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2221) The lost songs
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In small-town Carolina, sixteen-year-old Lutie Painter treasures the "Laundry List" of songs written by her ancestor and does not want to share them, but ultimately they help her learn more about her absent mother and connect with fellow students Kelvin, Doria, and especially Train, a former friend.
Author
Publisher
Free Indeed Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever encountered a shark? Drenda Keesee has--both in the ocean and in the workplace! In this book, Drenda is not talking about the kind of sharks you see on shark week. She's talking about the kind of sharks you encounter every week--at work, in relationships, and even at church. She's talking about the kind of sharks who wound you with words and accusations; take bites out of your time; rip the joy from your dreams; and leave you hopeless,...
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Having superpowers is overrated. It requires Tori to go to way more team practices than can comfortably fit into a normal teenager's schedule. Being a dragon slayer has other drawbacks too -- like fighting dragons and keeping one step ahead of power-hungry dragon lords, all without blowing her cover. Tori Hampton is a presidential candidate's daughter, which means she not only has a public reputation to maintain, she also has a humorless bodyguard...
2225) Half-blown rose: a novel
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Having grown up the privileged daughter of artists, Vincent has a life that is lovely in many ways. At forty-four, she enjoys strolling the streets of Paris and teaching at the modern art museum; she has a vibrant group of friends; and she's even caught the eye of a young, charismatic man named Loup. But Vincent is also in Paris to escape a painful betrayal: her Irish husband, Cillian, has published a bestselling book divulging secrets about his...
2226) The girls
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.
2227) The blind faith hotel
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When her parents separate and she and her siblings move with their mother from the northwest coast to a midwest prairie farmhouse, fourteen-year-old Zoe, miserably unhappy to be away from the ocean and her father, begins to develop a deep attachment to her new surroundings, when, after a shoplifting episode, she is assigned to work at a nature preserve.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiancé, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew.
Author
Series
Publisher
Polity
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of our selves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. This timely and vibrant book provides frameworks for thinking critically about the roles of digital media in personal relationships. Rather than providing exuberant accounts or cautionary tales, it offers a data-grounded primer on how to make sense of these important...
2232) Dreamin' sun: 5
Author
Series
Dreamin' Sun volume 5
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Things are heating up between Shimana and the landlord. First a confession and then an invitation to the school's Founders' Day Festival! What will the landlord do when Shimana announces her feelings for him on stage, in front of a huge crowd?
2233) Old tracks, new tricks
Author
Publisher
Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Trixie and Tracky are disappointed when the wooden train set they join is full of bossy trains and snoring train tracks.
2235) The perfect score
Author
Publisher
A Yearling Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Told from different viewpoints, five sixth-graders, facing various challenges and under pressure to do well on statewide assessment tests, agree to a plan for acing the tests.
Author
Series
Poseur novels volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Wealthy prep school students Janie, Petra, Melissa, and Charlotte, who together make up the newly-named teen fashion label Poseur, compete over whose Halloween bag design is the best of the lot.
2237) Wedding bell blues
Author
Series
Sparkle spa volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When they learn that their favorite manicurist is getting married, the Tanner sisters run into difficulties after one of them is chosen as a flower girl and the other is not.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined... Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community. Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community;...
2239) Broken pieces
Author
Publisher
Booktrope Editions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A collection of pieces, both prose and poetry, inspired by life: love, loss, abuse, trust, grief, and ultimately, love again.
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