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2) The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need...
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The story of one young hippie's quest in the 1970s for belonging and liberation that leads not only to peace, love, and rock and roll but that sets into motion a new counterculture crusade a Jesus Movement changing the course of history. Inspired by a true movement, it tells the story of a young Greg Laurie being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene in the 1970s. Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California to redefine...
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"Parece que todos tienen una idea para la feria de ciencias, ¡menos Yasmín! Después de un par de experimentos fallidos, Yasmín se inspira durante su merienda con Nani. Juntas, usan la ciencia de la cocina para sentir el dulce sabor del éxito."--Back cover.
Everyone seems to have an idea for the science fair except for Yasmin, but after some failed experiments Yasmin's snack break with Nani inspires an idea.
5) G.I. blues
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Elvis plays an Oklahoma singer who gets out of the army and wants to open a club.
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Yasmín está entusiasmada porque su escuela tiene un nuevo programa de reciclaje. Pero no le resulta fácil animar a sus amigos a hacer su parte. Con un poco de pensamiento creativo, ¿llegarán a reciclar los amigos de Yasmín?"--Back cover.
Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program, but getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task.
7) Speedway
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"World 600" stock car driver, Steve Grayson, has nerves of steel and a heart of gold. Internal Revenue collection agent Susan Jacks is hot on Steve's trail. When the two meet, it's pedal-to-the-metal action. Kenny Donford, Steve's manager, mismanages Steve into a $145,000 jam and Steve has to figure out how to get out of trouble.
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In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and Americans are despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child. --from Publisher
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Ana y Andrew Piensan que han visto todos los lugares divertidos en su ciudad natal de Washington, DC.
Ana & Andrew think they have seen every fun place in their hometown of Washington, DC. They are surprised when Papa takes the family to a spot they haven't visited! There, they honor an ancestor who fought for freedom
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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La clase de Yasmín va a la biblioteca, ¡y a ella le toca ser la ayudante! Le encanta devolver los libros a la estantería, pero de repente se da cuenta que el libro especial que trajo no está. ¿Cómo lo encontrará entre todos los demás libros?
It is library day and helper Yasmin is busy shelving books, but suddenly she discovers that her own special book is missing, prompting her to calmly retrace her steps.
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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Yasmin está emocionada porque asistirá a una boda. Pero cuando empiezan a cantar, se siente muy tímida y no se anima a participar. Encuentra un lugar tranquilo para esconderse. Entonces, ¿cómo llega a ser el centro de atención?"--Back cover.
Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in.
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In Jessup County, 1964, as three civil rights activists drive down a desolate stretch of highway, headlights ominously draw near. Telling each other to stay calm, they have no way of knowing that in minutes they will disappear into the night and spark one of the most explosive murder investigations in history. Enter straight-laced Ward and deceptively easy-going Anderson.
18) Jonrón
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Ana & Andrew are finally old enough to play team sports! Andrew tries out for the baseball team. When he is nervous before his first game, Papa tells him to think of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball.
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