From there, each generation of Maghabol boys must forge a path forward while contending with the past. Watsonville, California, 1930. Francisco barely ekes out a living picking apples. As he spends what little he earns at dance halls and faces increasing violence from white men in town, Francisco wonders if her should've never left the Philippines. Stockton, California, 1965. Emil works hard and keeps his head down despite the prejudice he faces at school and the long shifts he takes at a restaurant to make ends meet. He refuses to be like his unreliable labor organizer father, Francisco. He's going to make it on this country, no matter what or who he has to leave behind. Denver, Colorado, 1983. Chris is determined to prove that his overbearing father, Emil, can't control him. But when an assignment on family roots sends Chris out of the football field and into the library, he discovers a hunger to know more about Filipino history - even if his father dismisses his interest as un-American and unimportant. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020. Enzo struggles with anxiety as a global pandemic breaks out and his abrasive grandfather moves in. While tensions are high between his dad and his lolo, Enzo's daily walks with Lolo Emil have him wondering if maybe he can help bridge the decades-long rift between the two men.
Date Published:2025

The Maghabol family journey begins with sixteen-year-old Francisco, who has left everything behind in the Philippines to seek his fortune in California. From there, each generation of Maghabol boys must forge a path forward while contending with the past. Watsonville, California, 1930. Francisco barely ekes out a living picking apples. As he spends what little he earns at dance halls and faces increasing violence from white men in town, Francisco wonders if her should've never left the Philippines. Stockton, California, 1965. Emil works hard and keeps his head down despite the prejudice he faces at school and the long shifts he takes at a restaurant to make ends meet. He refuses to be like his unreliable labor organizer father, Francisco. He's going to make it on this country, no matter what or who he has to leave behind. Denver, Colorado, 1983. Chris is determined to prove that his overbearing father, Emil, can't control him. But when an assignment on family roots sends Chris out of the football field and into the library, he discovers a hunger to know more about Filipino history - even if his father dismisses his interest as un-American and unimportant. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020. Enzo struggles with anxiety as a global pandemic breaks out and his abrasive grandfather moves in. While tensions are high between his dad and his lolo, Enzo's daily walks with Lolo Emil have him wondering if maybe he can help bridge the decades-long rift between the two men.

Date Published:2025

Flip

Ukazu, Ngozi,


"Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, the most popular boy at school, who receives Chi-Chi's private video proposal to go to senior prom. But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi in front of their entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi-shy nerd and scholarship student-switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6'1" and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi's life-that is, k-pop, hair-braiding, and being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school. With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, Chi-Chi and Flip must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen. But will they survive senior year? And, most importantly, can they find a way back to themselves?" --Publisher's website.
Date Published:2025

"Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, the most popular boy at school, who receives Chi-Chi's private video proposal to go to senior prom. But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi in front of their entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi-shy nerd and scholarship student-switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6'1" and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi's life-that is, k-pop, hair-braiding, and being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school. With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, Chi-Chi and Flip must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen. But will they survive senior year? And, most importantly, can they find a way back to themselves?" --Publisher's website.

Date Published:2025

Death in the cards

Manansala, Mia P.,


"When a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she has learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own"--
Date Published:2025

Big nate: code red!

Peirce, Lincoln,


"Sixth-grade phenom Nate Wright is a force, whether on the soccer field, as a master of pranks, or as the school newspaper's cartoonist, and now he's using his talents to launch a new podcast. Spring fever is in the air, both on the baseball field and school crushes, and Nate worries that the worst team name in history may hurt his mojo. Nate's friends do their best to keep him in check, but the start of Lincoln Peirce's bestselling series is determined to overcome any obstacle: surprise locker partners, a detention-happy teacher, or even cafetorium duty with Coach John. In Big Nate: Code Red, Nate and friends pull out all the stops!"--
Date Published:2026

"Sixth-grade phenom Nate Wright is a force, whether on the soccer field, as a master of pranks, or as the school newspaper's cartoonist, and now he's using his talents to launch a new podcast. Spring fever is in the air, both on the baseball field and school crushes, and Nate worries that the worst team name in history may hurt his mojo. Nate's friends do their best to keep him in check, but the start of Lincoln Peirce's bestselling series is determined to overcome any obstacle: surprise locker partners, a detention-happy teacher, or even cafetorium duty with Coach John. In Big Nate: Code Red, Nate and friends pull out all the stops!"--

