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Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items 1 each from this page1 each from all results 20 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 Simply add a title by clicking the . * Your Discounted Price Abuela, don't forget me by Ogle, Rex BTSB Prebound(Norton Young Readers, 2022)Publication Date: 09/06/2022 BTSB #: 686625 Available Dewey: 306.874/BAges: 13-18 Lexile: NP F&P: Z+ Genres: Subjects: Ogle, Rex - Childhood and youth Poor people - Biography Grandparent-grandchild relationship Grandmothers American authors - Biography Summary: Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.76 * 0.00 +- First time for everything by Santat, Dan BTSB Prebound(First Second, 2023)Publication Date: 02/28/2023 BTSB #: 776916 Available Dewey: 800/AAges: 10-14 Genres: Subjects: Santat, Dan - Childhood and youth Middle school students - Biography American authors - Biography Illustrators - Biography Summary: A memoir in graphic novel format based on Dan Santat's awkward middle-school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 20.98 * 0.00 +- First time for everything by Santat, Dan Paperback(First Second, 2023)Publication Date: 02/28/2023 BTSB #: 776922 Available Dewey: 800/NAges: 10-14 Genres: Subjects: Santat, Dan - Childhood and youth Middle school students - Biography American authors - Biography Illustrators - Biography Summary: A graphic memoir based on Dan Santat's awkward middle-school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 12.29 * 0.00 +- Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood by Paulsen, Gary BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021)Publication Date: 01/12/2021 BTSB #: 704260 Available Dewey: 813/AAges: 8-12 AR: 5.9 MG+ Lexile: 1030 Genres: Subjects: Paulsen, Gary - Childhood and youth Autobiography American authors - Biography Life change events Survival skills Summary: Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments in his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood by Paulsen, Gary Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021)Publication Date: 09/01/2021 BTSB #: 704271 Temp OS Dewey: 813/AAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Paulsen, Gary - Childhood and youth Large print books Autobiography American authors - Biography Life change events Survival skills Summary: Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments in his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. Large print hardcover format. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.24 * 0.00 +- Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood by Paulsen, Gary Paperback(Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023)Publication Date: 01/10/2023 BTSB #: 704276 Temp OS Dewey: 813/AAges: 8-12 AR: 5.9 MG+ Lexile: 1030 Genres: Subjects: Paulsen, Gary - Childhood and youth Autobiography American authors - Biography Life change events Survival skills Summary: Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments in his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 8.19 * 0.00 +- Hey, kiddo by Krosoczka, Jarrett Paperback(Scholastic, 2018)Publication Date: 10/09/2018 BTSB #: 533192 Available Dewey: 741.59/AAges: 14-18 AR: 3.5 UG RC: 3.8 6-8 Lexile: 510 HL Genres: Subjects: Krosoczka, Jarrett Illustrators - Biography American authors - Biography Family problems Drug abuse Public schools Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Summary: The memoir of Jarrett Krosoczka in graphic novel format and the challenges that his mother's heroin addiction brought to his family. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 12.29 * 0.00 +- Hey, kiddo by Krosoczka, Jarrett BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2018)Publication Date: 10/09/2018 BTSB #: 533201 Available Dewey: 741.59/AAges: 14-18 AR: 3.5 UG RC: 3.8 6-8 Lexile: 510 HL Genres: Subjects: Krosoczka, Jarrett Illustrators - Biography American authors - Biography Family problems Drug abuse Public schools Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Summary: The memoir of Jarrett Krosoczka in graphic novel format and the challenges that his mother's heroin addiction brought to his family. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 20.98 * 0.00 +- Important thing about Margaret Wise Brown by Barnett, Mac BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2019)Publication Date: 05/21/2019 BTSB #: 091592 Available Dewey: 800/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4.2 LG RC: 3.5 3-5 Lexile: 620 Genres: Subjects: Brown, Margaret Wise,|d1910-1952 American authors - Biography Summary: A picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, the legendary author of Goodnight Moon. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Jimmy's rhythm & blues : the extraordinary life of James Baldwin by Meadows, Michelle BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2024)Publication Date: 01/30/2024 BTSB #: 634332 Available Dewey: 818/BAges: 4-8 Genres: Subjects: Baldwin, James African Americans - Biography American authors - Biography Summary: Before he became a legendary writer, James "Jimmy" Baldwin was a young boy from Harlem, New York who loved stories. He found joy in the rhythm of music, family, and books. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Mr. McCloskey's marvelous mallards : the making of make way for ducklings by Smith, Emma Bland BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2022)Publication Date: 11/01/2022 BTSB #: 827139 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 6-8 Lexile: 610 Genres: Subjects: McCloskey, Robert,|d1914-2003.