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1) Squeeze me
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English
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It's the height of the Palm Beach charity ball season and a prominent high-society dowager is found dead in a concrete grave. The President immediately declares that Kiki was the victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. This, it turns out, is far from the truth. Enter Angie Armstrong, wildlife wrangler extraordinaire, who arrives at her own conclusions after she is summoned to the posh island to deal with a mysterious and impolite influx of huge, hungry...
2) My life
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 92
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English
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The former president looks back on his life and career, discussing his youth and education, his early public service, his years as governor of Arkansas, and his accomplishments during two terms in the White House.
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Alfred A. Knopf
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English
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""By far the most enigmatic leading figure" of World War II. Thats how the British military historian John Keegan described Franklin D. Roosevelt, who frequently left his contemporaries guessing, never more so than at the end of his life. Here, in a hugely insightful account, a prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelts final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 49
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English
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Examines the experiences of Barack Obama's life and explores the ambition behind his rise to the presidency, from his relationship with his parents to how social and racial tensions influenced his philosophy.
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Alfred A. Knopf
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English
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"The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current president--of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history. Former New York Times Moscow bureau chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Vladimir Putin's path for many years, and gives us the fullest, most absorbing account we have of his rise to power. This gripping narrative elucidates a cool and calculating...
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