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5921) The Kenton year
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
After the death of her father, nine-year-old Mandy and her mother move to Kenton, Vermont, where they finally learn to relinquish the past and begin a new life.
5924) When heroes die
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Devastated to discover that Uncle Rob, his hero, is dying of AIDS, twelve-year-old Gary, in need of advice and guidance in his life, finds that it is Uncle Rob himself who gives him strength to face the future.
5925) In the crosshairs
Author
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After K-9 unit administrative assistant Sophie Walters spots a suspicious stranger lurking at the K-9 graduation, the man kidnaps her—and she barely escapes. With Sophie’s boss missing and someone determined to silence her, NYPD officer Luke Hathaway vows he and his K-9 partner will guard her. But he must keep an emotional distance to ensure this mission ends in justice…not cold-blooded murder.
5926) Mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-six-year-old Stevie Pollack has earned fame and praise for her landscape architecture projects, though critics complain she's too formal, too rigid. When her lover abruptly drops her, and her Chicago lakefront development project is panned, Stevie seeks solace in her roots, among the calming waters, the vibrant flowers, and the comforting traditions of the islands. Still, in the back of her mind, Hawaii holds troubling memories of a childhood...
5929) The boyfriend
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After Joanna breaks up with her boyfriend, Dex, he dies. She wants to be sorry, but she's not. Dex isn't going to leave it at that, though. He's coming back for one last date with her.
Author
Publisher
Maiden Lane Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of two young mothers, Hazel and Vida, one wealthy and white and the other poor and black, who have only two things in common: the devastating loss of their children, and a deep and abiding loathing for one another. In pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, Vida is harassed by Delphi's racist sheriff and haunted by the son she lost. Hazel, who also lost a son, can't keep a grip on her fractured life, and drunkenly crashes her car into a manger scene....
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
They say Delia burned burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June does not believe it was suicide because she and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night a year ago, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend Ryan let their good time get out of hand, and now, a year later, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered.
5934) The wishing tree
Author
Publisher
Shen's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ming's wishes at the tree on Lunar New Year with his grandmother always seemed to come true, but one year the tree does not help, and he alone must make peace with the loss of his grandmother and the spirit of the tree.
5936) The dark light
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While enduring a bleak existence in a hospital for lepers in Norway during the early 1800s, thirteen-year-old Tora tries to find meaning in a life surrounded by death.
5938) Sleepless
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eron, a supernatural being known as a Sandman whose purpose is to seduce humans to sleep, falls in love with a sad teenaged girl who is mourning her boyfriend's death.
5939) Scared to death
Author
Series
Chloe and Levesque mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Just days after she came to Chloe for help, Tessa is found dead. Now Chloe has to find who might have wanted Tessa out of the way.
5940) Leif and the fall
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. "All leaves fall in the fall," say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch?
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