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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Publisher's description: The fascinating history of a simple black rock that has shaped our world--and now threatens it. In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, expanded frontiers, and sparked social movements, and still powers...
142) Changeless
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears, leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria. But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility....
143) Caleb and Kit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
From award-winning author Beth Vrabel comes a powerfully moving story about a magical friendship, coping with disability, and the pains of growing up and growing apart. Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis meaning lungs that fill with mucus and a shortened lifespan. Caleb tries not to let his disorder define him, but it can be hard with an overprotective...
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Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
When her father loses his job, seven-year-old Ramona Quimby thinks of ways to deal with the many problems that develop.
146) The human body
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Examines the structure and function of various parts of the human body, including bones, muscles, heart, lungs, brain, nervous system, digestive system, immune system, and reproductive organs.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"The secret to making sure your college years are the best of your life is making time for self-care. If you've been working for hours on your latest paper, take a walk around campus to get moving. If you're feeling tired after a long week of classes and activities, give yourself permission to say no to those Friday night plans and take a relaxing evening for yourself. Self-Care for College Students offers suggestions that help you tackle every aspect...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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"A powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there...
150) The Neptune Project
Author
Series
Neptune Project volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
No one asked Nere if she wanted to become a science experiment--they just went right ahead and bio-engineered her lungs to be able to breath water as well as air. She and a group of other genetically modified kids find out they are part of "The Neptune Project," which aims at creating a new human society in the ocean, far away from the dangers of land. However, the dangers of the sea are just as deadly.
151) Respiratory system
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
This title teaches readers about the respiratory system. Readers will learn that the respiratory system and circulatory system are best buds, and about how oxygen moves from the air, to the lungs, into the blood and to cells throughout the body.
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"Searching for a missing man in the Arizona territories was a job Henry Logan was eager to take. His lungs, damaged from malaria during the Spanish-American War, could use a rest. But when the people of Nogales got the mistaken impression that he was a gunman instead of a gunsmith, Logan suddenly found himself the target of jeers -- and bullets. All of which made it harder to uncover the truth about the missing Rip Parrish, especially when the evidence...
153) Becoming a frog
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the various stages in the life cycle of a frog, from the egg to the adult frog with fully developed lungs and full-grown legs.--
154) The power pack
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Looks at the way in which the lungs, airways, heart and blood work together to power the human body.
155) Circulatory system
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Delves beneath the surface to describe how the lungs, heart, and blood vessels work together to deliver blood, oxygen, and other important substances to all parts of the body.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"As provincial Sicily bursts into life with the jaunty hum of pop music and the heady scent of wild jasmine, fifteen-year-old Oliva Denaro dares to challenge convention, ignoring the taunts of peers, her mother’s scolds, and her own changing body. Spirited and carefree, she loves to run until her lungs burst: to feel the strength of her lithe limbs, to relish the freedom she cherishes, to honor the friends forced by propriety to conform. Though...
157) Breathing
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Description
This book introduces breathing by illustrating how the inside of the body looks and by explaining how the lungs work.
158) Two women of Galilee
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Seeking to restore health to her lungs, Joanna, wife to Herod's chief steward, approaches her cousin Mary, mother of the healer Jesus. Though their families were estranged when Joanna's parents adopted Roman ways, Mary welcomes her graciously. Jesus indeed heals Joanna's body...and her soul blossoms through her friendship with Mary and with her work as one of his disciples. But as word of Jesus' miracles reaches King Herod's court, intrigue, treachery...
159) Your insides
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Description
Examines the different parts of the body and how they work, including the muscles, digestive organs, and lungs.
Author
Series
Daughters of the promised land volume 6
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"The first time she opens her eyes, Eve gazes on One whose beauty nearly blinds her, whose breath is in her lungs. Her Creator takes her hand and gives her to one like her and yet different. Together, she and Adam experience pure joy as they explore Eden. But her favorite moments are when the Creator comes to walk with them, day after day.Until everything changes. With one act of disobedience, Eve finds that her world is no longer a friendly place....