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1) Shrublands
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Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive look at the shrubland biome, describing the climate, plants, animals, people, and future of these areas, and providing detailed views of some major shrubland regions.
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Capstone Raintree
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
What is a political map? Why are resource maps useful? How did a map help stop the spread of cholera? Find the answers to these questions and more in Let's Get Mapping! In Types of Maps you'll learn about the different things that maps can show us, from tourist information to weather and natural resources. Reading this book will give you the skills to interpret all kinds of maps! Each title in the Let's Get Mapping! series features: a range of maps,...
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English
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"An innovative look back through time, Manhattan Maps follows the history of Manhattan Island from its natural formation to the bustling city today. It explores the ways in which nature and people are connected, tracking the people who lived on Manhattan from the Lenape Indians to Dutch settlers hunting for beaver pelts to early Americans and beyond, and how they've (literally) shaped the island (and vice versa). Jen Thermes highlights watershed moments...
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Map to everywhere volume 2
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English
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"Master Thief Fin from the Khaznot Quay and suburban schoolgirl Marrill from Arizona reunite on the magical waters of the Pirate Stream to seek a mysterious and legendary wish machine"--
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English
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Amy and Dan are in a race for their lives . . . and the enemy may be even closer than they think. When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, vowed they'd stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible. Amy and Dan have just days to track down and steal an ancient map. The only...
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Map to everywhere volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Fin and Marrill's final adventure takes them to the Mirrorweb, the heart of the Pirate Stream, where they must confront an old friend who has become their worst enemy"--
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Mapmakers trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophia Tims, with her friend Theo, continues to search for her parents, explorers who have vanished as the borders shift within a world transformed by the Great Disruption of 1799.
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English
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"When 13-year-old Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball, Eudora "Kooky" Klinch left something for them in her will, they can only imagine what it might be. When it turns out it's an old scrap of 300-year-old tapestry, they are bitterly disappointed. But the cloth comes with a note saying, "This is no ordinary piece of needlework. It's a treasure map. Riddles and Clues. To the victor go the riches." Grady's dad dismisses it, but Grady thinks...
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Expeditioners volume 1
Publisher
McSweeneys McMullens
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Can three orphaned siblings with half a map beat an oppressive government to a secret, gold-filled canyon? Set in a future where the hacking of computers and depletion of natural resources has caused a return to steam and clockwork engines, Taylor's novel crosses dystopian and steampunk genres in this fast-paced, plot-driven tale.
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Series
Mapmakers trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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She has only seen the world through maps. She had no idea they were so dangerous. Boston, 1891. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers who, for generations, have been traveling and mapping the New World -- a world changed by the Great Disruption of 1799, when all the continents were flung into different time periods. Eight years ago, her parents left her with her uncle Shadrack, the foremost cartologer in Boston, and went on...
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Poptropica volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
To protect the mysterious uncharted island world of Protopia, Mya, Oliver, and Jorge join forces with the Protectors to find Octavian before he destroys human history.
"In this exciting third installment of the Poptropica series, we find Mya, Oliver, and Jorge in the custody of a secret society whose mission is to protect and preserve Poptropica--a mysterious, uncharted island world. These Protectors, as they call themselves, believe that any outside...
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Map to everywhere volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Marrill and Fin continue their adventures as they race to stop the destruction of the Pirate Stream by a frightening ancient power whose coming was prophesized in The Map to Everywhere"--
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Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1914. Eight-year-old Bernice lives with her family in a lighthouse on Georgian Bay. Bernice doesn't get to explore much farther than their island, but she has her books to fuel her imagination, including her favorite, Treasure Island. One day Bernice wakes up to find a stranger named Tom Thomson sleeping in their living room. When she overhears him talk about gold on a nearby island, Bernice is determined to find it. Inspired by...
15) The map trap
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English
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Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he just might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.
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