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Catalyzed by a nephew's thoughtless prank, a pair of brothers confront painful psychological issues surrounding the freak accident that killed their father when they were boys, a loss linked to a heartbreaking deception that shaped their personal and professional lives.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Covenant of Water: A beautifully written, page-turning family saga of Ethiopia and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. • “Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.” —USA Today
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful...
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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"Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
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English
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"Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love...
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2015.
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English
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"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their strict father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the ominous, forbidden nearby river, they meet a dangerous local madman who persuades the...
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English
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Lady Dwyn Innes is among the eligible women who have descended on Buchanan Keep, vying for the attention of the last unmarried brothers. Dwyn has resigned herself to becoming an old maid, yet a chance encounter with a stranger in the orchard awakens her to a new world of sensation and possibility. After weeks away, Geordie Buchanan returns to find his home swarming with potential brides, thanks to his loving but interfering family. Lady Dwyn's lush...
9) Aqualicious
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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At the beach, Pinkalicious and her brother help a tiny mermaid, a merminnie, to go back home.
10) Titch
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Publisher
Macmillan Publishing Company
Pub. Date
c1971
Language
English
Description
Nothing Titch owned amounted to much except the smallest thing of all--a seed.
12) Digger man
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Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A young boy imagines how he will use his digger to make a park where he and his little brother can play.
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Amazon Crossing Kids
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Cauã and Inaê are a brother and sister who live in a small community along the Tapajós River in Brazil. Here, the homes are on stilts and everyone travels around by boat--even to school! When the rainy season comes, they must leave their village and relocate to higher ground for a while. But after moving this year, Cauã and Inaê realize they've left behind something important: their pet tortoise, Titi! Unlike turtles, tortoises can't swim, and...
15) Goldilicious
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A little girl and her brother play with her imaginary gold-horned unicorn that can float on water, fly, and turn herself into a fairy princess.
16) Ladybug Girl
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After her brother tells her she is too little to play with him, Lulu, dressed as Ladybug Girl, makes her own fun.
17) Eclipse
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Series
Warriors power of three volume 4
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw have learned that the prophecy tells them they will hold more power than any cat before them. So when a mysterious cat arrives to warn the Clans of danger, the Clans' faith in their warrior ancestors is shaken.
18) Superfudge
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge.
19) Lift
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning and bestselling creators of Drawn Together comes the fantastic tale of a magical elevator that will lift your spirits--and press all the right buttons! Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she...
20) The field guide
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Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
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