FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Informing the Cupcake Club that she is relinquishing her leadership role when she feels her organizational skills are unappreciated, Alexis discovers valuable lessons about leadership and asking for help in the face of disorder, missed deadlines and dwindling supplies. Original.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. With the Avengers giving chase to Thanos throughout the Galaxy, Falcon is given the task of holding down the fort at Avengers mansion and monitoring the planet's safety. All seems well when suddenly a threat arises that threatens to destroy all major cities throughout the Unites States! When Falcon discovers that Ultron is behind this, he recruits some familiar faces to help take him down: Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, the Vision, Black Widow, and Hawkeye! Will Falcon be able to accept his new role as team captain and lead the new Avengers to victory? It's fight or flight...read more

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Product Description: Come explore this sweet little book about a lion who sacrifices his desire to be friends with the other jungle animals because of his natural instinct to eat them for dinner! It is a beautifully illustrated paperback that teaches little ones about the importance of love, friendship, and family...read more

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Product Description: After being excluded from Helen’s family-tree school project because she isn’t a human family member, Martha decides to get in touch with her own roots. What better way to do that than to live in the wild like her wolf ancestors? Martha succeeds in convincing the neighborhood dogs to join her pack, but getting them to stay is a different story...read more

Product Description: A most provocative business parable for our troubled times, LeaderShift is the story of how David Mersher, the successful CEO of IndyTech, sets out to discover why the United States is losing its leadership edge and what he can do to turn things around and make America truly great again...read more

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Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the fourth book in the Resisters series. As Ethan and the other Resisters explore Titan Base, they learn more about human technology prior to the alien Ch'zar's conquering of Earth. But before they can fully understand the weapons now at their disposal, the Ch'zar find their new base! The Resisters have just one chance left—if they can destroy the aliens' huge industrial complex, they can buy themselves some time. But to do it, they'll have to infiltrate the Ch'zar collective and risk being absorbed by the hive mind.

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From star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan comes the first book in an empowering, fun-filled middle grade series about believing in yourself and working as a team.Twelve-year-old Devin loves to play soccer. If she hadn’t just left Connecticut to move across the country, she would have been named seventh-grade captain on her school soccer team. But now that Devin is starting seventh grade in Kentville, California, all bets are off. After all, some of the best players on the US national team come from California. She’s sure to have stiff competition. Or so she thinks. When Devin shows up for tryouts, she discovers that the Kentville Kangaroos—otherwise known as the Kicks—are an absolute mess. Their coach couldn’t care less whether the girls win or lose. And Devin is easily one of the most talented players. The good news is, Devin quickly makes friends with funny, outgoing Jessi; shy but sweet Zoe; and klutzy Emma. Can Devin and her newfound friends pull together and save the team from itself?

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Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund again brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the riveting second book in The Resisters series. Even as he trains to be a pilot for the Resisters, twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood is still reeling from the news that aliens called the Ch'zar have taken over the world and put all the adults under their mind control. Now the Ch'zar mechanical bug armies are growing. The Resisters need more pilots like Ethan, kids who aren't afraid to think for themselves. Ethan knows just where the Ch'zar send troublemakers like that—to Sterling Reform School. Can Ethan find a way to break into Sterling and recruit new fighters before the enemy discovers the Resisters' underground base?

even as he trains to be a pilot for the Resisters, twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood is still reeling from the news that aliens called the Ch’zar have taken over the world and put all the adults under their mind control. Now the Ch’zar’s mechanical bug armies are growing. The Resisters need more pilots like Ethan, kids who aren’t afraid to think for themselves. Ethan knows just where the Ch’zar send troublemakers like him ― to Sterling Reform School. Can Ethan find a way to break into Sterling and recruit new fighters before the enemy discovers the Resisters’ underground base? Million-copy bestselling HALO author Eric Nylund again brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the riveting second book in the Resisters series.

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