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On a bitter cold day, in the December of his Junior Year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. They borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster,...
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Viking
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"A luminous and richly layered novel evoking The Big Chill--the story of a group of lifetime friends who gather together to confront life, love, and now, mortality Before Everything is a celebration of friendship and love between a group of women who have known one another since they were girls. They've faced everything together, from youthful sprees and scrapes to mid-life turning points. Now, as Anna, the group's trailblazer and brightest spark,...
3) Tin man
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Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award
From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an autoworker in a small working-class town.
This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that.
Ellis and Michael are twelve when they first become friends, and for a long time it is...
From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an autoworker in a small working-class town.
This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that.
Ellis and Michael are twelve when they first become friends, and for a long time it is...
6) Gold!
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Instead of making friends, seven-year-old Max Midas decides to make millions and spend it on what he loves best, gold, but one day things get lonely inside his shiny castle and Max finally learns that gold is not worth anything without friends and family by your side.
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Viking
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English
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"Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh grade class field trip to Raven Island prison ... But when the three of them stumble upon a dead body in the woods, miss the last ferry back home, and then have to spend the night on Raven Island, they find that they need each other now more than ever"--
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Horrible Harry volume 35
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When his friend Doug is infested with head lice and Mary convinces everyone to stay away, Harry and his other friend Song Lee stand by Doug and declare war on the bugs.
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Last kids on Earth volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg"-- Provided by publisher.
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Miss Julia series volume 22
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English
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"In this latest installment of the Miss Julia series, Miss Julia has decided to stop meddling in other peoples' lives. But soon she is called on to help when Mildred's grandchild, whom she has never met, shows up unexpectedly. Miss Julia has experience dealing with children dropped on doorsteps, and sweeps in to lend a hand. But there's something just a bit strange about the child, and Miss Julia can't quite put her finger on what it is"-- Publisher....
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Welcome to Florabama, Alabama—a place where you can stop to sip a co'cola or iced tea and think about money and love. If you had'em, you were free to think about other things. If you didn't you couldn't think about anything else.
"We've been screwed blue and tattooed," quips Hilly Pruitt, upon hearing the news of the closing of Cherished Lady, the
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Horrible Harry volume 37
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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As the last day of third grade looms, Doug learns that Harry is moving to a new town and wonders how he'll survive fourth grade without him, while Harry wonders about the new neighbors across the street and what they could mean for their friendship.
13) Glassheart
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Secrets of Eden Eld volume 3
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Viking
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English
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"When they flee into another world to escape the clutches of their most formidable opponent yet, Eleanor and her friends accidentally disrupt the flow of time itself, becoming infected by malicious fairy tales that possess people and erase their memories"--
14) Lissy's friends
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Lissie is the new girl at school and very shy, so she makes origami friends to keep her company.
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Last kids on Earth volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Adventure abounds as the best buddies, Quint and Dirk, encounter new monsters and embark on a postapocalyptic quest for the ages.
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Horrible Harry volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Working on a dragon project in Room 3B leads to a war between two good friends--Harry and Song Lee.
19) Your pal Fred
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Viking
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IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Accidentally activated in a future world where only the savage survive, a life-size toy named Fred is programmed to be a friend and spread kindness and good will wherever he goes, but in this world that is going to be difficult--so Fred decides that his first task is to get Lord Bonkers and Papa Mayhem, two warlords, to make peace and become friends.
20) Brackenbeast
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Secrets of Eden Eld volume 2
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Viking
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English
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"Last Halloween, Eleanor, Pip, and Otto narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil January Society and their leader. But life in the too-quiet Eden Eld isn't safe just yet: according to the bargain they made with Mr. January, it's now his sister's turn tohunt the three of them...When their friends and neighbors begin disappearing, abducted by strange, mud-drenched monsters, Elanor and her two best friends must race to uncover their enemy's secrets"--...
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