Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459825586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Key Selling Points In The King of Jam Sandwiches , ayoung teen is afraid to let anyone know what is going on at home. This book examines the effects of mental illness, poverty and parental neglect. This is a very personal story for Eric Walters, informed by his own experience. Eric Walters has written over 100 books and is an avid presenter visiting thousands of students each year.
The King of Jam Sandwiches
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459825586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Key Selling Points In The King of Jam Sandwiches , ayoung teen is afraid to let anyone know what is going on at home. This book examines the effects of mental illness, poverty and parental neglect. This is a very personal story for Eric Walters, informed by his own experience. Eric Walters has written over 100 books and is an avid presenter visiting thousands of students each year.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459825586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Key Selling Points In The King of Jam Sandwiches , ayoung teen is afraid to let anyone know what is going on at home. This book examines the effects of mental illness, poverty and parental neglect. This is a very personal story for Eric Walters, informed by his own experience. Eric Walters has written over 100 books and is an avid presenter visiting thousands of students each year.
Branded
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554692679
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Ian learns that the company that makes the uniforms for his school is reputed to use child labor.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554692679
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Ian learns that the company that makes the uniforms for his school is reputed to use child labor.
Tagged
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459801695
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Oswald uses graffiti to fight back against an over-bearing politician.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459801695
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Oswald uses graffiti to fight back against an over-bearing politician.
House Party
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551437414
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Casey wanted a party, not a riot.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551437414
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Casey wanted a party, not a riot.
Houston, Is There A Problem?
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459828755
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Key Selling Points A young teen earns a scholarship to go to space camp. The first in the Teen Astronauts series featuring Houston at space camp. Examines themes of perseverance, leadership and growth mindset. This is an adventure story with an exciting setting: astronaut training camp. Eric Walters is very well known to librarians and booksellers.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459828755
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Key Selling Points A young teen earns a scholarship to go to space camp. The first in the Teen Astronauts series featuring Houston at space camp. Examines themes of perseverance, leadership and growth mindset. This is an adventure story with an exciting setting: astronaut training camp. Eric Walters is very well known to librarians and booksellers.
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459827899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Key Selling Points In Don't Stand So Close to Me an eighth grader and her friends adjust to life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is set in real time during a worldwide historical event and, while it examines the harsh realities of a global pandemic, it ultimately shares a message of coming together and having hope. The book was produced in less than one month, an unprecedented publishing event; it was written and released during the same pandemic it is set in. A portion of the sales will be donated to Lakeside HOPE House in the author's hometown of Guelph, Ontario. HOPE House offers immediate relief and ongoing support to those in need as well as programs and community projects that challenge the stigmas surrounding poverty. With increasing financial insecurity for many due to COVID-19, their work is now more important than ever.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459827899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Key Selling Points In Don't Stand So Close to Me an eighth grader and her friends adjust to life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is set in real time during a worldwide historical event and, while it examines the harsh realities of a global pandemic, it ultimately shares a message of coming together and having hope. The book was produced in less than one month, an unprecedented publishing event; it was written and released during the same pandemic it is set in. A portion of the sales will be donated to Lakeside HOPE House in the author's hometown of Guelph, Ontario. HOPE House offers immediate relief and ongoing support to those in need as well as programs and community projects that challenge the stigmas surrounding poverty. With increasing financial insecurity for many due to COVID-19, their work is now more important than ever.
The Giant Jam Sandwich
Author: John Vernon Lord
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 054466423X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In this funny and zany picture book, villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap the wasps that have invaded their town. It's a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. Young readers will love this lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was! Don't miss this classic funny read-aloud picture book!
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 054466423X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In this funny and zany picture book, villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap the wasps that have invaded their town. It's a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. Young readers will love this lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was! Don't miss this classic funny read-aloud picture book!
Grind
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554696313
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Philip lives for skateboarding. School is merely the break between trying to land a difficult jump and outrunning the security guards. When he and his best friend Wally meet a professional skateboarder who videotapes himself for his website, Philip thinks they can do it too—and make money at the same time. When they start getting hits on their website—and making money—they start to feel the pressure to do more and more dangerous stunts. Also available in Spanish or French.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554696313
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Philip lives for skateboarding. School is merely the break between trying to land a difficult jump and outrunning the security guards. When he and his best friend Wally meet a professional skateboarder who videotapes himself for his website, Philip thinks they can do it too—and make money at the same time. When they start getting hits on their website—and making money—they start to feel the pressure to do more and more dangerous stunts. Also available in Spanish or French.
Juice
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551433516
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
When a new coach comes to their school, Michael and his teammates are convinced that steroids are the way to compete.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551433516
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
When a new coach comes to their school, Michael and his teammates are convinced that steroids are the way to compete.
Me and Banksy
Author: Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735266921
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A Banksy-style protest against cameras in classrooms brings a group of middle-grade students together. For fans of Rebecca Stead, Susin Nielsen and Gordon Korman. Dominica's private school is covered in cameras, and someone is hacking into them and posting embarrassing moments for the whole school to see. Like Ana picking her nose. When Dominica quickly changes her shirt from inside out in what she thinks is the privacy of a quiet corner in the library, she's shocked -- and embarrassed -- to discover a video has captured this and is currently circulating amongst her schoolmates. So mortifying, especially since over the past three years, they've had a half-dozen school talks about social media safety. Who has access to the school security cameras and why are they doing this? Dominica and her best friends, Holden and Saanvi, are determined to find out, and in the process start an art-based student campaign against cameras in the classroom.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735266921
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A Banksy-style protest against cameras in classrooms brings a group of middle-grade students together. For fans of Rebecca Stead, Susin Nielsen and Gordon Korman. Dominica's private school is covered in cameras, and someone is hacking into them and posting embarrassing moments for the whole school to see. Like Ana picking her nose. When Dominica quickly changes her shirt from inside out in what she thinks is the privacy of a quiet corner in the library, she's shocked -- and embarrassed -- to discover a video has captured this and is currently circulating amongst her schoolmates. So mortifying, especially since over the past three years, they've had a half-dozen school talks about social media safety. Who has access to the school security cameras and why are they doing this? Dominica and her best friends, Holden and Saanvi, are determined to find out, and in the process start an art-based student campaign against cameras in the classroom.