{"id":16246,"date":"2020-04-21T18:02:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=16246"},"modified":"2020-04-21T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:14:36","slug":"ebooks-for-your-kids-at-home-april-21-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2020\/ebooks-for-your-kids-at-home-april-21-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"eBooks For Your Kids at Home: April 21, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here’s this week’s edition of my list of eBooks that are currently available and recommended. I hope this list might help you find something good to read while the libraries are closed.<\/div>\n
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The descriptions of the books are taken from the databases where they were found.<\/div>\n
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eBooks available through hoopla<\/a>:<\/h1>\n
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Create an account — it’s free! Your checkouts are limited, but you’ll never have to wait for a book you really want.<\/div>\n
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Elementary Fiction:<\/h2>\n

Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic<\/a> by Mark Tatulli<\/p>\n

Meet Desmond Pucket—professor of frightology and master of monsters. Someday Desmond will be famous for his special effects wizardry, but for now he’s just trying to make it through sixth grade at Cloverfield Memorial Junior High, which means he needs to stay one step ahead of the school’s disciplinary officer, Mr. Needles. The only problem is Desmond just can’t stop pulling pranks—like the time he attached a shrieking rubber goblin to the toilet seat in the teachers’ bathroom. Mrs. Rubin screamed so loudly her wig flew off! Or the time he put giant motorized worms into the mashed potatoes in the cafeteria. Or the time Desmond and his best friend, Ricky, arranged for a three-headed ghost to crash his sister’s slumber party. Rachel still hasn’t forgiven him. And now Desmond has to stay prank-free for the rest of the year, or he won’t be able to go on the class trip to Crab Shell Pier, home of the Mountain Full of Monsters ride! It’s going to be tough, but Desmond has to try. This book includes a section of “Desmond’s Notes”: instructions for making monster magic (think scary noises, or fake blood) at home!<\/p>\n

The Terrible Two<\/a> by Mac Barnett and Jory John; Illustrated by Kevin Cornell<\/p>\n

Miles Murphy had it made. He lived in a great town near the ocean, he had two best friends, and most importantly, he had a reputation for being his town’s best prankster. All of which explains why he’s not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that’s famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. Worse than that, Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster-and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he’ll have to raise his game.It’s prankster against prankster in an epic war of trickery, until the two finally decide to join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen, a prank so huge it would make the members of the International Order of Disorder (a loose confederacy of pranksters that flourished a couple of centuries ago) proud.In The Terrible Two, bestselling authors and friends Jory John and Mac Barnett have walked an impressive tightrope, creating a series that has its roots in classic middle-grade literature yet feels fresh and daring at the same time.<\/p>\n

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eBooks available through Cloud Library:<\/a><\/h1>\n
Use your Pasadena library card and PIN. Call us at 626-744-4066 if you have trouble remembering your PIN.<\/div>\n
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These books may have a waitlist, but at this writing they are available (April 13, 7:30 PM).<\/div>\n
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Elementary Fiction:<\/h2>\n
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Best Babysitters Ever<\/a>\u00a0by Caroline Cala<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, a girl named Kristy Thomas had a great idea: to form The Baby-Sitters Club with her best friends. And now twelve-year-old Malia Twiggs has had a great idea too. Technically, she had Kristy\u2019s idea.\u00a0<\/i>(And\u00a0technically,<\/i>\u00a0little kids seem gross and annoying, but a paycheck is a paycheck). After a little convincing, Malia and her friends Dot and Bree start a babysitting club to earn funds for an epic birthday bash. But babysitting\u00a0definitely\u00a0<\/i>isn\u2019t what they thought it would be.
\nThree friends. No parents. Unlimited snacks. And, okay, occasionally watching other people\u2019s children. What could possibly go wrong?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Alien Superstar<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver<\/p>\n

No one is shocked by the six-eyed alien strolling around the Universal back lot. The tourists just think he\u2019s part of the show. It doesn\u2019t take long for Buddy to land a role on a popular TV show, playing (of course) an alien. He becomes an overnight heartthrob and is suddenly faced with legions of adoring fans, rides in glamorous limos, and appearances at \u201call-the-shrimp-you-can-eat\u201d red carpet parties. But can Buddy maintain his secret identity while in the spotlight?<\/p>\n

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Notorious<\/a>\u00a0by Gordon Korman<\/p>\n

Keenan has lived all over the world but nowhere quite as strange as Centerlight Island, which is split between the United States and Canada. The only thing weirder than Centerlight itself is his neighbor Zarabeth, aka ZeeBee.<\/p>\n

