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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When seventh-grader Bette finds an angel coin she puts it in her pocket and forgets it but soon the mysterious and kind Gabby moves into her building and helps her face her major losses, and then the coin connects her with three classmates who all find new ways to believe in themselves.
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English
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Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagull's nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood.
3) Oathblood
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Valdemar universe. Vows and honor volume 3
Valdemar Vows and Honor
DAW book collectors volume no. 1082
Valdemar Vows and Honor
DAW book collectors volume no. 1082
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English
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This exciting anthology includes a new novella featuring Mercedes Lackey's most popular heroines, Tarma (one of the sword-sworn and most feared of all warriors) and Kethry (who wields magic and weapons for the greater good), whose fates are suddenly bound together in blood by the powers that control their destinies. Also included in this unique volume is the complete collection of Lackey's short stories about these two brave sisters as they answer...
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Even the darkest stars volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Kamzin dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor's royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. Then River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives and demands to hire Kamzin -- not her older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected -- for his next expedition. River's mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor; it means climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain...
5) Rogue wave
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Waterfire saga volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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As Serafina uncovers more clues about the talismans, Neela ventures into a sea dragon's nest, and Ling learns the identity of their foe.
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English
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In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
The best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer hilariously destroys the cultural myths and impossible...
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Book of Storms volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Danny thinks he's left magic and mystery behind, but Sammael, a creature of terrible imagination, refuses to let him go. A strange new girl, Cath, enters Danny's world, bringing with her a message: Danny's cousin Tom has sold his soul to Sammael. It's up to Danny and Cath to find Tom and stop Sammael, who seeks to destroy humankind once and for all"--
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Thematic material and violence/disturbing images.
A young lawyer is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client's papers. While he works alone in the client's isolated house, he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman who is terrorizing the locals. This leads him on a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.
9) Punching bag
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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"The companion to Rex Ogle's award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate,...
10) The talisman
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Series
Daughters of the moon volume 10
Publisher
Volo
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
11) Against the tide
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Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by pursuers, who always seem to know just where to find them. Now they know why. One of them is a traitor"--Page 4 of cover.
12) Albrek's tomb
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Series
Adventurers wanted volume 3
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Newly-named wizard Alexander Taylor joins a familiar company of adventurers on a new quest to discover the fate of the legendary dwarf Albrek, find his mythical tomb, and locate the lost talisman that could be the key needed to save the entire dwarf realm.
14) Girl on a wire
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Series
Cirque American volume 1
Publisher
Skyscrape
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Jules Maroni's dream is to follow in her father's footsteps as a high-wire walker. When her family is offered a prestigious role in the new Cirque American, it seems that Jules and the Amazing Maronis will finally get the spotlight they deserve. But the presence of the Flying Garcias may derail her plans. For decades, the two rival families have avoided each other as sworn enemies. Jules ignores the drama and focuses on the wire,...
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