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181) Rez dogs
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--
Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation. She's there for a visit when, suddenly, all travel shuts down. There's a new virus making people sick, and Malian will have to stay with her grandparents for the duration. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but Malian knows how to keep her family...
Author
Publisher
Poppy, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Best friends Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales grapple with the complexities of their relationship even while they spend their senior year apart due to a pandemic that disproportionately affects young people.
Parisa Naficy, an earnest and privileged Iranian American, struggles to live up to her own impossible standards. Gabriela Gonzales, a cynical Mexican American, has all the confidence Parisa lacks but none of the financial stability. Despite...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a malaria epidemic in late eighteenth-century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and himself by having the strength to carry and grind enough corn to feed everyone.
Author
Publisher
DC Zoom
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With the news of the Four Fingers taking refuge in the land of Landis, Batkid, Superboy, and Tilly begin their journey to stop the deadly virus from being unleashed onto the world. Meanwhile, Candace has found her way to Landis and is taken underground to a group of people who still believe her to be the true queen of Landis."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces COVID-19, the spread of viruses, and preventative measures that children can add to their daily habits such as hand-washing, healthy eating, exercise, and paying attention to additional instructions from adults.
186) Violeta
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great...
188) Rebellion, 1776
Author
Publisher
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1776, thirteen-year-old Elspeth Culpepper wakes to the sound of cannons. It's the Siege of Boston, the Patriots' massive drive to push the Loyalists out that turns the city into a chaotic war zone. Elspeth's father-her only living relative-has gone missing, leaving her alone and adrift in a broken town while desperately seeking employment to avoid the orphanage. Just when things couldn't feel worse, the smallpox epidemic sweeps across...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on William Brinkley's popular novel, it chronicles a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world's population. Because of its positioning, the Navy destroyer USS Nathan James avoided falling victim to the devastating tragedy. But now the crew and its captain must confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they may be among the few remaining survivors.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From the beloved author of Insomniac City, a poignant and profound tribute in stories and images to a city amidst a pandemic. A bookstore where readers shout their orders from the street. A neighborhood restaurant turned to-go place where one has a shared drink--on either end of a bar--with the owner. These scenes, among many others, became the new normal as soon as the world began to face the COVID-19 pandemic. In How We Live Now, author and photographer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After a brief introduction to the COVID-19 pandemic, terms such as "social distancing" and "flattening the curve" are defined in simple language for children, as well as ideas for staying connected with friends and family, such as video chats, writing pen pals through regular mail, and drawing inspiring pictures for neighbors in sidewalk chalk.
192) Poison at the pump
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Join cousins Patrick and Beth as they race to discover how a deadly cholera infection is being spread. Many in London have died. Dr. John Snow is a scientist. He is sure he knows how to keep people from getting sick. Curate Henry Whitehead disagrees. So does Nurse Florence Nightingale. Can the disease be stopped before Patrick gets sick? -- Page [4] cover.
193) Distance learning
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book reviews what a pandemic is and why it's causing students to learn from home. It also explains the ways distance learning is accomplished and the positive outcomes of learning from home, even if being away from friends and teachers is difficult. Photos and images, glossary terms, and an index are also provided.
Author
Publisher
Pink Pangolin LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Join fuzzy bears, flapping owls, and more adorable animal friends as they prove that distance can't overcome love and friendship! This book explores the creative ways animals might show affection while social distancing and delivers a reassuring message of love and resilience.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don't suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands . . . hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can't be dug...
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