|tMake way for ducklings American authors - Biography Illustrators - Biography Ducks Summary: This behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the classic and beloved picture book Make Way for Ducklings will captivate young artists, writers, readers, and animal lovers alike. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- No map, great trip : a young writer's road to page one by Fleischman, Paul BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2019)Publication Date: 10/08/2019 BTSB #: 340774 Available Dewey: 810/AAges: 8-12 AR: 6.2 MG Genres: Subjects: Fleischman, Paul American authors - Biography Summary: A memoir about growing up with a father who was an award-winning author and how the author began his own writing career. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Of words and water : the story of Wilma Dykeman writer, historian, environmentalist by Hitchcock, Shannon Paperback(Reycraft Books, 2024)Publication Date: 04/16/2024 BTSB #: 447456 Available Dewey: 333.7209/BAges: 7-12 Lexile: 860 Genres: Subjects: Dykeman, Wilma Environmentalists - Biography American authors - Biography Women - Biography Summary: This lyrical picture book biography of writer and environmentalist Wilma Dykeman traces how her love for a local river led to her efforts to protect it and the livelihood of those who depended on it. Throughout her life she taught that water is the irreplaceable gift; it is life. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 8.16 * 0.00 +- Ordinary hazards : a memoir by Grimes, Nikki BTSB Prebound(WordSong, 2019)Publication Date: 10/08/2019 BTSB #: 402543 Available Dewey: 800/AAges: 12-14 AR: 5.5 UG Lexile: 840 Genres: Subjects: Grimes, Nikki American authors - Biography Women authors - Biography African Americans - Biography Summary: Explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Scribbles, sorrows, and russet leather boots : the life of Louisa May Alcott by Rosenberg, Liz BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)Publication Date: 10/05/2021 BTSB #: 764770 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 10-14 F&P: Z+ Genres: Subjects: Alcott, Louisa May,|d1832-1888 American authors - Biography American women authors|y19th century - Biography American literature Summary: Faced with the expectations of her loving but hapless family, the Alcotts, and of nineteenth-century New England society, Louisa struggled to find her place. Undaunted by periods of abject poverty and enriched by friendships with some of the greatest minds of her time and place, she was determined to have a future, no matter the cost. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 27.29 * 0.00 +- Sunshine by Krosoczka, Jarrett Paperback(Scholastic, 2023)Publication Date: 04/18/2023 BTSB #: 533177 Available Dewey: 741.59/AAges: 12-16 Lexile: 460 HL Genres: Subjects: Krosoczka, Jarrett Illustrators - Biography American authors - Biography Camps Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Summary: The author brings readers back to Camp Sunshine to meet the campers and fellow counselors who changed the course of his life. Follow-up to Hey, Kiddo. In graphic novel format. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 12.29 * 0.00 +- Sunshine by Krosoczka, Jarrett BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2023)Publication Date: 04/18/2023 BTSB #: 533196 Available Dewey: 741.59/AAges: 12-16 Lexile: 460 HL Genres: Subjects: Krosoczka, Jarrett Illustrators - Biography American authors - Biography Camps Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Summary: The author brings readers back to Camp Sunshine to meet the campers and fellow counselors who changed the course of his life. Follow-up to Hey, Kiddo. In graphic novel format. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 20.98 * 0.00 +- Thoreau at Walden by Porcellino, John Paperback(Hyperion, 2018)Publication Date: 09/25/2018 BTSB #: 726796 Available Dewey: 818/BAges: 7-10 AR: 5.8 MG+ Lexile: 1120 GN F&P: Z Genres: Subjects: Thoreau, Henry David,|d1817-1862 American authors - Biography Summary: A child accompanies the famous writer and naturalist for a day at Walden Pond. A graphic novel biography. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 10.65 * 0.00 +- Walk in the words by Talbott, Hudson BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2021)Publication Date: 09/14/2021 BTSB #: 871300 Available Dewey: 810/AAges: 4-8 AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 540 AD Genres: Subjects: Talbott, Hudson - Childhood and youth American authors - Biography Autobiography Books and reading Dyslexia Self-esteem Summary: Through a story from his own childhood, Hudson Talbott shares the challenges--and ultimately the rewards--of being a non-mainstream kind of learner. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- With great power : the marvelous Stan Lee by Eriksen, Annie Hunter BTSB Prebound(Page Street, 2021)Publication Date: 10/05/2021 BTSB #: 314368 Available Dewey: 741.59/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4.5 LG Genres: Subjects: Lee, Stan,|d1922-2018 Comic books, strips, etc American authors - Biography Superheroes Summary: For Stan Lee, it was books of adventure, monsters, and magic that helped him transform from an ordinary boy to a superstar superhero creator. At first, reading these stories was a pathway to a world bigger than his family's tiny apartment in New York City, but it wasn't long until Stan was crafting his own stories, creating comics professionally when he was still just a teenager! Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! 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