Reba Buhr
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to, and she was really looking forward to a ghost-free summer at the beach; however her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Cordelia Clay loves the work she and her father do together: saving and healing the remarkable creatures around Boston at the end of the nineteenth century. Their home on Cedar Street is full to the brim with dragons, squelches, and diggles, and Cordelia loves every one of them. But their work must be kept secret-others aren't welcoming to outsiders and immigrants, so what would the people of Boston do to the creatures they call “monsters”?...
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English
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"In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago's Betty Robinson competed as a member of the first-ever women's delegation in track and field, and was feted as America's Golden Girl-- until a nearly-fatal airplane crash threatens to end everything. Outside of Boston, Louise Stokes, one of the few black girls in her town, sees competing as an opportunity to overcome the limitations placed on her, and risks everything to join the Olympic team. From Missouri, tomboyish...
4) Unplugged
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
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Series
Watch Hollow volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Having defeated the Garr, a vicious tree monster who lived within the enchanted woods of Watch Hollow, Lucy and Oliver Tinker now have the home they've always dreamed of: Blackford House. Powered by a magical clock and full of curious rooms and improbable knickknacks, Blackford House brims with the promise of new adventures. Yet when a strange governess arrives from England--bringing with her the Kojima twins, Agatha and Algernon--the Tinker children's...
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Language
English
Description
Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands...
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English
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Violet knows that time is a futile healer. When she thinks of her happily married grandfather-a predator lovingly referred to as Papa-the feelings of rage and betrayal still swell. Her younger sister, Lily, just discovered the numbing truth about him. Their mother, Rose? She can't believe it. Not Papa. Leave it alone, Violet. Focus on the now. When Papa suffers a sudden, and suspicious, fatal heart attack at Violet's wedding, she can barely conceal...
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English
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Taking a caretaking job at a nature preserve, Katie gets more than she bargained for when a terrified woman arrives late at night expecting a safe place to hide, and she suddenly doesn't know whom she can trust as she decides how much she'll risk to do the right thing.
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Series
Animal Rescue Agency volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"When an animal is in trouble, there's only one place to turn: the Animal Rescue Agency! Dashing Esquire Fox used to organize the world's most elaborate chicken raids until the day she encountered Mr. Pepper. Meeting the blustery old rooster changed her heart, convincing her to turn from a life of crime and instead form the Animal Rescue Agency, which masterminds rescue operations across the globe. Esquire and her unlikely chicken business manager...
Author
Series
Animal Rescue Agency volume 02
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Esquire and Mr. Pepper are invited to Beatle the Pangolin's private island concert. Upon arrival, they learn that Beatle is trapped and foul play is suspected. They must save Beatle before it's too late.
Author
Series
Animal Rescue Agency volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dashing Esquire Fox turned from a life of crime to form the Animal Rescue Agency, which masterminds rescue operations across the globe. Esquire and her unlikely chicken business manager coordinate their far-flung agents to get them to the Artic. In that frozen land they learn that what happened to the polar bear cub was no accident and that saving him will pit them against the scariest predator in he world: a human.