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Three rancheros volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur
2) The Waves
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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The Waves by an English writer, who is considered as one of the most important modernist 20th Century authors and also a pioneer in the use of the stream of consciousness as a narrative device, Virginia Woolf.
It is an experimental novel which is considered a key text of the Modernist literary movement. Interspersed with lyrical descriptions of waves breaking against the shoreline, the novel traces the intertwining lives of six friends from childhood...
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Owl diaries volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Eva is planning a big sleepover for her "hatchday" celebration, but one of her friends, Sue, does not seem to want to attend--so Eva must find out what is bothering Sue, and help her get over her first-sleepover jitters
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English
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At an inn in the Berkshire Mountains, seven former schoolmates gather to celebrate a wedding — a reunion that becomes the occasion of astonishing revelations as the friends collectively recall a long-ago night that indelibly marked each of their lives. Written with the fluent narrative artistry that distinguishes all of Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, A Wedding in December acutely probes the mysteries of the human heart and the endless...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Unforgettable . . . Truth rings forth clearly from every page. . . . One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re crying. . . . You’ll want to give a copy to every good woman friend you have.”—The Charlotte Observer
What do you say when you know you don’t have forever? Ruth has been Ann’s closest friend for years—her confidante, her...
What do you say when you know you don’t have forever? Ruth has been Ann’s closest friend for years—her confidante, her...
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Wild robot volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Audiobooks for Families: Summer Reading 2024
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Youth: Recommendations for Grades 1-3
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Youth: Recommendations for Grades 1-3
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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants
10) Number the stars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis
11) The Interestings
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English
Description
Forging a powerful bond in the mid-1970s that lasts throughout subsequent decades, six individuals pursue challenges into their midlife years, including an aspiring actress who harbors jealousy toward friends who achieve successful creative careers
12) Nikki & Deja
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Series
Nikki and Deja volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When an arrogant new girl comes to school, third-graders and best friends Nikki and Deja decide to form a club that would exclude her but find the results not what they expected
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Series
Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg
14) Hey, duck!
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English
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Perfect for fans of Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie series!
An adorable little duckling is trying to befriend another "duck," but he is oblivious to the fact that his potential pal is actually a cat. Though resistant and stubborn at first, the cat soon realizes labels don't matter in the least—and before you know it, meowing and quacking are one and the same.
Look for these other books featuring Duck and Cat:
Just a Duck!
Sleepover...
An adorable little duckling is trying to befriend another "duck," but he is oblivious to the fact that his potential pal is actually a cat. Though resistant and stubborn at first, the cat soon realizes labels don't matter in the least—and before you know it, meowing and quacking are one and the same.
Look for these other books featuring Duck and Cat:
Just a Duck!
Sleepover...
15) The Haters
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Georgie's dwarfism causes problems, but he could always rely on his parents, his best friend, and classmate Jeanie the Meanie's teasing, until a surprising announcement, a new boy in school, and a class project shake things up
19) Between friends
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English
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Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different backgrounds. Jillian is the only child of wealthy parents, while Lesley's from a working-class family. They become best friends in the turbulent '60s, but their circumstances, their choices--and their mistakes--take them in virtually opposite directions. Lesley stays in their Washington State hometown. She gets pregnant and marries young, living a life defined by the demands...
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