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Language
English
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Nica would do anything to avoid the hassles of her sister's bonding ceremony-the wrap fittings, hairstyles, and braided fire coral-but she never imagined that the waters covering her planet would be broken. As the heavens rained fire and stone, mountains erupted from the sea and dry ground was birthed on the Deep, dividing the water-and the Olomi people-for the first time in their history. In the wake of her world's violent re-formation, Nica's family...
4) Drought
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Ruby Prosser wishes to escape where she lives and have freedom.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Charlie, a boy with autism, describes what his life is like with his twin sister Callie, who does not have autism, and explains how water--whether in a pool, a tub, or in the aquarium--is like a warm hug, which settles him down and calms his mind, allowing him to focus and cope.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sweeping across centuries, and stretching from Mesopotamia to London, this is an enchanting new novel by Booker Prize finalist Elif Shafak that conjures a trio of characters living in the shadow of one of the greatest epic poems (The Epid of Gilgamesh) of all time"--
Author
Publisher
Whispering Coyote
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sidney says that swimming is dumb to disguise the fact that he is afraid, but with the help of his friends and an understanding instructor, he learns that swimming can be fun.
10) Secret justice
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
386 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
James W. Huston takes the hottest issue of our time-the War on Terrorism-and explores it with a compelling, stay-up-late thriller filled with high-stakes courtroom drama, white-knuckle in-the-cockpit flying, and the shadowy world of American Special Forces operations. Lieutenant Kent "Rat" Rathman is back. In the middle of the desert, in the dead of night, Lieutenant Rathman parachutes with his Special Forces team into Sudan, where an arms merchant...
Author
Series
Forever Desert volume 1
Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Set in a secondary world reminiscent of Saharan Africa, Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy's epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother's life. They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City of Lies? In the City of Lies, they cut out your...
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl celebrates our most precious natural resource, describes the sources of water and its importance to all living things, and expresses her gratitude for this gift of nature.
13) Hey, water!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 410L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Splashy illustrations and simple text explore water in its many shapes and forms"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones La Fragatina
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
1.a edicion.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
Español
Description
This book gives the reader instructions not only to hug the sea, but also to establish a connection full of poetry and tenderness.
Author
Publisher
Vista Higher Learning/Santillana USA
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
38 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
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A beautifully-illustrated, lyrical exploration of the values, connections, and wisdom of Indigenous people as it relates to water and Mother Earth. This book was inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements in North America to protect water as a sacred source of and for life.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Alf is scared of water-but he's not about to let that keep him from enjoying summer with his water-loving friends. In this slyly humorous story, Alf creatively confronts his fears and comes up with a surprising solution. It's the summer and everyone is out swimming under the sun . . . well, almost everyone. While all his friends love canoeing down rivers and splashing in the community pool, Alf would rather remain on dry land. This makes hanging with...
17) Drip
Author
Series
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Watch Drip travel through streams, rivers, the ocean and clouds to become a little drip once again. A die-cut right through to the last page of the book highlights that nature is full of changes, but that the story begins and ends with a tiny drop of water."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
897 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning--and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of spooky stories about what happens when children go into water.
Three friends have been stuck in the house for two days because of rain. Now that it has stopped, they go outside, but are warned by Leon's mother to be careful near the creek because the water is high. Each child tells a scary story that includes water and a few classic folktale elements.
20) The whale child
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 17 x 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Shiny, a whale child, is turned into a boy to teach Alex, a young girl, the wisdom of the Native American value of environmental stewardship so that she can share it with others. Includes glossary of environmental terms, facts about Pacific Northwest Native cultures, and other educational resources.
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