Stacey McGill, Super Sitter (The Baby-Sitters Club #94)

Stacey McGill, Super Sitter (The Baby-Sitters Club #94)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545792126

Taking on task after task in her willingness to please the well-paying Cheplin family, baby-sitter Stacey experiences an elated sense of achievement, until her jobs interfere with the rest of her schedule.

Mary Anne and the Memory Garden (The Baby-Sitters Club #93)

Mary Anne and the Memory Garden (The Baby-Sitters Club #93)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054579210X

Learning that her friend and English partner Amelia Freeman has died in a tragic accident during spring break, a devastated Mary Anne is unable to overcome her sorrow and decides to do something special to remember her friend.

Kristy + Bart? (The Baby-Sitters Club #95)

Kristy + Bart? (The Baby-Sitters Club #95)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545792193

When Kristy's friend, Bart, decides that he wants to be her real boyfriend, Kristy is afraid to tell him that she does not feel the same and enlists the help of Mary Anne for courage in expressing herself.

Direct Action

Direct Action
Author: David Graeber
Publisher: AK Press
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1849350353

A radical anthropologist studies the global justice movement.

Claudia and the World's Cutest Baby (The Baby-Sitters Club #97)

Claudia and the World's Cutest Baby (The Baby-Sitters Club #97)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054579224X

Claudia is so delighted by the arrival of her newborn cousin, the firstborn daughter of her favorite Aunt Peaches, that she volunteers to help and becomes more than a bit of a nuisance when she offers a wealth of child-care advice.

Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation
Author: Eric Schlosser
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0547750331

An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.

Abby's Lucky Thirteen (The Baby-Sitters Club #96)

Abby's Lucky Thirteen (The Baby-Sitters Club #96)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545792223

Preparing for her Bat Mitzvah with her twin sister, Abby is falsely accused of cheating on a math test and suspended from school, and she decides to hide the truth about the test and the suspension.

The Brain

The Brain
Author: David Eagleman
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1101870540

From the renowned neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Incognito comes the companion volume to the international PBS series about how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life. "An ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind.... Clear, engaging and thought-provoking." —Nature Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality. Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you. Color illustrations throughout.

Ten Rules for Living with My Sister

Ten Rules for Living with My Sister
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466801670

Pearl's older sister Lexie is in eighth grade and has a boyfriend. Pearl's only boyfriend is the family's crabby cat, Bitey. Lexie is popular. Pearl is not, mostly because of the embarrassing Three Bad Things that happened in school and which no one has forgotten. Everything Pearl does seems to drive Lexie crazy. On top of that, their grandfather is moving into their family's apartment and taking over Pearl's room. How will these sisters share without driving one another crazy? Pearl is good at making lists of rules, but sometimes, life doesn't play by the rules!