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2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences...
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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From the author of The Italian Teacher, this acclaimed debut novel set in Rome follows the topsy-turvy lives of the denizens of an English language newspaper.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Janet Maslin, The New York Times • The Economist • NPR • Slate • The Christian Science Monitor • Financial Times • The Plain Dealer • Minneapolis Star Tribune...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Janet Maslin, The New York Times • The Economist • NPR • Slate • The Christian Science Monitor • Financial Times • The Plain Dealer • Minneapolis Star Tribune...
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Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
Español
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Presents a brief history of news and news telling from throughout the world, from the earliest way people learned news--through word of mouth--to modern day newspapers, TVs, and through the Internet.
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Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
750L
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1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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English
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How we send and receive news has changed over time. Without a constant evolution and progression of news media, the way in which people heard reports of the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, and September 11 were very different than an event happening today. From Fireside Chats to paparazzi, there have been many different ways to communicate information. Featuring Time For Kids© content, this title will allow readers to learn how people and journalists...
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880L
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English
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Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
6) Reporters
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Publisher
Jump!
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
360L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
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In Reporters, beginning readers will learn about the different kinds of reporters and how they bring us the news. Vibrant, full-color photos, and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover what reporters do on the job.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify the different parts of a news studio, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about reporters online using our safe search engine that...
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English
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Lisbeth Salander has been forged by a brutal childhood and horrific abuse. And repeated attempts on her life. The ink embedded in her skin is a constant reminder of her pledge to fight against the injustice she finds on every side. Confinement to the secure unit of a women's prison is intended as a punishment. Instead, Lisbeth finds herself in relative safety. Flodberga is a failing prison, effectively controlled by the inmates, and for a computer...
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My weirder school volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
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106 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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On Career Day at Ella Mentry School, local reporter Mrs. Lilly helps A.J. and his fellow third-graders start a school newspaper, but their efforts have unexpected, and terrible, consequences.
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English
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Six months after the death of her parents in a car crash, Catherine Linton returns to her hometown of Lowfield, Mississippi, unconvinced that it was an accident and looking for answers. Her suspicions seem to be confirmed when she stumbles upon the dead and beaten body of her doctor father's long-time nurse. Catherine is right: there are secrets being kept in Lowfield. But if she continues to investigate, the town where she grew up may be the same...
10) This is our song
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English
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"Riley Shaughnessy knew that to stand out in his large family, he'd have to go big. Although making a name for himself as a musician wasn't easy, he followed his dreams to rock-star success. But the relentless expectations of fans are not helping the slump he's in now. So of course the person who attracts him is the woman who is not impressed by fame. Entertainment reporter Savannah Daly is completely unfazed by pretty-boy rock stars. She's just here...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A tender, joyous novel about a cub reporter and her eighty-six-year-old subject--and the unlikely and life-changing friendship that develops between them. Kate is a twenty-six-year-old riddled with anxiety and panic attacks who works for a local paper in Brixton, London, covering forgettably small stories. When she's assigned to write about the closing of the local lido (an outdoor pool and recreation center), she meets Rosemary, an eighty-six-year-old...
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English
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When Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It's where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool. The dead woman had a red-hot secret about up-and-coming leading man Nick Tremayne, a scoop that Irene couldn't resist--especially since she's just a rookie at a third-rate gossip rag....
13) High stakes
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Series
Men of the Sisterhood volume 5
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Investigative reporter Dennis West joined forces with the men of the Sisterhood to help fight corruption and greed on behalf of underdogs everywhere. Now he and his band of brothers are on a mission to help an old friend in danger: Toby Mason was a whip-smart college nerd--nothing like the buff dancer at the Supper Club who's reached out to Dennis. The owners of the Supper Club adult-entertainment franchise have expanded their empire through tours,...
14) Scumble
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Mibs's cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah.
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Kensington Books
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English
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"Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt, twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts' summer home. She also has a job to do--report on the event for the society page of the Newport Observer. But Emma observes much more than glitz and gaiety when she witnesses a murder. The victim is Cornelius...
16) Spiked
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (309 pages)
Language
English
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Reporter Eddie Bourque is always looking for the next big story in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. But things get personal when his beat partner is found dead in a mill canal. Determined to find his partner's killer, Eddie follows a lead that leaves him beaten and left for dead in a canal and he soon uncovers a web of corruption involving secretive developers, crooked politicians, and possibly his own publisher.
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 online resource
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English
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Investigative reporter Eddie Bourque finds himself investigating a puzzling kidnapping case about a local banker that everyone thought was dead. When Eddie's brother, currently serving a life sentence for murder, contacts Eddie with information about the case, he sets off on a dangerous hunt for the truth that leads him to a serious of shocking family secrets.
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750L
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English
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Twelve-year-old Jonny Jakes is an undercover reporter for a banned school newspaper, The Woodford Word, and right now he has the story of a lifetime--the new principal is an alien (he does not even try and hide it), Jonny is sure he is planning something nefarious, and it is up to the Word's star (really the only) reporter to find out what it is.
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English
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"It's 2 AM on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar on New York's Lower East Side, questioning her life. Feeling lonesome and homesick for the Midwest, she wonders if she'll ever make it as a reporter in the big city--and whether she made a terrible mistake in breaking up with her longtime boyfriend Matthew. As Cecily reaches for the phone to call him, she hears a guy on the barstool...