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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 30
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English
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On the eve of publisher Mikael Blomkvist's story about sex trafficking between Eastern Europe and Sweden, two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Mikael Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander--the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid years before.
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Elaine Pagels explores a number of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of "Christianities" emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. A radical reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.
83) I'm my own dog
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A dog without a human companion fetches his own slippers and curls up at his own feet but cannot reach a certain itchy spot in the middle of his back, compelling him to leash a poor lonely human who will loyally offer a helpful scratch.
84) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
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In 1772, the rift between Britain and its American colonies has put a frightening word into the minds of all concerned: revolution. Violence has already reared its ugly head in rural North Carolina, as cabins have been burned to the ground. To preserve the colony for King George III, the governor pleads with Jamie to bring the people together and restore peace. But Jamie has the privilege, although some might call it a burden, of knowing that war...
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2009
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Altagracia--her friends call her Grace--has a tattoo of Nuestra Senora de Altagracia on her shoulder, she's got a Ford Motor Company tattoo running down her leg, and she has grease worked so deep into her hands that it'll never wash out. Grace works at Sanchez Motorworks, customizing hot rods. Finding the line in a classic car is her calling. Grace loves John, and John loves her, and that would be wonderful, except that John, like Grace, has unfinished...
89) Dune
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 28
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English
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Frank Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Number one on the New York Times best-seller list, this hilarious, yet touching memoir of "life and love with the world's worst dog" by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Grogan appeals to everyone. Marley's unruly behavior, fierce loyalty, exuberance for life, and unconditional love leave a lasting impression on everyone. He may not be perfect--he's kicked out of obedience school--yet he's always there for John and his blossoming family. Whatever...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Overview: Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. Truman Capote's masterpiece, In Cold Blood, created a sensation when it was first published, serially, in The New Yorker in 1965. The intensively researched, atmospheric narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of the two men, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, who brutally killed them on the night of November 15, 1959,...
93) Goodnight moon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room : goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.
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Pioneer homesteaders facing drought and debt give way to modern-day hippies trying to lose themselves in the vanishing wilderness and real estate developers out to make a buck-unforgettable characters in nine stories that range in tone from crude cowboy humor to heartbreaking American tragedy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Sixth grader Alice Winston is having a rough year. Her older sister elopes. Her depressed mother won't get out of bed. Her father struggles to save their faltering horse ranch. And Alice's school pal drowns. Caught in a dizzying adult world, Alice soon faces challenges that threaten to shatter her dreams and her family.
99) Shadow wolf
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Wolves of the Beyond volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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After earning the right to return to the wolf pack that abandoned him, the exiled Faolan joins the clan as a lowly "gnaw wolf," but his goal of rising in the pack order is threatened when a jealous rival frames him for an unspeakable crime.
100) Mad honey: a novel
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"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she...
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