https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k en-us 2023-02-06 14:13:52 UTC 2023-02-14 20:11:02 UTC hello@padlet.com elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470131770 2023-02-06 14:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470131770 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470135901 Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school--and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to push back against Viola's relentless judgment, but nothing seems to work until she strikes up new friendships at school. Livy hopes that Viola's days are numbered. But when tensions arise both at home and at school, Viola rears her head stronger than ever. Only when Livy learns how to ask for help and face her anxiety does she finally figure out how to live with Viola.]]> 2023-02-06 14:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470135901 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470143003 2023-02-06 14:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470143003 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470149444 Ruth Keller is bold and clever; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Encouraged by those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. Between the teasing of former friends, and a sudden viral spotlight, Ruth discovers how difficult it is for a journalist to take a stand for what's right in the face of critique and controversy.]]> 2023-02-06 14:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470149444 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470624846 2023-02-06 19:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470624846 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470643473 It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she will be okay.  Unfortunately, the teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to join Barakah Beats, a band made up of popular eighth-grade boys. The only problem is, Nimra was taught that music isn't allowed in Islam, and she knows her parents would be disappointed in her. And as she grows to care about her bandmates, Nimra has to decide whether to betray her new friends or herself.]]> 2023-02-06 19:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470643473 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470644227 2023-02-06 19:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470644227 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470647987 2023-02-06 19:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470647987 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470697003 2023-02-06 19:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470697003 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470711003 Lou and her family don't have much, but for Lou it's enough. Mom. Her sister, Casey. Their apartment in the city. 
What's enough for Lou, however, is not enough for Mom. Steve, Mom's boyfriend, isn't a bad guy, he's just...not what Lou is used to. And now, he and Mom are getting married, and that means moving. 
Their last night in the city, Lou receives a mysterious birthday gift: A guitar, left for her by their front door. There's nothing saying who left it, but it must be from Dad.  As Lou leaves the only place she's ever known, she starts to believe that if she can learn how to play it, maybe she can bring a piece of her Dad, and of her old life, home.]]> 2023-02-06 20:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470711003 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470712386 2023-02-06 20:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470712386 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470713463 2023-02-06 20:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2470713463 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472156893 2023-02-07 17:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472156893 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472159684

Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always--her own voice.]]> 2023-02-07 17:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472159684 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472160758 2023-02-07 17:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472160758 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472161458 2023-02-07 17:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472161458 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472164582 2023-02-07 17:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472164582 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472168785

When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger's attic, he knows he's supposed to throw them away. That's his summer job, getting rid of junk. But Colin wants to rescue the letters and find out what really happened to best friends Rosemary and Toby way back in the 1970s. Meanwhile, across town, Nevaeh also finds a mysterious letter. But this one reads like a confession to a crime. And Nevaeh knows her father, the "Junk King," expects her to join the rest of the family in blaming a single suspect: his business rival, Colin's mom. But that's not what Nevaeh wants, either. Even as one set of letters bring Colin and Nevaeh together, the one Nevaeh found threatens to tear them apart. Is their new friendship as doomed as Rosemary and Toby's?

