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1) Beach music
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Jack McCall, a writer who moved to Rome to flee his family, returns to South Carolina where his mother is dying and makes peace with them, including Jewish in-laws he couldn't stand and who blamed him for his wife's suicide.
2) Olivia Twist
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. But she can't seem to escape her past ... or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble...
3) Rose Madder
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 28
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"After surviving fourteen years of hell in a violently abusive marriage, Rosie Daniels finally summons the courage to flee for her life. But leaving her husband, Norman, for a new city and a new start is a very daunting prospect. It's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason - Norman's a police officer with the instincts of a predator, a force of relentless terror and savagery... a man almost mythic in his monstrosity....
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
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"World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel. At 1:30 p.m., there is only one choice left: an emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water hundreds...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Sadie Robertson, bestselling author and star of Dancing with the Stars, has an important message for her generation: you don't have to be held back by fear, anxiety, or loneliness anymore. In Live Fearless, Sadie takes you on a thrilling personal journey toward power, passion, and purpose as you live at the center of who God created you to be!Dear friends,I don't know about you, but I'm pretty tired of the struggle. You know which one I mean-fear,...
7) Rain Forest
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Accurate and up-to-date information, useful facts, science experiments and math puzzles, poems, stories, myths and legends, music and songs, art and craft ideas.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. The dedicated staff worked tirelessly to find innovative ways for mother and baby to build a relationship. The efforts were ultimately successful, as baby Yola bonded with her mother and the rest of the family group.
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2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"First described by Plato, the idea of Atlantis has existed since 360 BC! Learn about the history of the Greek god Poseidon's relationship with the kingdom and the real research that's been done by historians and scientists who are trying to locate Atlantis. Featured in plenty of movies, books, and comics, Atlantis is still relevant in popular culture today...but does it really exist? Find out all the facts we do know about it in this exciting book"--...
12) Abraham Lincoln
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Recounts the life of the dedicated man who survived a difficult childhood, became a country lawyer, and as sixteenth president of the United States guided the country during the Civil War.
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Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. Included are fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Ada Lovelace, and Bill...