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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
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438 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Having sacrificed her freedom to establish peace with a neighboring kingdom, Shalia discovers that she has the power to control earth the day she marries Calix, whose only motivation is to eliminate the Elementae.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Samantha faces some stiff competition when a new friend is interested in the same boy Samantha has a crush on, and another girl starts an Internet version of her business of passing secrets, unread, from one classmate to another.
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The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills or art related to warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1,500...
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Why do we hold a queue? Why should we obey traffic signals? Why should we not read other people's letters? What is fair competition? Why should we care how others feel?
Children and adolescents struggle with questions of right and wrong as do adults. This short introduction to ethics explains four basic ideas in ethics in simple language, using examples that will be meaningful to young readers. The book is written to be read independently by high...
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La filosofía es el amor por el saber. Acompañando a la joven Abril, los jóvenes irán conociendo las preguntas que genera la filosofía y las respuestas que fueron encontrando los sabios y las sabias de la antigua Grecia. Será una aventura en la que acecha el peligro; encontraremos inesperados compañeros con los que compartir nuestras inquietudes.
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In a world filled with distractions and uncertainties, Stoicism provides a powerful toolkit for teens to navigate the challenges of adolescence. "Stoicism for Teens" presents the ancient philosophy in a relatable way, offering practical strategies to develop resilience, wisdom, and inner strength.
Drawing from the wisdom of Stoic philosophers like Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, this accessible book explores essential topics such as managing...
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Philosophy seeks to discover the nature of truth and knowledge. Philosophical reasoning helps us make sense of the world around us and work out what we think and why. Sometimes, it can enable us to become the people we believe we should be. This book is a thought-provoking, yet fun, introduction to the subject of philosophy. It shows curious readers how it has a clear practical purpose that is vital to our daily lives and thought processes.
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¡Te sorprenderá lo fácil que es la vida cuando haces de la ética una prioridad! En este libro encontrarás básicamente lo que es la ética personal, el porqué de su importancia, cómo la puedes aplicar a tu vida diaria y por qué hacerlo te ayudará a vivir una vida más productiva y feliz. La vida no es fácil. Está llena de desafíos. La forma en que navegamos a través de esos desafíos determina nuestro éxito en la vida. Si quieres aprender...
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Family, friends, and school are all important to us. However, problems and worries seem excessive in this wild world, and your dreams seem so far away. What gives you hope? What kind of self-confidence do you have in yourself and others? How do you determine which course is best for you? How would you make the association between today and tomorrow you had always wanted? To answer these and many other worrisome questions confronting youths, I came...
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"I have a dream!" stated DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. What fantasies do you have right now? What are your hopes? A life full of hope is powerful. The greatest weapon in the world is hope. Youth is a time of immense transition, but it is also a time of great perplexity. Society provides little solace, and you may feel as if you are alone in a wilderness or on a battlefield. You may believe that no one loves you, that you can't trust anyone, or that...
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As a father and onetime youth, I feel that I am obligated to ensure that youths properly develop globally. This feeling of a sense of responsibility stems from a desire on my part to ensure a legacy of able leadership. To what intent is this desire? It is a part of innate desire in me to raise true leaders for the twenty-first century. For the sake of civilization, love, and harmony in the cultivation of a genuinely humane leader; this is important....
15) Candide
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"If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?" - CANDIDE
Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the absurdly melodramatic story of a young man, Candide, living a sheltered life who clings desperately to "the best of all possible worlds," one which is abruptly interrupted by a series of painfully disillusioning events that set him off on a wide-ranging journey....
16) Fate of flames
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The Effigies volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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353 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Before they can save the world from the monstrous phantoms, four girls who have the power to control the classical elements: earth, air, fire, and water must first try to figure out how to work together.
17) Anthem
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Introducing "Anthem" by Ayn Rand – a captivating and thought-provoking dystopian novel that will transport you to a world where individuality is suppressed, and the power of the human spirit is tested. In this gripping tale, Ayn Rand paints a vivid picture of a society stripped of individuality, where the collective is valued above all else. Set in a distant future, "Anthem" follows the journey of Equality 7-2521, a young man who dares to question...
18) Fire becomes her
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In a world where magic can be bottled and power sipped, seventeen-year-old Ingrid Ellis tries to rise in society on the arm of Lindon Holt, but when she agrees to spy on his father's political opposition in exchange for his approval, she begins to question where her true allegiances lie.
19) Imprison the sky
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Aspasia, eighteen, an Elementae who controls air, gets caught in a battle between Cyrus, who forces her to capture slaves for market, and a queen whose husband experiments on Elementae.
20) Micromegas
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Micromegas, an inhabitant of one of the planets that orbits Sirius. His home world is 21.6 million times greater in circumference than the Earth. Micromegas stands 23 miles tall. When he is almost 450 years old, approaching the end of his infancy, Micromegas writes a scientific book examining the insects on his planet, which at 30 m are too small to be detected by ordinary microscopes.
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