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Book cover for "Mother brain".
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Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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"A groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities, MOTHER BRAIN explodes the concept of "maternal instinct" and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent. Chelsea Conaboy delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect, and a powerful new narrative of parenthood"--
Book cover for "Journey Through Brain Trauma".
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Publisher:
Taylor Trade Publishing
Pub. Date:
1998
Language:
English
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Journey Through Brain Trauma is the true story of Louise Morningstar's struggle to help her daughter recover from devastating brain damage. The Morningstars' heroic story will inspire and inform all those who are struggling with rehabilitation from a brain injury.
Book cover for "She's not sorry".
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English
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3.9 stars
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Single mother and full-time nurse Meghan Michaels, when it is revealed her patient with a traumatic brain injury didn't jump from a bridge but was pushed, mistakenly lets herself get too close to the case, realizing she and her daughter could be the next victims.
Book cover for "Firefly Lane".
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Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 730L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to ber her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all - beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped...
Book cover for "The son of Neptune".
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Lexile measure:
640L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
Book cover for "Left neglected".
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5 stars
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Sarah Nickerson, a career-driven young mother, suffers a traumatic brain injury in a car accident that leaves her unable to perceive left-side information, a disability that causes her to struggle through an uncertain recovery as she adapts to her new life.
Book cover for "Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach mystery".
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Lexile measure:
460L
Language:
English
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Cam uses her photographic memory and her brain to solve two mysteries at the beach, involving a missing mother and a missing set of papers.
Book cover for "The mark of Athena".
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Lexile measure:
690L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--
Book cover for "The waters of eternal youth".
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Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Hired to investigate a suspicious near-drowning that left a girl permanently brain damaged years earlier, Brunetti struggles to determine if a crime was actually committed, in a case set against a backdrop of dynamic transitions in contemporary Venice.
Book cover for "Bewilderment".
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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"A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. "Richard Powers, whose novels combine the wonders of science with the marvels of art, astonishes us in different ways with each new book." -Heller McAlpin, NPR Books. The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife....
Book cover for "What doesn't kill her".
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Cape Charade volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which. 1. I have the scar of a gunshot wound on my forehead. 2. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military. 3. I'm the new mother of a seven-year-old girl. Kellen Adams suffers from a yearlong gap in her memory. A bullet to the brain will cause that. But she's discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence and her very self. She finds herself in...
Book cover for "Something big has been here".
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English
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An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.
Book cover for "Genius foods".
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Publisher:
Harper Wave
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat, change the way you think about how your brain ages, and achieve optimal brain performance with this powerful new guide from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere. After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form of dementia, Max Lugavere put his successful media career on hold to learn everything he could about the workings of the human brain and his mother's...
Book cover for "Robots go wild!".
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"Fifth grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez has to find a solution when his robot 'brother' has repeated malfunctions at school and a newer model robot steps in as competition--and his mother's job is in jeopardy as a result"--
Book cover for "The shadow of your smile".
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Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
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Olivia Morrow, old and in failing health, must choose whether or not to reveal an explosive family secret--that her deceased cousin Catherine, a nun being considered for beatification by the Catholic Church, gave birth to a child and gave him up for adoption.
Book cover for "The deceivers".
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Lexile measure:
750L
Language:
English
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Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal.

17. Trex

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Pub. Date:
2022
Lexile measure:
640L
Language:
English
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"Trex’s experimental brain implant saved his life—but it also made his life a lot harder. Now he shocks everything he touches. When his overprotective mother finally agrees to send him to a real school for sixth grade, Trex is determined to fit in. He wasn’t counting on Mellie the Mouse. She lives in the creepiest house in Hopewell Hill, where she spends her time scowling, lurking, ignoring bullies, and training to be a spy. Mellie is convinced...
Book cover for "My stroke of insight".
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English
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On December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.
Book cover for "The girl who loved Tom Gordon".
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Lexile measure:
970L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
What if the woods were full of them? And of course they were, the woods were full of everything you didn't like, everything you were afraid of and instinctively loathed, everything that tried to overwhelm you with nasty, no-brain panic. The brochure promised a "moderate-to-difficult" six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, where nine-year-old Trisha McFarland was to spend Saturday with her older brother, Pete, and...
Book cover for "The Time Paradox".
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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When Artemis Fowl's mother contracts a life-threatening illness, his world is turned upside down. The only hope for a cure lies in the brain fluid of the silky sifaka lemur. Unfortunately, the animal is extinct due to a heartless bargain Artemis himself made as a younger boy. Though the odds are stacked against him, Artemis is not willing to give up. With the help of his fairy friends, the young genius travels back in time to save the lemur and bring...