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Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser Publisher Comments In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Publisher Comments This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Omnivore's Dilemma for Kids: The Secrets behind What You Eat by Michael Pollan Staff Pick Have you ever wondered why Twinkies never go bad? Are you eating food, or are you eating "edible food-like substances"? This book will help you answer those questions, and help you eat and cook in ways that are healthier for your body and better for the... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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We Are All Born Free Mini Edition: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures by Amnesty International Synopsis The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on 10th December 1948. It was compiled after World War Two to declare and protect the rights of all people from all countries. This beautiful collection, published 60 years on, celebrates each... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Hardcover
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Global Warming by Seymour Simon Publisher Comments Earth's climate has always varied, but it is now changing more rapidly than at any other time in recent centuries. The climate is very complex, and many factors play important roles in determining how it changes. Why is the climate changing? Could Earth... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Ten-Year Century: Explaining the First Decade of the New Millennium by James B Sutherland Publisher Comments Remember worrying about the Y2K bug in 1999? Or life before Twitter? Ten years ago, September 11 was just another day, Facebook didn't exist, and Barack Obama was a little-known state senator. Some have called the jam-packed first decade of the new... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Chew on This Signed Edition by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson Publisher Comments Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. It couldn't survive without them. Did you know that the biggest toy company in the world is McDonald's? It's true. In fact, one out of every three toys given to a child in the United... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Persian Gulf War (We the People) by Andrew Santella Publisher Comments - Maps - Timeline - Historic Sites - Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index - Relevant Web sites at www.FactHound.com - National Center for History in the Schools. National Standards for History. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for History in the... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I Live Real Close to Where You Used to Live: Kids' Letters to Michelle Obama (and to Sasha, Malia, and Bo) by Lauren Hall Synopsis I Live Real Close to Where You Used to Live is a collection of letters written by children across America to Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha (plus a few to their dog Bo). Each missive differs wildly in subject — from Easy Bake ovens... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Death Penalty: Part of the Compact Research Series (Compact Research) by Lauri S. Friedman Publisher Comments This new series is inspired by the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, which explores important issues, placing expert opinions from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format. Like its predecessor, Introducing Issues with Opposing... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Library Binding
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Nobel's Women for Peace (Women's Hall of Fame) by Michelle Benjamin Publisher Comments Among the women celebrated in this book are Baroness Bertha von Suttner, one of the first activists in the modern peace movement, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, who worked in the 1970s to bring peace to Northern Ireland, and Mother Teresa, who was... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Spoils of War (Shockwave: Social Studies) by Karen Latcha Kenney Synopsis - Pairs social studies and science thematically - "Shakes up the curriculum" with "Shocker" facts that interest this age group, and a lively page layout that encourages readers to discuss and share knowledge with one another - Builds background knowledge... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Smash! Smash! Truck by Aidan Potts Publisher Comments What self-respecting glass bottle would want to be trapped in a trash dump for hundreds of thousands of years, when it could be transformed over and over again into new and exciting containers? Luckily, the Smash! Smash! Truck is on hand to speed up the... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Oil Spill: Disaster by Scholastic Inc Publisher Comments Sometimes, a split second can change everything. On April 20, 2010, disaster struck in the Gulf of Mexico. The offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, causing one of the worst environmental catastrophes in American history. Every day for months on... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pretty in Print: Questioning Magazines (Media Literacy) by Stergios Botzakis Publisher Comments Give young readers the tools they need to evaluate the barrage of media messages that reach them every day. Value assumptions, product placements, and cues to act are embedded in each media message. This fun series embraces media as entertaining and... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $0.95 Used - Trade Paper
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If I Had a Hammer: Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity by David Rubel Publisher Comments President Jimmy Carters compelling anecdotes inspire a personal look at Habitat for Humanity that is sure to fire up a younger generation. Somewhere in West Virginia, a thirteen-year-old girl now invites friends home without embarrassment. In a Brazilian... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Story of Google (Built for Success) by Sara Gilbert Synopsis A look at the origins, leaders, growth, and products of Google, the Internet company that was founded in 1998 and today provides the worlds most frequently used online search engine... (read more) List Price $39.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Weird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know about Climate Change But Probably Should Find Out by Kate Evans Synopsis One of Englands most talented young comic artists offers up a scathingly funny and carefully researched exploration of climate change, presenting it to readers through the eyes of an idealistic adolescent, a fat cat businessman, and a mad scientist. The... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Being Muslim by Haroon Siddiqui Synopsis Since 9/11, the world has been confronted with the most volatile facets of Islam with little explanation of how or why these controversial elements developed. Written by one of North America's most honored journalists, Being Muslim presents an up-front... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Global Warming (Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide) by Mary E. Williams Publisher Comments Selections examine the potential effects of global warming and whether the predictions about worldwide climate change are accurate. In addition, model essays and guided writing exercises assist students as they compose their own cause-and-effect analyses.... (read more) List Price $26.20 Your price: $4.50 Used - Library Binding
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