The year of Abi Crim

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Sameer Hinduja, Justin W. Patchin

Bullying is not new, but its venues have expanded to include social media and mobile phones. When students receive hurtful, threatening, or sexually explicit electronic messages, it affects their ability to concentrate on schoolwork. Renowned cyberbullying experts Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin connect the off-campus high-tech behaviors of teens to the school environment and provide educators with a road map for developing a positive school climate that counteracts cyberbullying and sexting. School Climate 2.0 differentiates cyberbullying from traditional bullying and offers specific strategies for improving school climate.

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text and jacket art by Rosemary Wells

Noisy Nora finds a surprising new site for her birthday party when her mother will not let her invite all of her classmates to her house because it is too small.

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Susan M. Heim, Karen C. Talcott

A collection of 101 Christian daily devotional stories on times of trouble in people's lives, by various authors comprising a piece of scripture, a personal story illustrating the piece of scripture, and a relevant prayer.

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Jacqueline Turner Banks

Twelve-year-old twin brothers Judge and Jury fail to see eye to eye about whether to befriend the new black girl in their class at school and whether to interfere with their mother's plans to marry her boyfriend.