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16621) Loveless
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush--but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her...
16622) Weird rules to follow
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It's the 1980's. Mia and her best friend, Lara, have known each other since kindergarten. But even thought they both live in the same cul-de-sac in the coastal fishing town of Prince Rupert, Mia's life is very different from her non-Indigenous, middle class neighbor. Lara lives with her mom, dad and little brother in a big house with two cars in the driveway. Mia lives in a shabby wartime house that is full of relatives-- her churchgoing grandmother,...
16623) Spaceboy
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America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky ... before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth's dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?
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Nigel Narwhal wants to be one of Santa's helpers more than anything, but thinks only elves and reindeer can do that. But when Santa loses someone's special gift-their True Christmas Wish-can Nigel help him deliver it and save Christmas?
Dive undersea at the North Pole to meet a world of fun animals celebrating Christmas and experience the joy of making holiday wishes come true in this important story about high hopes, big dreams, generosity, and...
16625) Travels with Louis
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Queens, 1959. Twelve-year-old Fred loves reading, baseball, and playing trumpet with his neighbor, Louis Armstrong. Fred accompanies Louis to Nashville, where he encounters a Civil Rights lunch counter strike, and to London and Paris. Characters include Langston Hughes, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington.
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 5
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Despite his parents' warnings, a princely cub befriends a human, the girl Su. But can Teddy prove the jungle is big enough for both man and beast? The popular series Tales of the Chinese Zodiac features all twelve animals of the new year! This is the fifth book. 2010 is the Year of the Tiger."
16627) Sleeping with the Light On
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Davico lives with his family above La Casita — the Little House — in Guatemala City in the early 1950s. But it's not just a little house. It's also the family restaurant!
The restaurant provides plenty of distraction and adventure for Davico and his older brother, Felipe. The mean cook, Augusto, and the always-late waiter, Otto, love to play tricks on Davico. There's a huge oven in the gas cookstove, which Felipe knows how to light - if he can...
16628) The memory thief
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Thirteen witches volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When sixth-grader Rosie begins to see magic, she learns that her mother's dwindling memory is tied to an age-old battle between the light of the moon and the darkness of witches.
16630) Izzy at the end of the world
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An autistic girl faced with disaster, Izzy Wilder and her dog Akka set out to discover the truth behind humanity's disappearance, facing life's greatest mysteries as they uncover the true endurance of the human spirit to save the world.
16631) The gingerbread witch
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"After Mother Agatha, who raised her in a gingerbread house, is burned to ashes, 12-year-old Maud sets out through the dangerous Shadelands in search of a way to bring her back to life."--Provided by publisher.
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Frazzled volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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Abbie Wu is FRAZZLED as she navigates locker thieves, diabolical cats, and other hazards of middle school. Things are looking up for Abbie Wu: this year she'll run for class president and get a brand-new shiny locker. Until--she doesn't ... Not only does she discover that her locker has been hijacked by a complete stranger, but it turns out the culprit also happens to be her new science partner. To make matters worse, there's an addition to the Wu...
16633) Jungle of bones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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When sullen teenager Dylan Barstow is caught joyriding in a stolen car he is sent to his ex-Marine uncle for the summer, but soon they are on the way to Papua New Guinea in search of a World War II fighter plane and Dylan discovers that defiance is not asurvival skill when you are lost in a jungle.
16634) Two white rabbits
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A little girl counts the things she sees as she and her father travel, sometimes on foot, sometimes on top of a train, and sometimes in other ways, stop while her father earns more money for the trip, and avoid soldiers and other dangers.
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Admission meets American Panda in this propulsive, poignant YA contemporary novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie. Perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi!
At sixteen, Perla is the youngest graduating senior of the hypercompetitive Monte Verde High. Praised-and not-so-quietly bashed-as "Perfect Perlie Perez," Perla knows all the late nights, social isolation, and crushing...
16636) Wayward creatures
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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"Gabe doesn't know where he belongs anymore. His family is caught up in their own lives and his friends barely have time for him...In a desperate move for attention...Gabe sets off fireworks in the woods near his house and causes a small forest fire...In the chaos of the destruction, a coyote named Rill...finds herself far from home...Gabe and Rill's paths irrevocably cross when Gabe is tasked with cleaning up the forest...The damage to the land and...
16637) The curse on Spectacle Key
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home... only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his family's history in the process. This new middle grade standalone mystery from the author of the Muse Squad series is perfect for fans of Doll Bones and The Girl and the Ghost!
Frank Fernandez's family never stays in one place for long. His parents renovate unusual...
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Vanderbeekers volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Excited for Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party, the Vanderbeeker children learn more about their mysterious grandparents while waiting for the celebration to start.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own...
16640) Tiny
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Tiny is a poetic retelling of Sophocles' Antigone. Instead of having two brothers who kill each other in a civil war, Tiny has one who kills himself after coming home from a far-away war. Our heroine mourns her brother, forever, but-with best friend Izzy, boyfriend Hank, and a collective dance night held in an old artificial limb store-she escapes freezing herself in grief, too.
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