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1) Autumn
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The adults are all dead. Society has collapsed.Two groups of teenagers are locked in a territorial war over resources while the very land under their feet seems keen to devour them...Reuben believes the animals are trying to tell them something, while headstrong Gus is sticking to 'kill or be killed'. And as tensions continue to rise, both sides resort to spying on the enemies for information.When Grace is sent into town she discovers a new, larger...
2) Summer
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The adults are all dead. Society has collapsed.Two groups of teenagers emerge on either side of a rural village, traumatised, bereaved and determined to survive.As tribes form and territorial lines are drawn, can they overcome their differences and find a way to rebuild?Or will gang warfare end this emerging new world before its even begun?Each of them have their theories about what killed the adults and as the dust settles on the old world, a far...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2020]
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English
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"Kids will learn what it means to take care of Earth and all of the life it supports with these fun and educational apps, interactive books, and activities. Learn how to keep the Earth happy; Learn about the water crisis; Discover animals and their habitats; Explore the ocean and sea life."--
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Embark on an interplanetary adventure with "The Day Earth Kids Met Martian Friends" – an enchanting kids' story ebook that ignites the imagination and celebrates the magic of friendship across the cosmos. Overview: Join Lily, Jake, Mia, and Noah, a group of adventurous kids who discover a mysterious signal from Mars, inviting them to befriend Martian children. What follows is a cosmic journey filled with laughter, games, and unexpected challenges,...
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As the guns in Jerusalem fell silent in 1967 nothing could be heard across the hushed city except the faint flutter of history. Then it started again - the rumble of heavy vehicles, the unforgiving crump of explosives. This time the sounds were of bulldozers plowing through border barriers and the demise of minefields. Jewish and Arab Jerusalem were separated briefly only by a strip of neutered no-man's-land so narrow that a boy could throw a stone...
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Hollie Porter, marketing director and First Lady of sea otters, is thrilled when prestigious Vancouver eco-first company Clarke Innovations chooses Revelation Cove to host their annual Green It Up Eco-Summit over Earth Day weekend. With his major-junior hockey team's playoff run cut short, Ryan is back at the Cove where together, he and Hollie are excited to show local business owners that going green can be both fun and profitable. But you know what...
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"This book reveals new science and remarkable discoveries about the octopus, one of nature's most elusive and intelligent animals"--
"The companion to the highly-anticipated National Geographic television special--narrated by Paul Rudd and airing for Earth Day--this beautifully illustrated book explores the alluring underwater world of the octopus--a creature that resembles an alien lifeform, but whose behavior has earned it a reputation as one of...
10) Forest
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"A simple introduction to the beauty and life within forests, encouraging young readers to connect with nature"--
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Embark on a whirlwind of holiday fun, romantic escapades, and eco-adventures with Hollie Porter and her hunky hockey husband, Ryan, in Hollie Porter Gone Wild: A Novella Trilogy. This wacky collection brings together three hilarious novellas filled with all the Hollie Porter shenanigans you can imagine . . . and then some.
In Hollie Porter's Hat Trick Christmas, join Hollie as she navigates a chaotic Christmas at Revelation Cove, complete with a snow-bound...
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Award-winning journalist and CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir takes readers through time and around our changing world to confront the biggest threats to life as we know it and search for proven ways to build happier, healthier, and more resilient communities, come what may.
While reporting from every state and continent, and filming his acclaimed CNN Original Series, The Wonder List, Bill Weir has spent decades telling the stories of unique...
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Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Summer Reading helps kids stay motivated, maintain reading skills, and learn all summer long! Kids will build confidence and avoid summer slide as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad!
Word-A-Licious is an interactive word flashcard game for young children. Using a combination of vibrant game graphics and crystal clear photos, you'll help...
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Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Summer Reading helps kids stay motivated, maintain reading skills, and learn all summer long! Kids will build confidence and avoid summer slide as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks.
Daniela knows there are many things we can do to keep Earth happy and healthy. Read about them!
Toss the trash into the bin and never get bored! Set up your own challenge by choosing the environment and and check the wind...
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Katharine Wright volume 1
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December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking off in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with its historic fifty-seven second flight, their sister Katharine is back home in Dayton, Ohio, running the bicycle shop, teaching Latin, and looking after the family. A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual, and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she's frustrated...
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"Thirty-eight years old, fit and handsome, John Blackburn was a former Air Force pilot and evangelical Christian. His wife, a veterinarian, healed animals and homeschooled their five children with the Bible as their textbook. The coming end of days was certainty, not poetry, and for John, the end did arrive--cancer. The healing hands of his community hovered over growing tumors in his torso, but his disease continued to progress. At the time, no one...
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2024.
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"The Flattery sisters, four brilliant and very different girls raised in a small town south of Dublin, were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in a tragic accident. Now, in their thirties--each unmarried, each holding a PhD--they are striving to make an impact on an increasingly volatile world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to fancy catering gigs in London's Notting Hill, until one...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"What happens to the women who choose to work in a country struggling to reconcile a traditional culture with the demands of globalization? In this sharply drawn, immersive portrait of Egyptian society, veteran reporter Leslie T. Chang follows three women as they establish businesses and careers in a country that throws up obstacles at every step, from economic upheaval to conservative marriage expectations to a failing education system. Working in...
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