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1) Be Cool
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Chili Palmer is tired of the producing movies after being forced to make a useless sequel. When a music producer friend is gunned down, he offers to help his widow run the business. Checking out a talented singer that his friend had been talking to him about puts Chili at odds with her sleazy music manager, his gay bodyguard, and his equally sleazy partner. The mismanagement of the music company also gets Chili threatened by members of the Russian...
2) Be cool
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c2005
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Chili Palmer is tired of the producing movies after being forced to make a useless sequel. When a music producer friend is gunned down, he offers to help his widow run the business. Checking out a talented singer that his friend had been talking to him about puts Chili at odds with her sleazy music manager, his gay bodyguard, and his equally sleazy partner. The mismanagement of the music company also gets Chili threatened by members of the Russian...
3) Be cool
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The adventures of a small-time mobster in his new profession as a Hollywood film producer. He is Chili Palmer, a former loan shark, and the novel is the story of him making a film while avoiding getting killed. By the author of Get Shorty.
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2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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When boyfriend Elliott breaks up with Jenna Sakai before Christmas break, she just about convinces herself that relationships are for suckers and she is better off without them; but unfortunately she finds herself in competition with Elliott for a journalism scholarship, and worse her first assignment for the newspaper club is to write a personal essay, which is difficult when you are someone who prefers to keep your emotions bottled up--and than...
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[2007]
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Kylie Chase shed seventy-five pounds and reinvented herself as a savvy trendsetter. However, she's still uncomfortable in her new skin and would sooner die than let anyone know of her overweight, nerdy past. Then events force the twenty-nine-year-old to move in with her parents and the weight creeps back on. It takes the confidence of her plus-size model friend Ruby to make Kylie realize that appearances aren't everthing.
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[2019]
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Follow third-grader Max as he develops self-awareness of his emotions by learning Mindfulness techniques. At school, on the playground and at home, Max develops skills not to flip his lid when he is scared, worried, sad or upset. A colourful and delightful story for the classroom, at bedtime or whenever your child needs a mindful reminder to be a calm, cool kid. Includes bonus material for educators, parents and caregivers.
16) Fresh ink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
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When I grow up, I want to be... Have you asked your child or your student what they want to be when they grow up? Kids in 3rd to 8th grades are currently at the “Big Dreamer Age” so it’s important to be actively cultivating these kinds of conversations. What YOU need to know, while having these conversations with them, is that STEM fields are the future.
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics.
To make this conversation...
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[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Black boy joy is...Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit. Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race. Finding your voice—and your rhymes—during tough times. Flying on your skateboard like nobody’s watching. And more! From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood."--Amazon.com.