Jan Fields
2) Bitter Words
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English
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Faith Newberry is setting in nicely at her job as librarian at the upscale and pet-friendly Castleton Manor library retreat. Even her cat, Watson, has taken to his new life in Lighthouse Bay on Cape Cod. With a cozy cottage on the grounds of the Massachusetts estate to live, and surrounded by books by day and friends by night, Faith thinks life couldn't get much sweeter. When celebrity pastry chef Sugar Worthington takes up residence at the manor,...
3) Simple lies
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Amish Inn mysteries volume 03
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English
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The quaint Indiana town of Pleasant Creek is bustling with activity as Christmas draws near. Boston native and innkeeper Liz Eckardt is learning to embrace her new home's holiday traditions and welcome the slower-paced life at the heart of Amish country. The little town is brimming with yuletide cheer and the brisk air is filled with the smell of freshly baked Christmas cookies and the merry sounds of carolers. Liz is certain her godson, Steve, coming...
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Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library volume 11
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English
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"When Oscar North, chef and local restaurant owner, falls from the balcony and dies. Oscar's death is rumored to be a homicide, and chaos breaks out at Castleton. The joint's lousy with wannabe gumshoes, and they launch their own investigation into who bumped off the chef. Meanwhile, Oscar's widow knocks librarian Faith Newberry for a loop by getting her to find her husband's kikker."--Adapted from book flap.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
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English
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After an encounter with a fake Bigfoot, the film crew of the Internet series, Discover Cryptids, heads to the Florida swamps to search for the "Skunk Ape"--but find a crooked ranger who hates Florida panthers, instead.
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Amish Inn mysteries volume 06
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English
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Liz Eckardt is busy juggling the demands of her colorful guests at the Old Mansion Inn in the delightful town of Pleasant Creek, Indiana, when she is summoned to jury duty. Expecting it to be a quiet respite from the hectic pace at the inn, Liz prepares to escape into a good mystery novel. But the waiting room is far from quiet. Fellow juror Nora Wexler is loud, rude, and spends her free time insulting people and complaining about her ex-husband....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
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English
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Looking for alligators in the sewers of New York City seems like a silly idea to Gabe Brown, but his brother is the creator of internet series, Discover Cryptids, so the filming crew sets out to explore the storm sewers--but when one of them panics, they get separated and lost.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
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English
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The Discover Cryptids filming crew, also known as the Monster Hunters, head to Lake Tahoe to investigate the monster Tahoe Tessie--but get tangled up in a different kind of mystery instead.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
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English
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Sean, one of the twins, has a reputation as a prankster, but Meri is convinced that the culprits behind the smashed brownies are Gina and Megan, class bullies--so she turns to Dorothy of Oz in her magic mirror for advice on how to confront them.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
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English
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In Texas to investigate Chupacabra sightings for their internet program, Discover Cryptids, Gabe and the rest of the crew find themselves caught between Chupacabra supporters who hope that tourism will save their town, and a vet who believes in coyotes with mange.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
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English
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Meri wants to share her magic mirror with her friends, so she has invited her whole reading group to a party--but when nobody else can see Mary Lennox from The secret garden in her mirror she has to lie and say she was making it up.
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530L
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English
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Ana thinks that her new elementary school is very strange, and when she and her new friend Bryce discover a secret passage they know that something suspicious is going on, but it is up to the reader to decide whether the school is a secret training ground, an illegal experiment, or something else.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
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English
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The Discover Cryptids film crew travel to South Carolina to investigate reports of a Swamp lizard man, which they are convinced is a hoax, just like all the other monsters--but Gabe is not so sure.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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When twins Sean and Sophia from California enroll in Meri's class she gets off on the wrong foot with Sophia--so she turns to her magic mirror for help in finding a way to apologize even though two of the class bullies keep interfering.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
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English
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When the Discover Cryptids crew arrives in Arkansas to investigate the Ozark Howler, possibly an escaped exotic big cat, they find themselves in direct competition with a rival television crew for the program Bump in the Night--but when they are examining signs of the monster Gabe falls into the river and is swept away.
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Adventures in extreme reading volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
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English
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Carter Lewis is having trouble making it through The legend of Sleepy Hollow, so his cousin Isabelle, suggests that he use his uncle's virtual reality machine to enter into the book as a character--and meet the Headless Horseman up-close and personal.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
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English
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The Discover Cryptids filming crew heads to Canada to investigate the Turtle Lake monster which is apparently sinking boats--but when the lake front diner burns down, they begin to think that this monster may be a lot more human than cryptid.
19) Facing a frenemy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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Meri is puzzled and hurt because her former best friend has turned on her--but when she is given a magic mirror by her aunt she gets some help in sorting out the problem from Anne of Green Gables.
20) The jinx
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Misfit's life for me volume I
Lexile measure
500L
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English
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"Elizabeth is tired of being mistreated in her orphanage, so she runs away and hides in a ship's cargo hold. But when the ship sets sail, two crewmen discover her during a storm. They think she's a jinx! What will become of Elizabeth now?"-- Page [4] of cover.