ZeeBee is obsessed with the island\u2019s history as a Prohibition-era smuggling route. She\u2019s also convinced that her beloved dog, Barney, was murdered\u2014something Keenan finds pretty hard to believe.<\/p>\n

Just about everyone on Centerlight is a suspect, because everyone hated Barney, a huge dog\u2014part mastiff, part rottweiler\u2014notorious for terrorizing the community. Accompanied by a mild-mannered new dog who is practically Barney\u2019s opposite, ZeeBee enlists Keenan\u2019s help to solve the mystery.<\/p>\n

As Keenan and ZeeBee start to unravel the clues, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that dates back to Centerlight\u2019s gangster past. The good news is that Keenan may have found the best friend he\u2019s ever had. The bad news is that the stakes are sky-high. And now someone is after them.<\/p>\n

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Middle School Fiction:<\/h2>\n
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Race to the Sun<\/a>\u00a0by Rebecca Roanhorse<\/p>\n

Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he’s Mr. Charles, her dad’s new boss at the oil and gas company, and he’s alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother, Mac, their Navajo heritage, and the legend of the Hero Twins. Nizhoni knows he’s a threat, but her father won’t believe her. When Dad disappears the next day, leaving behind a message that says \\”Run!\\”, the siblings and Nizhoni’s best friend, Davery, are thrust into a rescue mission that can only be accomplished with the help of Din\u00e9 Holy People, all disguised as quirky characters. Their aid will come at a price: the kids must pass a series of trials in which it seems like nature itself is out to kill them. If Nizhoni, Mac, and Davery can reach the House of the Sun, they will be outfitted with what they need to defeat the ancient monsters Mr. Charles has unleashed. But it will take more than weapons for Nizhoni to become the hero she was destined to be . . . Timeless themes such as the importance of family and respect for the land resonate in this funny, fast-paced, and exciting quest adventure set in the American Southwest.<\/p><\/div>\n

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor<\/a>\u00a0by Ally Carter<\/p>\n

April didn’t mean to start the fire. She wasn\u2019t the one who broke the vase. April didn\u2019t ask to go live in a big, creepy mansion with a bunch of orphans who just don’t understand that April isn\u2019t like them. After all, April\u2019s mother is coming back for her someday very soon.<\/p>\n

All April has to do is find the clues her mother left inside the massive mansion. But Winterborne House is hiding more than one secret, so April and her friends are going to have to work together to unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a creepy legend, and a mysterious key before the only home they\u2019ve ever known is lost to them forever.<\/p>\n

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eBooks from the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library<\/a>:<\/h1>\n
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Middle School Fiction:<\/h2>\n
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\nMissing in Action<\/a>\u00a0by Dean Hughes<\/p>\n

Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But he gets a chance at a new life and a new identity when he and his mom move to the small town of Delta, Utah, to live with Jay’s grandfather. In Delta, Jay can convince everyone, and maybe even himself, that his dad –who is missing in action– as he fights in WWII is really a POW and military hero, and not gone forever. As the summer wears on and Jay finds himself growing up a little faster than he expected, he learns to look at some truths that had previously been impossible to face. Truths about his father; about Ken, his new friend from the Japanese internment camp nearby; and about himself, too.<\/p>\n

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A Handful of Stars<\/a>\u00a0by Cynthia Lord<\/p>\n

When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily’s grandfather — but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.<\/p>\n

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I Represent Sean Rosen<\/a>\u00a0by Jeff Baron<\/p>\n

With the help of his “manager,” a thirteen-year-old boy sells a movie idea to a major Hollywood studio.<\/p>\n

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The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond<\/a>\u00a0by Brenda A. Woods<\/p>\n

A biracial girl whose father died before she was born finally gets the chance to meet the African American side of her family.<\/p>\n

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Firefly Hollow<\/a>\u00a0by Alison McGhee<\/p>\n

Because their dreams of daring adventures go against the cautious teachings of their nations, Firefly and Cricket set out on their own, find a home with kindly Vole, and together help a grieving “miniature giant” named Peter.<\/p>\n

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Nonfiction:<\/h2>\n
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Famous Phonies: Legends, Fakes and Frauds Who Changed History<\/a>\u00a0by Brianna DuMont<\/p>\n

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Science Experiments with Light and Sound<\/a>\u00a0by Alex Kuskowski<\/p>\n
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Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers and Landscape Designers<\/a>\u00a0by Anna M. Lewis<\/p>\n
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Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve History’s Mysteries<\/a>\u00a0by Elizabeth Macleod<\/p>\n
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Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures<\/a>\u00a0by DK Publishing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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