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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Jamie and her friends Angeline and Isabella are studying "personal finance" in school, so they decide to put their heads together and come up with a way to earn serious money by creating some kind of food--the only trouble is none of them know anything about cooking.
803) Target: Earth
Author
Series
Klawde volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
While Raj works hard to earn money for a cool virtual-reality headset, his evil pet Klawde plans to conquer Earth using zombie squirrels and cyber currency.
804) Hat trick
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
With the playoffs over, Devin and her seventh-grade friends decide to try out for a soccer travel team, but friendships are threatened because not everyone makes it on to the tough, competitive team, and in the mean time the girls are faced with a crisis--budget cuts threaten to eliminate the soccer program at the elementary school Devin's little sister attends.
808) "Island in the sky"
Author
Series
Complete Carl Barks Disney Library volume 24
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Uncle Scrooge decides to seek out a safe new place to store his money, he sets his sights on an asteroid. But the asteroid he chooses holds a secret that he wasn't counting on! Then, the Beagle Boys construct an unstoppable mechanical behemoth to crack open Scrooge's Money Bin and steal all his cash in 'The Paul Bunyan Machine.' And, in 'All at Sea,' Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews set sail on a windjammer to collect $10 million in gold - but...
809) The bezzle
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He spends his downtime on Catalina Island, where scenic, imported bison wander the bluffs and frozen, reheated fast food burgers cost twenty-five dollars. Wait, what? When Marty disrupts a seemingly innocuous scheme during a vacation on Catalina Island,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
Español
Description
Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars.
Evan y su hermana menor, Jessie, reaccionan de manera muy diferente a la noticia de que van a estar en la misma clase de cuarto grado y como el final del verano se acerca, ellos luchan a...
811) The Babe & I
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.
812) Dead presidents
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"On the streets, they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war, only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist--a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!"--Container.
813) Princess unlimited
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a dragon attacks the kingdom and her parents are too preoccupied with sparkly things to help, the ever resourceful Princess Susan, with the help of some friends, puts into motion a delightfully unexpected plan.
814) Amelia works it out
Author
Series
Amelia volume 8
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Amelia draws on her artistic talent to earn money for something special that she really wants.
815) Cosmology and the polis: the social construction of space and time in the tragedies of Aeschylus
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Read along with four stories featuring counting. Chicka chick 1, 2, 3: When one hundred and one numbers race each other up the apple tree, bumblebees come buzzing. Which number will save the day? Emily's first 100 days of school: School begins and as the days and weeks go by, Emily and her classmates learn new ideas and expand their world. How much is a million?: Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician explains the concepts of a million, a billion...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old John "Houdini" Smith tries to write a book about what is happening in his life, from his parents' worries about money and his brother in Iraq, to his new understandings of people while he and his friends rake lawns in their East Side Providence, Rhode Island neighborhood.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004], c1999]
Language
English
Description
Presents the history of the European Monetary Union (EMU), the unification timetable up to 2002, the convergence criteria, and the coins and banknotes themselves. Provides background on the euro member states and the European Central Bank, examines the impact of the euro on world trade, the job market, and tourism, and analyzes the euro's role in international monetary transactions. Compares the euro to the dollar and discusses the hopes and fears...
820) Narco cultura
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
Description
To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become icons, glorified by musicians who praise their fame and success. In this new constituency, they represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by money, drugs, and violence. The film is an explosive look at the drug cartels' pop culture influence on both sides of the border as seen through the eyes of an LA narcocorrido singer and...