human behavior

Snub is a young female gorilla, somewhat jealous because her mother is occupied with a new baby, curious of the world around her, a world that is being reshaped by shaking ground and mountains that bleed fire, and most terrifyingly by a new form of predator that walks on two legs; when her mother is killed Snub finds herself in charge of her baby brother--and accompanied by one of the not-gorillas, a very young female who has been orphaned by the violence of her own kind.

". . . In this . . . book, [the] author takes some of the world's most famous studies and events and reframes them, providing a new perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history. From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the Blitz, a Siberian fox farm to an infamous New York murder, Stanley Milgram's Yale shock machine to the Stanford prison experiment, Bregman shows how believing in human kindness and altruism can be a new way to think--and act as the foundation for achieving true change in our society. It is time for a new view of human nature"--OCLC.

Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.

When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.

Young children promise to be the best versions of themselves.

"Twelve-year-old Jacky 'Ha-Ha' Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--Provided by publisher.

A reprinting of the "Big Nate" comic strip, that follows the adventures of eleven-year-old Nate Wright, who's band is invited to play at the P.S. 38 annual open house.

A compilation of two previously published Big Nate books, that follows the adventures of eleven-year-old Nate Wright in comic strip form through his middle school experience.

"Tired of missing out on good things because he is the smallest and youngest in his family, Ravi turns into a tiger and gets what he wants with a great roar"--Provided by publisher.

Bobo, a flea-infested wild boar, is surprised and intimidated to receive an invitation to dine with the new queen, but after making several disastrous mistakes, he finds a kindred spirit.