The Screaming Mean Machine


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A young girl wonders if, now that she is big enough, she will be able to overcome her fears and ride the roller coaster at the amusement park




The Screaming Mean Machine


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A young girl remembers her first ride on the biggest, scariest, fastest roller coaster.




Mean Machine


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In a dystopian austerity-ravaged London, disgraced former police officer Brook fights as an indentured boxer. Does he dare to trust privileged barrister Nathaniel, who thinks he can free him?




Teaching Beginning Readers


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Machine Man by Kirby & Ditko


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A military machine with a soul, a thinking computer in the form of a man, X-51 is the Machine Man! Abel Stack gave a government-created robot a human face, nurturing the man inside the machine and calling him son. But Stack's death left that son, Aaron, alone and running for his life. The military wants to strip him apart, mankind doesn't understand him - but in exploits crafted by two of the medium's greatest talents, he'll still redefine humanity. Few comic books were lucky enough to be graced by the work of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. COLLECTING: MACHINE MAN (1978) #1-19; INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #235-237.




The Soft Machine


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In Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs revealed his genius. In The Soft Machine he begins an adventure that will take us even further into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo. Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.




Scream of the Evil Genie (Give Yourself Goosebumps #13)


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Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! As usual, it was a pretty long day at school. So before you do your homework you decide to grab a soda. But when you open the can, out pops a genie who offers you three wishes. She seems pretty cool, so you accept.If you start out with an easy one—like wishing to be gorgeous—she turns you into something that everyone wants to see! But that something isn’t exactly human. If you still think she’s cool and wish to be rich, you'll definitely find out the hard way that money isn’t everything. Will you get back to normal before you're "all wished up"? The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!




Phonics from A to Z


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Provides an explanation of phonics, a method of reading instruction that focuses on the relationship between sounds and their spellings, and features over one hundred activities for the classroom, as well as sample lessons, word lists, and teaching strategies.







Something about the Author


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Contains biographical information and critical essays concerning the works of over 100 authors and illustrators of children's works.