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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Beneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers -- Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. In their tiny home, matchboxes double as roomy dressers and postage stamps hang on the walls like paintings. Whatever the Clocks need they simply "borrow" from the "human beans" who live above them. It's a comfortable life, but boring if you're a kid. Only Pod is allowed to venture into the house above, because the danger of being seen by...
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"Just another country house party - with a corpse! ... Poor Lady Adelaide seems to trip over bodies no matter where she goes. This time, it's the home of a friend - the hostess AND murder victim, Lady Pamela Fernald. Looking to solve a murder and possibly stoke the fires of love, Addie knows just who to call - Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter of Scotland Yard. Although Dev and Addie may not be able to rekindle a romance, they must work together...
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Mitford years volume 13
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English
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Over the course of twelve Mitford novels, fans have kept a special place in their hearts for Dooley Kavanagh, first seen in At Home in Mitford as a barefoot, freckle-faced boy in filthy overalls. Now, Father Tim Kavanagh's adopted son has graduated from vet school and opened his own animal clinic. Since money will be tight for a while, maybe he and Lace Harper, his once and future soul mate, should keep their wedding simple. So the plan is to eliminate...
7) Waggit again
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Waggit volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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After being left in the country by his owner, Waggit sets out on the long journey to New York City and meets some unexpected friends along the way.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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The arrival of the Soviet army in Germany at the end of World War II sends sixteen-year-old Katja and her family into turmoil. With their father gone and few resources available to them, Katja and her sister flee their home, reassured by their mother that if they can just reach a distant friend in a town far away, things will get better. Their harrowing journey brings danger and violence, and Katja needs to summon all her strength to build a new life,...
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Montmaray journals volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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In January 1937, as Sophia FitzOsborne continues to record in her journal, the members of Montmaray's royal family are living in luxurious exile in England but, even as they participate in the social whirl of London parties and balls, they remain determined to free their island home from the occupying Germans despite growing rumors of a coming war that might doom their country forever.
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Laurence Bartram novels volume 2
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English
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When former infantry officer Laurence Bartram is called to the small village of Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the place: a crumbling stately home; a centuries-old church; and a recently planted maze, a memorial to the men of the village, almost all of whom died in one heroic battle in 1916.
But it soon becomes clear to Laurence that while rest of the country is alight with hope for the first time since the end of the War, as the first...
12) Old Yeller
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience. Set in the rough wilderness of early frontier Texas, "Old Yeller" is a timeless coming-of-age tale. Travis is left to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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One of the true classics of English literature, here are the adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad. Grahame's idyllic world is as fresh now as when they first discovered his enchanting tales, of Ratty sculling his boat on the River, Badger grumpily entertaining his friends in his comfortable underground home, and the exasperating Toad being driven into one tangle after another by his obsession with motor cars.
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Filled with wonderful humor, wisdom, and loving detail, the powerful story of Peter Marshall's life has touched the hearts and minds of millions of people. It is a book about love--the love between a dynamic man and his God, and the tender, romantic love between a man and the woman he married. It is also the gripping adventure of a poor Scottish immigrant who became Chaplain of the United States Senate and one of the most revered men in America.
15) Badger boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Returning to his Texas farm after the Civil War, Rusty discovers that home is not what it used to be. Then real trouble starts when Rusty finds Badger Boy, a white child raised by Comanche and agrees to return him to his Indian family.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Irving Berlin came to the United States as a refugee from Tsarist Russia, escaping a pogrom that destroyed his village. Growing up on the streets of the lower East Side, the rhythms of jazz and blues inspired his own song-writing career. Starting with his first big hit, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Berlin created the soundtrack for American life with his catchy tunes and irresistible lyrics. With "God Bless America," he sang his thanks to the country...
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"As beautiful as it may be, their friends' country home is not where Lady Vespasia wishes to spend Christmas with her new husband, Victor Narraway. She'd rather pass a relaxing holiday at home with him--especially because Victor, former head of the London Special Branch, seems to be hiding some undercover dealings with the other guests who have gathered in the spacious home. As tensions grow among the couples, the young and beautiful Iris Watson-Watt...
18) Billy Creekmore
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and his involvement with a union bring trouble. He then joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.
19) Wait for me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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On her father's farm in Scotland in 1945, Lorna Anderson's life consists of endless chores, rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Laura is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country? But as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing....
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager, he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!
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