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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 31
Description
It is 1995. Dirk Pitt, on a mission to find the remains of a Pharaoh's funeral barge buried in the bottom of the Nile, rescues an attractive young woman, Dr. Eva Rojas, a biochemist with the UN World Health Organization, from being murdered by thugs on a beach near Alexandria. As the race is on to save the world from environmental catastrophe Dirk Pitt and his friends plunge into darkest Africa, battling their way up the Niger to a huge, secret, hazardous...
4) Spider legs
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Pub. Date
[1998]
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Harvard scientist Nathan Smallwood leads an expedition to capture a giant sea spider which is killing fishermen off Newfoundland. The spider was genetically engineered by a woman biologist to punish people for polluting the sea.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.5 - AR Pts: 19
Description
"First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. 'Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Publisher Annotation: Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption-a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade.
10) Trace elements
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Series
Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 29
Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 29
Commissario Brunetti Mysteries volume 29
Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 29
Commissario Brunetti Mysteries volume 29
Description
"When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him, Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni...
11) The Lorax
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem.
12) Just A Dream
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Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
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Pout-pout fish adventures volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Mr. Fish and an increasing number of sea creatures investigate, then decide how to deal with, a huge mess in the ocean. Includes tips for the reader to help clean up and protect the ocean.
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Our House Is Round gently guides young readers through a smartly narrated conversation illuminating the concept of global connection and environmental cause and effect. This book teaches the whys behind earth conservation in a colorful, positive way that encourages maturity, responsibility, and problem-solving discussion."--Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Young readers learn all about pollution and how to protect earth with Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends. Keep water clean, pick up litter, and recycle to help stop pollution.
How can you be kind to Earth?
Interior paper made with 30 percent recycled post-consumer waste fibers.
18) Air pollution
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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An illustrated introduction to the study of air pollution, providing facts and information on the causes of air pollution, the ozone layer, climate change, and related topics; and including air pollution brain teasers and instructions to perform a related experiment.
19) One two three
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"Mab is the "normal" one, never mind Bourne Memorial High School has banned that term, and besides, she's a stickler for words and definitions and knows normal isn't normal in Bourne. Monday is a stickler for everything else. She doesn't like abbreviations, contractions, lies, typos, or wearing green clothes on yellow days. When the Bourne library shut down-funds desperately needed elsewhere-she stashed the books under her bed, behind the sofa, along...
20) Turn the tide
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi...Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won.Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--