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In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. Her arrival, fervently anticipated and conceived in part by gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, stuns her parents and brings outrage and scorn from her community. Pavla has been born a dwarf, beautiful in face, but as the years pass, she grows no farther than the edge of her crib. When her parents turn to the treatments of a local charlatan,...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012
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Brought together to form one extraordinary team of "Alphas" - people whose unique brain anomalies imbue them with superhuman mental and physical abilities - five seemingly ordinary citizens must take the law into their own hands while working within the government to investigate a new brand of baffling crime.
4) Wonder
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
6) Freaks
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat -- or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real" --Container.
7) Wonder
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Based on the New York Times bestseller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2013.
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"John was at one time an Episcopal priest but gave up his parish, and his vocation, to take up a career selling real estate. But it hasn't been a radical outward change.... But now there's a certain young woman.... And now there comes a surprising weekend when John has reason to hope he might overcome his virginity -- when she takes courage and invites him on an overnight in the country.... His expectations do have to adjust, when Thalia tells him...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
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"The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Suddenly, he and Noor are back in his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop, but he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned. Risen from the Library of Souls, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains--deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones, if they can decipher...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Brought together to form one extraordinary team of "Alphas"--People whose unique brain anomalies imbue them with superhuman mental and physical abilities -- five seemingly ordinary citizens must take the law into their own hands while working within the government to investigate a new brand of baffling crime.
11) The bees
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The Handmaid's Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliantly imagined debut set in an ancient culture where only the queen may breed and deformity means death. Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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WONDER IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY!
Over 3 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder—the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement—and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.
From the very first day Auggie and Julian met in the pages of R. J. Palacio's life-changing book Wonder,...
Over 3 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder—the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement—and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.
From the very first day Auggie and Julian met in the pages of R. J. Palacio's life-changing book Wonder,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Wonder tells the story of Auggie Pullman: an ordinary boy born with extreme facial abnormalities, whose first year at Beecher Prep school changed the lives and the perspectives of everyone around him. Auggie & Me is a new side to the Wonder story: three new chapters from three different characters-- Julian the bully ; Auggie's oldest friend Christopher ; and, classmate Charlotte, his new friend at school. Thought-provoking, surprising, infuriating,...
14) Wonder
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
15) The Peculiars
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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Eighteen-year-old Lena Mattacascar sets out for Scree, a weird place inhabited by Peculiars, seeking the father who left when she was young, but on the way she meets young librarian Jimson Quiggley and handsome marshall Thomas Saltre, who complicate her plans.
17) The elephant man
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2007
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Based on a true story, the film examines the complex emotional experiences faced by John Merrick, the "Elephant Man" when he is discovered by a dedicated surgeon. Rescued from his degrading life as a circus freak, Merrick is given a chance to live his last years with comfort, respect, and dignity.
18) Centaur rising
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur's born, and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret.
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Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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"Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders is an indispensable guide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. Covering everything from how to blend in with suspicious normals to the most popular time loops to visit as a temporal tourist, this essential volume is ideal for anyone curious about the world of Miss Peregrine: its strange history, curious practices, fascinating places, most...
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