]]> 2023-02-07 17:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472168785 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472170964 2023-02-07 17:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472170964 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472172164 2023-02-07 17:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472172164 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472173522 2023-02-07 17:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472173522 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472174913 2023-02-07 17:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472174913 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472175654 2023-02-07 17:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472175654 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472177627 2023-02-07 17:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472177627 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472178740 2023-02-07 17:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472178740 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472222692 2023-02-07 18:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472222692 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472319505 Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin . . . until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along. As a science kid, Mason knows do-overs are impossible, so he can't believe it when he wakes up from a freak accident and finds himself transported back to seventh grade. His parents aren't yet divorced and his beloved sheepdog is still alive. There's just one person he'll be avoiding at all costs: Ava. But will he be able to stop the chain of events that made his previous life implode?]]> 2023-02-07 19:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472319505 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472320250 2023-02-07 19:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472320250 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472321190 2023-02-07 19:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472321190 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472322266 2023-02-07 19:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472322266 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472323070 2023-02-07 19:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472323070 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472323671 2023-02-07 19:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472323671 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472325445 2023-02-07 19:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472325445 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472326924 2023-02-07 19:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472326924 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472328175 2023-02-07 19:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472328175 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472348673 2023-02-07 19:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472348673 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472352071 Shinji Takahashi is just an ordinary homeschooled smart-alecky orphan kid being raised by his aunt Yui.  But when a magical guardian decides to use him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji’s life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Captured by the menacing Hightower Corporation, Shinji must team up with a young tech whiz named Lucy and her robot mouse, Tinker, to escape the Corporation’s evil clutches. Together Shinji and Lucy turn to the respected Society of Explorers and Adventurers and its ragtag cast of hackers, mapmakers, pilots, and mythology experts, to return the guardian to its rightful home and release Shinji from its magic—which seems to be draining his life force. Time is ticking, the Hightower Corporation is hot on their tail, and success or failure depends on Shinji finally coming around to believing he is anything but ordinary.]]> 2023-02-07 19:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2472352071 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476548444 2023-02-10 15:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476548444 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476549076 2023-02-10 15:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476549076 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476549859 2023-02-10 15:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476549859 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476552874 2023-02-10 15:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476552874 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476559260 Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, where Marvellers from all around the world come together to practice their cultural arts like brewing Indian spice elixirs and bartering with fussy Irish faeries. Ella knows some people mistrust her Conjuror magic, but she's eager to make a good impression—and, hopefully, some friends. But Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy, and not all of the Marvellers are welcoming. Just as Ella begins to find her way at the A.T.I., a notorious criminal escapes from prison, supposedly with Conjurors’ help. Worse, her favorite teacher Masterji Thakur never returns from a research trip, and only Ella seems concerned about his disappearance. With the help of her new friends, Ella must find a way to track down her beloved mentor Masterji Thakur . . . before she loses her place at the A.T.I. forever.]]> 2023-02-10 15:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476559260 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476560571 2023-02-10 15:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476560571 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476560769 2023-02-10 15:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476560769 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476563140 2023-02-10 15:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476563140 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476567405 Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal.   Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother’s old closet meant for her. He’s left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Amari is certain the answer to finding out what happened to him lies somewhere inside, if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, yetis and magicians being real.  Amari must compete against some of the nation’s wealthiest kids to easily answer questions like which two Great Beasts reside in the Atlantic Ocean? With an evil magician threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn’t pass the three tryouts, she may never Quinton.]]> 2023-02-10 15:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476567405 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476568741 2023-02-10 15:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476568741 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476568989 2023-02-10 15:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476568989 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476570643 2023-02-10 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476570643 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476572059 Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep on the first night of a white water rafting trip, when he's awoken by screams. The dam has failed. The river is surging, and their camp will be under water in a matter of moments. As the shrieking roar of the river rushes closer, the kids scramble to higher ground. They make it; their counselors do not. Now they're on their own, with barely any food or supplies, in the middle of the Montana wilderness. Do Daniel and his four classmates have what it takes to stay alive until they can get rescued? Alone in the wild, they forge powerful bonds -- but develop dangerous disagreements. If nature doesn't break them, they might just destroy each other.]]> 2023-02-10 15:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476572059 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476572324 2023-02-10 15:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476572324 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476573000 2023-02-10 15:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476573000 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476573449 2023-02-10 15:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476573449 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476573962 2023-02-10 15:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476573962 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476582783 2023-02-10 15:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476582783 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476583138 2023-02-10 15:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476583138 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476583557 2023-02-10 15:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476583557 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476584098 2023-02-10 15:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476584098 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476585248 2023-02-10 15:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476585248 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476597555 When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination. But the deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to "the heartbeat of the ocean . . . the pulse of the sea."]]> 2023-02-10 15:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476597555 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476598159 2023-02-10 15:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476598159 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476599351 2023-02-10 15:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476599351 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476600297 2023-02-10 15:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476600297 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476600791 2023-02-10 15:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476600791 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476601204 2023-02-10 15:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476601204 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476602162 2023-02-10 15:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476602162 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476602679 2023-02-10 15:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476602679 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476603007 2023-02-10 15:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476603007 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476603825 2023-02-10 15:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476603825 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476605689 2023-02-10 15:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476605689 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476610128 Fished from the river as an infant and raised by a roving band of street urchins who call themselves the Crowns, eight-year-old Duck keeps her head down and her mouth shut. It’s a rollicking life, always thieving, always on the run—until the ragtag Crowns infiltrate an abandoned cathedral in the city of Odierne and decide to set down roots. It’s all part of the bold new plan hatched by the Crowns’ fearless leader, Gnat: one of their very own will pose as an apprentice to the local baker, relieving Master Griselde of bread and coin to fill their bellies and line their pockets. But no sooner is Duck apprenticed to the kindly Griselde than Duck’s allegiances start to blur. Who is she really—a Crown or an apprentice baker? And who does she want to be? Meanwhile, high above the streets of Odierne, on the roof of the unfinished cathedral, an old and ugly gargoyle grows weary of waiting to fulfill his own destiny—to watch and protect. Told in alternating viewpoints, this story focuses on love, self-discovery, and what it means to be rescued.]]> 2023-02-10 15:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476610128 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476612063 2023-02-10 15:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476612063 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476612373 2023-02-10 15:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476612373 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476690692 2023-02-10 16:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476690692 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476695732 Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires and floods have caused the people to lose their library, their school, their park, and even their neighborliness. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least, no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever children of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how awful the town’s problems are. Then one day a child goes missing from the Orphan House. At the Mayor’s suggestion, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The Orphans know this can’t be: the Ogress, along with a flock of excellent crows, secretly delivers gifts to the people of Stone-in-the-Glen. But how can the Orphans tell the story of the Ogress’s goodness to people who refuse to listen? And how can they make their deluded neighbors see the real villain in their midst?]]> 2023-02-10 17:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476695732 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476699704 2023-02-10 17:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476699704 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476721349 2023-02-10 17:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476721349 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476777363

