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1) Warlight
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In 1945, just after World War II, fourteen-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem,...
2) Metro girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
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Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, "Wild" Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver who's good at revving a woman's engine. Engaged in a deadly race, Bill has "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five-foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset...just when Hooker has plans for...
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New beginnings volume 4
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Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do to...
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"Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love...
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Series of Unfortunate Events volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
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Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child, " the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
6) Ginger Pye
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
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The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
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Series of Unfortunate Events volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 6
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On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2002], c1984
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Innocent and unsure, Theresa Brubaker has lived much of her 25 years trapped in a body she loathed. Never becoming used to the unwanted attention from the opposite sex, her precious beauty was treasured by everyone but herself- that is, until an extraordinary man opens her heart to the wonderful possibilities of love. Sensitive and caring, Brian Scanlon seeks to unleash the butterfly wrapped in Theresa's cocoon of inhibitions. But trust...
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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
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"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was...
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Series of Unfortunate Events volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
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In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
13) Goldilicious
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Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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A little girl and her brother play with her imaginary gold-horned unicorn that can float on water, fly, and turn herself into a fairy princess.
14) Hidden
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Lost and found volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
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"At first glance, few would guess that Luna and Cullan Bodman are siblings. Cullan, efficient and serious, is rarely out of a business suit. Luna reads palms and tarot cards, and loves flowing skirts and dangling jewelry that matches her unconventional spirit. Still, her artistic eye is an asset to the family's furniture restoration business. When Cullan stumbles across something unexpected in a piece he just acquired, and a client of Luna's reveals...
15) Lucinda's secret
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Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
17) Dark places
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Libby Day was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered and her brother Ben was jailed for the crime. Now, twenty-five years later, Libby discovers shocking evidence that Ben may be innocent, and the real killer still at large.
18) Me too!
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Western Publishing Co./Golden Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Sharing with one's little sister can be an awful bother, but it has its rewards too.
19) Eclipse
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Warriors power of three volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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While Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw struggle to understand their powers as warriors, the cats' faith in StarClan is tested yet again.
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