Katherine Kellgren
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English
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Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem...his daughter Alice! Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things. Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek into family life inside the White House.
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In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England...and finally to the London...
7) Me...Jane
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Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and helping all animals," until one day she finds that her dream has come true.
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Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York in search of a new life. Adopting the initial M as her name, and reinventing herself, she embarks on a journey that will lead her to the catwalks of Paris, where she becomes the muse and star model to France’s iconic designer Jean-Louis Tremont. When M meets the charming and handsome actor, Larry Vaughan in New York they fall instantly in love and...
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Queen of the Tearling volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
860L
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English
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"On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense...
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Enola Holmes mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1020L
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English
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Enola Holmes is still on the run from her brother- the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. After one close encounter too many with him, Enola must abandon her disguise and find a new way to avoid discovery. But when Sherlock's right-hand man, Dr. Watson, goes missing without a trace, Enola is unable to resist investigating. Especially when she learns that a bizarre bouquet- with flowers that all symbolize death- has been delivered to the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1120L
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English
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While on the run from her brother Sherlock, the world's most famous detective, Enola Holmes has been hiding in plain sight, lodging with Mrs Tupper. Mrs Tupper may be half-deaf and a terrible cook, but she is the closest thing Enola has to a family. So when she discovers that her dear land lady has been abducted, Enola is shocked but determined to find out why. Especially when she finds cryptic codes within a crinoline underskirt in Mrs Tupper's upturned...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1040L
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English
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The ever-elusive Enola Holmes has now been on the run for more that eight months, much to the bemusement of her brother- the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. During a chance encounter with an old acquaintance, Lady Cecily, Enola realizes there is more to the young woman's plight than meets the eye. Especially when she leavees behind a dire plea for help within a peculiar pink fan... Puzzled, Enola finds she has no choice but to risk...
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Books of Ember volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
790L
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English
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Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and have survived their first few months above ground. But it's winter now, and the harsh realities of their new world have begun to set in. When Doon finds a book that hints at an important, long-lost device, it doesn't take much for him to convince Lina to join him for one last adventure in the place they used to call home. After all, the book is eerily similar to the instructions that led them out of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1020L
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English
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When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers-all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother's strange disappearance....
15) Hitched
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Regan Reilly and Jack "no relation" Reilly --head of the NYPD Major Case Squas-- are getting married! Arriving at a bridal salon to pick up here dream gown. Regan discovers the designers bound and gagged. Four dresses (hers included) are missing; a fifth is in shreds on the floor. WIth just a week before her wedding, Regan takes the case, meeting an unusual mix of bride and grooms-to-be, not-to-be. Meanwhile Jack is determined to crack a perplexing...
16) Laced
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Tracing their ancestry to a small Dublin town while honeymooning in Ireland, newlyweds Regan and Jack Reilly learn disturbing information about their families, a discovery with which they are aided by Jack's colleagues at the Major Case Squad.
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Returning home from their honeymoon to discover that their neighbor has put his Manhattan apartment up for sale, Regan Reilly and her husband Jack decide to buy it to enlarge their own loft, but the renovation process spawns its own set of problems and an unexpected case.
18) The river knows
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Gossip spreads fast about the liaison between "unimportant, unfashionable, excessively dull" Louisa Bryce and wealthy, handsome Anthony Stalbridge. In reality, their first kiss was a spur-of-the-moment coverup when the two are caught snooping around Elwin Hastings's mansion. Louisa, an undercover reporter for the sensational newspaper, Flying Intelligencer, is investigating Hastings's crooked financial dealings, while Anthony seeks the truth about...
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Connie Goodwin should be spending her summer doing research for her Ph. D. dissertation in American History. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she's compelled to help. While exploring the dusty bookshelves, Connie discovers an ancient key containing a brittle piece of paper on which is written two words: Deliverance Dane. And Connie begins to do some research... (Bestseller)
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
980L
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English
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Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London.