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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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Tells the story of Smokey, a bear rescued as a cub from a forest fire in New Mexico in 1950, describing how he was nursed back to health and how he became the live counterpart to the Forest Service's fire prevention poster character.
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Bob Greene reveals the story of the North Platte Canteen, a railroad stop in North Platte, Nebraska, through which would pass trains bearing United States soldiers en route to Europe or the Pacific. Volunteers from the city of twelve thousand made it a place where soldiers could enjoy music, home-cooked food, magazines and friendly conversation, if only for a short time. Based on interviews with North Platte residents and the GIs who once passed through....
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Pub. Date
c2002
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Bob Greene reveals the story of the North Platte Canteen, a railroad stop in North Platte, Nebraska, through which would pass trains bearing United States soldiers en route to Europe or the Pacific. Volunteers from the city of twelve thousand made it a place where soldiers could enjoy music, home-cooked food, magazines and friendly conversation, if only for a short time. Based on interviews with North Platte residents and the GIs who once passed through....
6) Mariposa
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When the Talos Corporation threatens to subvert the American government with the mind-altering Mariposa program, it is up to FBI agents William Griffin, Rebecca Rose, and Nathan Trace to stop the military-contracting company and its ruthless CEO.
7) Jamberry
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A little boy walking in the forest meets a bif lovable bear that takes him on a delicious berry picking adventure in the magical world of Berryland.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
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Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion. He was a rough-hewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. At a gallop, he jabbed one foreleg sideways, as if he were swatting flies. For two years, he fought his trainers and floundered at the lowest level of racing, misunderstood and mishandled, before his dormant talent was discovered by three men.
One was Red Pollard, a failed prizefighter and failing jockey...
10) True devotion
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Lifeguard Kelly Jacobs knew time was running out for her rescue from the sea. Navy SEAL Lt. Joe "Bear" Baker plucked Kelly from the raging sea when she had nearly given up hope. He was her best friend. The man who killed Kelly's husband is back and closer than Kelly and Joe realize. They're about to discover that God is a refuge.
11) Tops and bottoms
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
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"'As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not.' In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched...
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I survived volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier National Park before... until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier every year. Mel loves it here ― the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park is a reminder of the past.
Then Mel comes face-to-face with a mighty grizzly. She knows basic bear safety: Don't turn...
16) Picture perfect
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
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For her discovery of an ancient human relic, glamorous UCLA anthropologist Cassie Barrett is rocketed to the prominence of a '90s-style Margaret Mead. As if that's not enough, she goes to Kenya as technical consultant on a movie starring hunk-of-the-month Alex Rivers. After a whirlwind romance, Cassie becomes the new Mrs. Rivers, toast of filmdom's beautiful people. But all is not bliss for the newlyweds: Alex's tortured past just won't let go, and...