computers

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Monsters in cyberspace

1997
Thirteen-year-old Rilla tries to hide the fact that her stuffed toy monsters from the Monster of the Month Club are coming to life, while their use of her Internet account threatens her online search for her absent father.

The Great eye

1996
Writing poetry on a computer and working with a labrador retriever guide dog candidate help twelve-year-old Lucy deal with feelings of loss during her parents' separation.

Artemis Fowl

the eternity code / bk 3
2009
After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to create a powerful microcomputer and it is snatched by a dangerous American businessman, Artemis, Juliet, Mulch, and the fairies join forces to try to retrieve it.

Who invented the computer?

2010
Describes several "famous" moments of innovation and then examines the subject's evolution towards the future of the computer, includes biographies, fact boxes, timelines.

Spellspam

2008
Thea and her friends try to stop an outbreak of a new brand of magic that is attacking students at Wandless Academy, a school supposedly shielded from spells, that works through computers, which should be impervious to magic.

A new world of simulators

training with technology
2001
Explains how computer-powered simulators are helping train people for demanding jobs.

Mousenet

2011
Sent to live with her chef father and his wife in Oregon after having stayed with her inventor uncle and scientist mother in Cincinnati, ten-year-old misfit Megan is lonely until she starts working with some computer-savvy mice to try to save Mouse Nation--and the planet.

The computer zone

jokes, riddles, tongue twisters & "daffynitions"
2009
Contains one hundred computer-themed jokes, tongue twisters, and humorous definitions; and includes creative writing information and exercises as well as color illustrations.

The history of the computer

2006
Presents a short history of the computer examining the ancient abacus and slide rules, early computers, ENIAC, the silicon chip, and more.

Computers and schools

1999
A basic introduction to the use of computers in schools, describing word processing, desktop publishing, networks, computer-assisted learning, graphics, computer-produced music, and computer simulations.

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