After twelve-year-old John Boarhog’s mom dies, the last thing he wants is to be schlepped off to the Jersey Home for Boys.  Instead, he makes himself a snug home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History, where he reads anything he get his hands on and explores the artifacts afterhours. But when a rare Egyptian ruby goes missing, John is accused of the crime. That is until the unpredictable Inspector Toadius McGee sweeps in to wrestle control of the case, certain that the true culprit is a notorious criminal he’s been tracking for years. John quickly becomes the Watson to Toadius’s Holmes as they race from Broadway to back alleys to a speak-easy that only serves root beer. And along the way, John uncovers secrets about his own past, including that he’s a lot more involved in this web of endearing ne'er-do-wells than he ever could have imagined.


]]> 2023-02-10 18:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476777363 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476875647 2023-02-10 19:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476875647 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476884382 Drew Leclair knows what it takes to be a great detective. She tracked down the graffiti artist at school, and even solved the mystery of her neighbor’s missing rabbit. But when her mother runs off to Hawaii with the school guidance counselor, Drew is shocked. How did she miss all of the clues?  Drew is determined to keep her family life a secret, even from her best friend. But when a cyberbully starts posting embarrassing rumors about other students at school, it’s only a matter of time before Drew’s secret is out.
Armed with her notebooks full of observations about her classmates, Drew knows what she has to do: profile all of the bullies in her grade to find the culprit. But being a detective is more complicated when the suspects can be your friends. Will Drew crack the case if it means losing the people she cares about most?]]> 2023-02-10 19:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/wzj6d71jwyxlc50k/wish/2476884382