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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
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Series
Description
"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
3) Stone Shapes
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"You can make shape is many different ways. Read about these shapes on a beach, and then think of something you could use to do the same thing where you live."
10) Violet Measures
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Violet loves math, and she always finds tasty ways to practice. Help this funny puppet friendmake trail mix!
11) Violet Sorts
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Violet loves math, and she always finds tasty ways to practice. Help this furry puppet friend sort colored candy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child...