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Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins Debbie, who wishes that something would happen so she'll be a different person, and Hector, who feels he is unfinished, narrate most of the novel. Both are 14 years old. Hector is a fabulous character with a wry humor and an appealing sense of self-awareness. |
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earch the list of current issues or by topic (Arts & Media, English & Language Arts, Business, Careers, Health, History, Science, Math, Social Studies, Sports, and Technology. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. |
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Provides a broad spectrum on information on thousands of authors and their works across disciplines and timeframes. The collection contains 27,500 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, 140,500 author biographies, 350 literary journals, 535,000 book reviews, 54,000 classic & contemporary poesm, 14,500 classic and contemporary short stories, 4,000 author interviews and much more. |
MAS Online
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 230 general interest and current events magazines, including full text for nearly 200. Includes over 400 full text pamphlets and nearly 20 full text reference books. |
 Points of View Reference Center
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Over 200 topics include affirmative action, HIV/AIDS, immigration, nuclear proliferation, stem cell research, tax cuts, and many mroe. There are also guides to debate, developing arguements and writing position papers. There is also a searchable database ov the some of the most important social, political and cultural moment of the 20th century on video. |
TOPICsearch
Research social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. Contains full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources. |
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