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21) Crazy weekend
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When Hector's mother suggests that he and his amigo Mando get out of East L.A. for the weekend and see some of the world, he's thinking Paris. So he's a little disappointed when they end up in Fresno, sleeping on a lumpy couch in his Uncle Julio's messy apartment. Hector figures it's going to be one boring weekend. he couldn't be more wrong. between flying in a rickety old plane, spotting an armored car heist, and warding off the bambling theives...
22) Midnight
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 29
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Some strange deaths draw Tessa Lockland and Sam Booker to Moonlight Cove, where they team up with natives Chrissie Foster and Harry Talbot to combat the evil that threatens the community.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25
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First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human...
24) Smoky night
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
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In the Pacific there is an island that look like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim. Once, Indians also lived on the island. When they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.
27) Sooner or Later
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"Sole heir to her family's once formidable fortune, Ellie Parrish Duveen divides her time between running her small restaurant and trying to take care of her beloved grandmother. The last thing she has time for is men."--BOOK JACKET. "Dan Cassidy, formerly a New York City cop, now the owner of a run-down California winery, is also too busy for love - or so he thinks. When he walks into Ellie's bistro, a friendship is sparked that threatens to turn...
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Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
35) The hunter
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Pub. Date
2012
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"How did your mother die?" For San Francisco private-eye Wyatt Hunt, the text message triggers a search for clues about his personal life from his mother that was murdered to his father who was charged with the crime but not convicted.