Date Published:2026

Plants Vs. Zombies : Bully For You

Tobin, Paul, 1965-,


This volume collects the stories found in Plants vs. Zombies: Bully for You #1-#3 and the Plants vs. Zombies "The Curse of the Flower-Bot" short story that appeared in Free Comic Day 2015: All Ages. Young adventurers Patrice and Nate have followed neighborhood defender Crazy Dave thorugh-out time - but are they ready to keep the streets safe from zombies with college educations?! In Plants vs. Zombies: Bully for You, they'll attempt to take down Dr. Zomboss yet again -and an all-new team of zombies bent on surpassing Dr. Zombass's nefarious schemes with an even more nefarious scheme of their own!.
Date Published:2015

This volume collects the stories found in Plants vs. Zombies: Bully for You #1-#3 and the Plants vs. Zombies "The Curse of the Flower-Bot" short story that appeared in Free Comic Day 2015: All Ages. Young adventurers Patrice and Nate have followed neighborhood defender Crazy Dave thorugh-out time - but are they ready to keep the streets safe from zombies with college educations?! In Plants vs. Zombies: Bully for You, they'll attempt to take down Dr. Zomboss yet again -and an all-new team of zombies bent on surpassing Dr. Zombass's nefarious schemes with an even more nefarious scheme of their own!.

Date Published:2015

Dreamer : a graphic novel memoir

Aliu, Akim,


Subtitle from cover. Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming, and is sure to inspire young readers everywhere. "With honesty and courage, Akim Aliu's Dreamer will inspire readers of all ages to move confidently in the direction of their future." - Colin Kaepernick .
Date Published:2023

Subtitle from cover. Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming, and is sure to inspire young readers everywhere. "With honesty and courage, Akim Aliu's Dreamer will inspire readers of all ages to move confidently in the direction of their future." - Colin Kaepernick .

Date Published:2023

The Fourth Closet

Cawthon, Scott, 1971-,


Chiefly illustrations. What really happened to Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming death and miraculous reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried. Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane, along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar. Bound together by their childhood loss, John reluctantly teams up with Jessica, Marla, and Carlton to solve the case and find the missing children. Along the way, they'll unravel the twisted mystery of what really happened to Charlie, and the haunting legacy of her father's creations.
Date Published:2021

Chiefly illustrations. What really happened to Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming death and miraculous reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried. Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane, along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar. Bound together by their childhood loss, John reluctantly teams up with Jessica, Marla, and Carlton to solve the case and find the missing children. Along the way, they'll unravel the twisted mystery of what really happened to Charlie, and the haunting legacy of her father's creations.

Date Published:2021

The Twisted Ones

Cawthon, Scott, 1971-,


Chiefly illustrations. It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a series of bodies are discovered near her school bearing wounds that are disturbingly familiar she finds herself drawn back into the world of her father's frightening creations. Something twisted is hunting Charlie, and this time if it finds her, it's not letting her go.
Date Published:2021

Chiefly illustrations. It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a series of bodies are discovered near her school bearing wounds that are disturbingly familiar she finds herself drawn back into the world of her father's frightening creations. Something twisted is hunting Charlie, and this time if it finds her, it's not letting her go.

Date Published:2021

Five night's at Freddy's : the silver eyes: the graphic novel

Cawthon, Scott, 1971-,


Chiefly illustrations. Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie - whose father owned the restaurant - and her childhood friends reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place, which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they used to be. The four adult size animatronic mascots that once entertained patrons have changed. They now have a dark secret...and a murderous agenda.
Date Published:2020

Chiefly illustrations. Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie - whose father owned the restaurant - and her childhood friends reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place, which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they used to be. The four adult size animatronic mascots that once entertained patrons have changed. They now have a dark secret...and a murderous agenda.

Date Published:2020

Math makes sense 3 & 4 : combined grade planning resource

Howse, Jason.



Date Published:2010

Math makes sense 3 practice and homework book : reproducible version.

Morrow, Peggy.



Date Published:2010