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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. When Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks for the first and last time since his stroke, he says that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson-each occurring at different times of his life. Rudy is all too ready to discount...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A man in England learns he is the father of a mathematical genius who is lying comatose after an insulin overdose. When he discovers the overdose was not an accident, David Venning takes it on himself to unmask the people responsible. He uncovers a conspiracy to silence scientists who worked on a new mathematical theory. A novel of mathematics.
4) Poco Loco
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Language
English
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"Meet Poco Loco. He's a very unusual ratón. He likes to invent wacky things. When Poco Loco's Waffle Iron-Weather Forecaster predicts mal tiempo, Poco Loco runs to tell his barnyard friends. But it's still sunny out, and the other animals don't believe him. Then a roar of wind whips through their picnic, and Poco Loco and his friends fly up, up, and away. But never fear! Poco Loco will use his wits (and one crazy invention) to save the day!"--Page...
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Language
English
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"Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan in store for her. Ever since she was young, whenever she met a new guy, Daphne would find a slip of paper with exactly how long they'd spend together--4 months, two weeks, one night. That's how she met her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Hugo, the only person in Daphne's life who knows of her secret. Followed by a string of men and countless dates, Daphne resigned herself to the fact that she was...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A tale spanning the years between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the end of World War I features characters who are caught up in such events as the labor troubles of Colorado, the Mexican revolution, and the heyday of silent-movie Hollywood.
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Language
English
Description
"Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor--inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch--decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate the long life she's led, while she's still around to enjoy it. She's not ill, as far as anybody knows, but Flor does have a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. Has she foreseen her...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"In this second thrilling installment of the Gunnie Rose series, Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew for a seemingly easy protection job, transporting a crate into Dixie, just about the last part of the former United States of America she wants to visit. But what seemed like a straight-forward job turns into a massacre as the crate is stolen. Up against a wall in Dixie, where social norms have stepped back into the last century, Lizbeth has to go...
Author
Publisher
FaithWords Large Print
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The year is 2042 and for the first time in human history, the economic pyramid has flipped. The feeble old now outnumber the vigorous young. An intensifying battle is forming between competing cultural agendas. Reporter Julia Davidson is investigating the crisis and becomes a pawn in an ominous conspiracy.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Por la sangre de las mujeres Marte corre una magia que les concede dones especiales. Creciendo en República Dominicana, y luego al migrar a Nueva York, las hermanas Flor, Matilde, Pastora y Camila aprendieron a valerse de ellos, y de la fuerza de su vínculo, para protegerse de las hostilidades del mundo. Pero también, a callarse sus deseos, temores y anhelos más profundos. Por eso, cuando Flor anuncia que va a celebrar un velorio en vida, el...
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From bestselling, National Book Award--winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for adults, the story of one Dominican-American family told through the voices of its women as they await a gathering that will forever change their lives. Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake--a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she's led--her...
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