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Your Career in the Air Force (The Call of Duty: Careers in the Armed Forces)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jeri FreedmanMore Info | Google Books | Check Availability
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Rosen Pub Group (2011, Dec 15th).
Pages: 128
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Your Career in the Navy (The Call of Duty: Careers in the Armed Forces)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tamra Orr
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Rosen Pub Group (2011, Dec 15th).
Pages: 128
Presents a guide to careers in the United States Navy, covering what to expect from the recruitment process and basic training, as well as the different career paths available. more
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Your Career in the Marines (Call of Duty: Careers in the Armed Forces)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Rosen Pub Group (2011, Dec 15th).
Pages: 128
Presents a guide to careers in the United States Marine Corps, covering what to expect from the recruitment process and basic training, as well as the different career paths available. more
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Your Career in the Coast Guard (Call of Duty: Careers in the Armed Forces)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tamra B. Orr
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Rosen Pub Group (2011, Dec 15th).
Pages: 128
Presents a guide to careers in the United States Coast Guard, covering reasons for joining and what to expect from basic training, as well as the different career paths available. more
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Job Smarts: How to Find Work or Start a Business, Manage Earnings, and More (USA Today Teen Wise Guides: Time, Money, and Relationships)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Sandy Donovan
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: 21st Century (2012, Apr 1st).
Pages: 64
Low on cash? Tired of being the only one who's too broke to go out? Maybe it's time for a job. Think about it--with your own paycheck, you ll have money to spend and money to save, and you'll gain valuable work experience. If you're feeling really ambitious, you might even decide to start your own business. Lifeguarding? Pet sitting? Computer work? No matter what job you choose, it all adds up to cash in your pocket. This book explores teenage employment from all angles. You'll discover:-how to choose the right kind of job and how to fit it into your busy schedule.-the nuts and bolts of landing a job, from resume writing to interviewing.-how to act like a professional--so you'll keep that job once you get it.-the art of money management, including saving and spending wisely. more
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The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Emily Seife
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Press (2012, Feb 7th).
Pages: 128
The New York Times bestselling Hunger Games is now a major motion picture -- and here is the ultimate guide to the all the tributes in the 74th annual Hunger Games!Here is the ultimate guide to the twenty-four Tributes participating in Panem's 74th annual Hunger Games. Follow the Tributes' journey from the Reaping to the Games, with a look at all the highlights along the way--the Tribute Parade, the stations of the Training Center, the interviews, and more. Get exclusive information about the Tributes' strengths and weaknesses, their weapons of choice, and their experience in the Capitol before entering the arena. more
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DJ Rising
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Love Maia
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2012, Feb 6th).
Pages: 304
The first thing I hear is music. The first thing I've always heard is music.Meet Marley, an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music like oxygen. In between caring for his heroin-addicted mother, and keeping his scholarship at a fancy prep school, he dreams of becoming a professional DJ.When chance lands Marley his first real DJ job, his career as "DJ Ice" suddenly skyrockets. But when heart-rending disaster at home brings Marley crashing back down to earth, he is torn between obligation and following his dreams. more
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Dead to You
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lisa McMann
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon Pulse (2012, Feb 7th).
Pages: 256
A page-turning realistic novel with a shocking twist from bestselling author Lisa McMann.Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now, at sixteen, he has returned to his family. It’s a miracle…at first. Then the tensions start to build. His reintroduction to his old life isn’t going smoothly, and his family is tearing apart all over again. If only Ethan could remember something, anything, about his life before, he’d be able to put the pieces back together. But there’s something that’s keeping his memory blocked. Something unspeakable... more
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Incarnate
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jodi Meadows
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (2012, Jan 31st).
Pages: 384
NEWSOUL Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why. NOSOUL Even Ana's own mother thinks she's a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she'll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are suspicious and afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame? HEART Sam believes Ana's new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana's enemies--human and creature alike--let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else's life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all? Jodi Meadows expertly weaves soul-deep romance, fantasy, and danger into an extraordinary tale of new life. more
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Cracked
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: K.M. Walton
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon Pulse (2012, Jan 3rd).
Pages: 320
In this gripping debut, a teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide.Victor hates his life. He’s relentlessly bullied at school and his parents constantly ridicule him at home.Bull is angry. He’s sick of his grandfather’s drunken beatings. And he likes to take out his rage on Victor.Determined to end it all, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills—only to be disappointed when he wakes up in the psych ward. And his roommate? None other than Bull, whose loaded-gun effort at self-defense has been labeled as a suicide attempt. Things go from bad to worse—until the boys discover they might just have something in common: a reason to live. more
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