William Alexander
1) 52 Loaves
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Alexander is determined to bake the perfect loaf of bread. He tasted it long ago, in a restaurant, and has been trying to reproduce it ever since. Without success. Now, on the theory that practice makes perfect, he sets out to bake peasant bread every week until he gets it right. He bakes his loaf from scratch. And because Alexander is nothing if not thorough, he really means from scratch: growing, harvesting, winnowing, threshing, and milling...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bill Alexander had no idea that his simple dream of having a vegetable garden and small orchard in his backyard would lead him into life-and-death battles with groundhogs, webworms, weeds, and weather; midnight expeditions in the dead of winter to dig up fresh thyme; and skirmishes with neighbors who feed the vermin (i.e., deer). Not to mention the vacations that had to be planned around the harvest, the near electrocution of the tree man, the limitations...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly...
7) Ambassador
Author
Series
Ambassador (William Alexander) volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Appointed Earth's ambassador to the universe, twelve-year-old Gabe Fuentes faces two sets of "alien" problems when he discovers his parents are illegal aliens and face deportation and the Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force causing multiple mass extinctions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When the music of a bone flute given to her by a goblin separates Kaile's shadow from herself, her family believes she has died and become a ghoul, and Kaile must set out to prove that she still lives.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A delightful and courageous tale and a romping good read. Voila!" -Mark Greenside, author of I'll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do)
William Alexander is more than a Francophile. He wants to be French. There's one small obstacle though: he doesn't speak la langue française. In Flirting with French, Alexander sets out to conquer the language he loves. But will it love him back?
Alexander eats, breathes, and sleeps French (even conjugating...
10) Nomad
Author
Series
Ambassador (William Alexander) volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Gabe Fuentes, Earth's current ambassador, along with alien ambassador Kaen, and previous ambassador Nadia, set out on a journey to stop the Outlast from destroying every known species and civilization.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In a world full of ghosts, Rosa and Jasper live in the only unhaunted town--but must spring to action when they realize the ghosts are lying in wait to take the town back"--
Author
Series
Clues kids volume 4
Publisher
Troll Associates
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
While searching for a bike thief, the Clues Kids, five foster children living with Chief Klink and his wife, investigate the suspicious activities at a local pizza parlor.
17) Celia Cruz
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz-once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers everywhere. Her booming career took her from the Sonora Matancera to the Fania All-Stars, with the rising popularity of salsa, a genre born of Afro-Cuban musical stylings. Six decades and more than seventy albums later,...
Publisher
Alpha Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Paradise in Harlem: Black comic Lem Anderson does minstrel comedy on the vaudeville circuit, but dreams of becoming a serious stage actor. When he witnesses a mob hit, he is forced to leave town. He heads down south to find work, but he is plagued by personal demons and a drinking habit. Just as all seems lost, he is called back to New York to star in Shakespeare's play Othello, but when the mobsters learn he has returned, they resolve to silence...