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81) Self-Defense
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Alex Delaware novels volume 9
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A woman suffering from recurring nightmares sees a psychiatrist. He traces them back to a crime committed 20 years earlier and goes to the scene to obtain confirmation.
82) True Blue
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
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Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetime--to perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old star--but complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.
85) A jar of dreams
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression, experiencing a great deal of prejudice towards her.
88) Fat boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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The victims at Carmichael High decide it is time to put a stop to the bullying and join forces against their tormentors.
89) The silver star
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Series
House of Winslow volume 20
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Priscilla Winslow leaves New York for a new life in Hollywood in the new motion picture industry ; trouble plagues her, and she turns to Christ ; a renewed faith helps her make the difficult choices.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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The Velveteen Daughter reveals for the first time the true story of two remarkable women: Margery Williams Bianco, the author of one of the most beloved children's books of all timeâ The Velveteen Rabbitâ and her daughter Pamela, a world-renowned child prodigy artist whose fame at one time greatly eclipses her mother's. But celebrity at such an early age exacts a great toll. Pamela's dreams elude her as she struggles with severe depressions,...
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"Beauty and glamour meet deception and revenge in this electrifying novel by New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick. Investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier, the newest resident of Burning Cove, is unsettled when her boss suddenly goes on a health retreat at an exclusive spa and disappears without another word. Lyra knows something has happened to Raina Kirk, and she is the only one who can track her down. The health spa is known for its luxurious...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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In tranquil Branscombe, New Hampshire, for the holidays, PI Regan Reilly and her NYPD husband Jack, suspense writer Nora Reilly and funeral director husband Luke, and lottery winner-turned-sleuth Alvirah Meehan and her husband Willy find themselves investigating shenanigans involving the local mega lottery in the midst of preparations for a festival celebrating old-fashioned Christmas values.
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EllRay Jakes series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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"It's December at Oak Glen Primary School and all EllRay can think about is Christmas. As far as he's concerned, Christmas is the best--no school, presents, fun parties, and lots of cookies, and no school! But before EllRay can celebrate with his family, he must lead half the school in the Winter Wonderland assembly. How tough can it be to memorize a few lines? Very tough, especially when EllRay's soon-to-be ex-friend gives him a challenge to perform...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother's cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew's father's book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 24
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Stone Barrington is called to Bel-Air to oversee an exclusive event that will gather the top echelons of the beau monde: Hollywood starlets, socialites, politicos, billionaires from overseas. Its a task in which Stone has a personal stake, and one that is made all the more pleasurable-though somewhat more complicated-with the arrivals of two beautiful women with whom hes intimately acquainted.But the grand occasion has also attracted a dangerous criminal...
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Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where his family had been camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan Palmer must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed younger sister, and their dog alive until help arrives.
97) Leaves of grass
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In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture of the time, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter. Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola, recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket.
99) Riding the Flume
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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In 1894, fifteen-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermen and protect the largest Sequoia tree ever seen, which had been given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.