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MegaTokyo. 2 /

Gallagher, Fred (Fred M.), 1968-


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. School Library Journal, August 2004. Pub Weekly, February 2004. Booklist, May 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Contains episodes 134 through 306 of the online Web comic "Megatokyo," which follows the adventures of Piro and Largo, two friends who have traveled to Japan on a whim and find themselves without the funds to return to America, and without a place to live.
Date Published:2003

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. School Library Journal, August 2004. Pub Weekly, February 2004. Booklist, May 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Contains episodes 134 through 306 of the online Web comic "Megatokyo," which follows the adventures of Piro and Largo, two friends who have traveled to Japan on a whim and find themselves without the funds to return to America, and without a place to live.

Date Published:2003

Saying what the law is : the Constitution in the Supreme Court

Fried, Charles, 1935-


Library Journal Starred, April 2004. Choice, October 2004. Offers a comprehensive overview of the Supreme Court cases that have created the constitutional law the structures the United States government and defines individuals' relationship to that government.
Date Published:2004

The nine : inside the secret world of the Supreme Court

Toobin, Jeffrey.


Library Journal Starred, October 2007. Publisher's Weekly, July 2007. Booklist, August 2007. Kirkus Review, July 2007. Reference and Research Book News, November 2007. Draws on interviews with the nine justices of the Supreme Court to offer an inside look at the Court's complex dynamic and the changes that may be in store for key issues, including abortion, civil rights, and presidential power, after the 2008 presidential election.
Date Published:2007

Library Journal Starred, October 2007. Publisher's Weekly, July 2007. Booklist, August 2007. Kirkus Review, July 2007. Reference and Research Book News, November 2007. Draws on interviews with the nine justices of the Supreme Court to offer an inside look at the Court's complex dynamic and the changes that may be in store for key issues, including abortion, civil rights, and presidential power, after the 2008 presidential election.

Date Published:2007

He said, she said

Alexander, Kwame.


Publisher's Weekly, October 2013. Kirkus Review, May 2013. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Review. "When a popular football 'playa' and ladies man and the smartest girl in school lead a school protest, sparks fly as their social media-aided revolution grows"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

Let's imagine at the zoo

Mitter, Matt.


On board pages. Eddie, Koby, Tessa, Mia, and Sofie are curious kids with big imaginations and lots of questions. Where does a tiger get his stripes? Why are flamingos pink? Why do hyenas laugh so much? The answers may surprise you!
Date Published:2014

Allies

Gratz, Alan, 1972-


School Library Journal starred, October 2019. Booklist starred, September 2019. Pub Weekly, August 2019. Kirkus Starred, August 2019. New York Times, November 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2019. Library Media Connection starred, January 2020. It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal starred, October 2019. Booklist starred, September 2019. Pub Weekly, August 2019. Kirkus Starred, August 2019. New York Times, November 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2019. Library Media Connection starred, January 2020. It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.

Date Published:2019

Abraham Lincoln

D'Aulaire, Ingri.


Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States.
Date Published:1939

Tokyo ever after

Jean, Emiko.


After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
Date Published:2021

When we were infinite

Gilbert, Kelly Loy.


Kirkus Starred, January 2021. Kirkus Starred. "Knowing that the friendships she depends on will change when her parents split up, Beth witnesses a private act of violence in her crush's home before forging a pact with her friends to offer support in the face of a life-altering decision"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Tokyo ever after

Jean, Emiko.


School Library Journal starred, March 2021. Booklist starred, March 2021. Kirkus Review, April 2021. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Kirkus Review. After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal starred, March 2021. Booklist starred, March 2021. Kirkus Review, April 2021. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Kirkus Review. After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.

Date Published:2021

Megatokyo. 1 /

Gallagher, Fred (Fred M.), 1968-


Includes index. Piro and Largo fly to Japan on a whim and find themselves stranded, unable to afford the fare home, and they have many adventures as they try to find places to crash and scrape the money to get home.
Date Published:2004

Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie

Goldsmith, Barbara.


"Atlas books." Library Journal, November 2004. Booklist starred, December 2004. Publisher's Weekly, November 2004. New York Times, November 2004. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), May 2005. Includes an introduction, over eighty illustrations, and annotations that explain literary, autobiographical, and historical aspects of the text.
Date Published:2005

Artifice

Cameron, Sharon, 1970-


Isa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety--but in 1943 it is hard to know who to trust.
Date Published:2023

A historical guide to Edgar Allan Poe


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. Contains four critical essays that examine nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe's works from a historical perspective, and includes biographical and bibliographical essays, and an illustrated chronology.
Date Published:2001

Here lies Arthur

Reeve, Philip.


School Library Journal starred, December 2008. Booklist starred, August 2008. Horn Book Starred, November 2008. Pub Weekly, October 2008. Kirkus Starred, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2009. Kliatt Starred, November 2008. Gwyna is forced to flee her village, but when she is discovered hiding in the woods by Myrddin, a bard, he swears to protect her as long as she agrees to bind herself to his service while he transforms young Arthur into a heroic king.
Date Published:2007

School Library Journal starred, December 2008. Booklist starred, August 2008. Horn Book Starred, November 2008. Pub Weekly, October 2008. Kirkus Starred, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2009. Kliatt Starred, November 2008. Gwyna is forced to flee her village, but when she is discovered hiding in the woods by Myrddin, a bard, he swears to protect her as long as she agrees to bind herself to his service while he transforms young Arthur into a heroic king.

Date Published:2007

Why a disguise?

Numeroff, Laura Joffe.


Elem. School Library Collection. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Relates how a disguise can be used to evade the school bully, Mom's lima beans, and other unpleasant things.
Date Published:1996

La Estatua de la Libertad

Hempstead, Anne.


Translation of: Statue of Liberty. Una idea magnífica -- La libertad se convierte en estatua -- Madre de los exiliados -- La Estatua de la Libertad hoy en día -- Línea cronológica. Horn Book, October 2007. Horn Book. Describes the construction and symbolism of the Statue of Liberty, covering its creator, its pedestal, and the meanings of the sculpture's elements, and discusses immigration at Ellis Island in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Date Published:2006

Translation of: Statue of Liberty. Una idea magnífica -- La libertad se convierte en estatua -- Madre de los exiliados -- La Estatua de la Libertad hoy en día -- Línea cronológica. Horn Book, October 2007. Horn Book. Describes the construction and symbolism of the Statue of Liberty, covering its creator, its pedestal, and the meanings of the sculpture's elements, and discusses immigration at Ellis Island in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Date Published:2006

Festival de calaveras

San Vicente, Luis.


A rhyming story about the Day of the Dead, or el Día de los Muertos, a holiday celebrated in Mexico from October 31 to November 2.
Date Published:2013

Clatter bash! : a Day of the Dead celebration

Keep, Richard Cleminson.


School Library Journal starred, February 2005. Horn Book, April 2005. Multicultural Review, March 2005. Rhyming text presents traditions used to celebrate the Day of the Dead.
Date Published:2004

Year of the book

Cheng, Andrea.


Booklist, April 2012. Horn Book, May 2012. Kirkus Review, March 2012. Booklist. Horn Book. Kirkus Review. Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
Date Published:2012