Jack E Davis
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Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporitng human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, both beautiful and life-giving, though...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples...
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The Zack files volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Zack goes to Florida to visit Mel & Shirley's Wonderful World of Dolphins, he is surprised to discover that he can understand and speak to dolphins, which enables him to solve a kidnapping. When Zack is given the chance to swim with dolphins on a trip to Florida, he dives right in. But before long, Zack is surprised to find that the dolphins are trying to tell him something ? and even more surprised that he can understand and talk to them! There's...
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The Zack files volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After hearing stories that a Bigfoot-like monster is haunting Camp Weno-wanna-getta-wedgee, ten-year-old Zack begins to find evidence that the legend may be true.
8) Bedhead
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Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After many unsuccessful attempts to control his unruly hair one morning, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem--until he gets to school and finds that it is school picture day.
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Series
The Zack files volume 5
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While Zack is being treated by Dr. Jekyll, his new orthodontist, the doctor undergoes a strange transformation into a growling monster.
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Series
The Zack files volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After an electrifying experiment in science class gives Zack a shock, he realizes that he can read other people's minds.
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Series
The Zack files volume 14
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Late one night when ten-year-old Zack hears strains of "You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog" coming from the refrigerator, he discovers the possibility that Elvis lives on as a turnip.
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Series
The Zack files volume 21
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten-year-old Zack gets gets a chance to meet the old horror flim star Count Bugosi, who may or may not be a real vampire.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sam is never ready to go to sleep at bedtime. There are always more questions to ask Mama, more books to read . . . not to mention the monkeys! Sams rambunctious trio of toy monkeys would much rather jump on the bed and make up songs about ping pong than go to sleep.
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Series
The Zack files volume 2
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Zack opens his medicine cabinet one morning and sees a boy who could be his double staring back at him, he enters a parallel universe.
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Series
The Zack files volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While on a class picnic in Central Park, ten-year-old Zack gets a chance to study ants close up and personal when he uses way too much of a classmate's diet powder and shrinks to their size.
17) Bozo the clone
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 10
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Zack uses a magic box from Tibet to produce a duplicate of himself, he finds that he has created more problems than he has solved.
18) Just a minute
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While Johnny waits for his mother to finish her shopping, he feels that so much time has passed that he has become an old man.
20) Monster goose
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A collection of twenty-five nursery rhymes, rewritten to feature vampires, ghouls, mummies, the Loch Ness monster, and other fearsome creatures.