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"The goal of the Evaluation & Calculation Module is to teach kids to identify and analyze the details, data, and patterns that define the world around them. Topics in this module include quantification, research, algebraic thinking, statistics, association, and measurement. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to...
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"A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that rages between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game." While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed...
66) The creeper code
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"Oliver and Audrey learn there's a reward for tracking creepers and cracking cases. From secrets in the swamp to bungles in the jungle, there are mysterious happenings in every block of the biome. But with Oliver's eye for detail, Audrey's courage, and their wolf-dog's super-sniffing nose, no case is too tough for these twins to crack"--
69) Stolen treasure
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"Alchemist Edison and his treasure hunter friend Billy have just returned from a successful trip to the Nether, coming home with tons of valuable loot. But before they can trade their loot, the chest of treasures mysteriously disappears from Edison's home. Devastated, they start questioning all of their neighbors, but the chest is nowhere to be found."--
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A quiet office worker embraces her new role as a cat mom and begins sharing superfluous amounts of cat photos on the internet. Riko can't help it--her tuxedo baby is just too cute! Will her coworkers feel the same or will it add to their bewilderment about her? At home, Riko learns more about Musubi, from favorite toys such as a free grocery bag to their shared joy of video games. And Musubi himself learns a new trick--how to tell her when it's dinner...
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"Time is running out for Grey and his squad. While they consistently rank in the top twenty players stuck in Fortnite Battle Royale, they need to be the top five to escape virtual reality and go home. Grey's team begins to fray apart, and he fears he won't be able to keep them together long enough to get the rank they need. With the season ending in a couple weeks, people are either giving up or fighting harder than ever. When Grey losses another...
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"Mikaleh can hardly believe her eyes when she returns to base camp one morning--after a long evening of satisfying zombie-killing--to find that the Husks appear to have. . . reached out to them! A mysterious message, seeming to be from the very monsters themselves, urges Squad #43 to attend a secret rendezvous in Canny Valley where more will be revealed"--
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After solving the mystery of the stolen treasure, Edison is all set to return to his alchemy, when his friend Omar shows up at his door pleading for help. There is something or someone living beneath the blocks of Omar's town, and things have started to take a treacherous turn. What started out as the theft of livestock and wheat has escalated, and now villagers have started to go missing as well. Edison tries to convince Omar that he's not a good...
76) Mean
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"Set in the same world as Justin Sayre's previous books, Husky and Pretty, Mean explores the private and public life of Ellen, who is confident, cool, and, according to Davis, mean. But if speaking the truth and being unconcerned with petty gossip makes you mean, Ellen is fine with that. Besides, she has her own issues to deal with as middle school becomes a virtual battlefield of pubescent zombies, not unlike the obstacles in the video games she...
77) The good war
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There's a new after school club at Ironville Middle School. Ms. Peterson is starting a video game club where the students will playing The Good War, a new game based on World War II. They are divided into two teams: Axis and Allies, and they will be simulating a war they know nothing about yet. Only one team will win. But what starts out as friendly competition, takes an unexpected turn for the worst when an one player takes the game too far. Can...
78) Wargames
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Young computer genius David Lightman breaks into the Defense Department's war computer, but what he thinks is a game just may start World War III.
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Grey is back in Battle Royale -- but will he make it out this time? With Grey as its leader, his squad soars up in the ranks of Fortnite: Battle Royale. With only a few weeks left in the season, the squad members are closing in on those top five spots that will free them from virtual reality. Grey believes that a little more practice will get them there, but not everyone in his squad is so sure. When a top ten squad comes recruiting for veteran...
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