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IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
560L
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English
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The story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors. On Christmas Eve Scrooge sits in his counting-house with not a kind word for a soul, just wanting to be left alone until the 'humbug' of Christmas is over. Four ghostly visitors (his partner Marley, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come) show him the error of his ways. By the time Christmas...
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Montana Creeds volume Prequel
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English
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When Juliana Mitchell loses the Indian school she runs in 1910 Montana, and the four children in her care are left with nowhere to go, she meets rancher Lincoln Creed, whose daughter is in desperate need of a governess. It turns out that Juliana could fulfill a much larger role in the Creed home, but an Indian affairs agent might upset the happy, if unconventional, setup.
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American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 3
American girl.Kit volume 03
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 3
American girl 1934 volume 03
American girl.Kit volume 03
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 3
American girl 1934 volume 03
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
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English
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In 1934, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
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The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. Despite no witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an accomplice simply because he was the only soldier unaccounted for when these baffling crimes were committed. Though chosen...
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"As Charlotte Pitt's grandmother Mariah Ellison finds herself investigating a long-unsolved slaying, it becomes clear that grappling with intrigue and foul play runs in the family. A festive Christmas package left on Mariah's doorstep contains an ominous present, sparking memories of a twenty-year-old murder that shattered her friendship with the victim's widow. Though the gift is a bitter reminder of that tragic time, in the spirit of the season...
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In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow's classic Revolutionary War poem, “Paul Revere's Ride,” was less than a month hence, and the country's grave political unrest weighed heavily on his mind. Yet with his beloved wife, Fanny, and their five adored children at his side, the delights of the season prevailed. In present-day Boston,...
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Boy called Christmas volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
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English
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Amelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was her Christmas spirit that gave Santa the extra boost of magic he needed to make his first trip around the world. But now Amelia is in trouble. When her mother falls ill, she is sent to the workhouse to toil under cruel Mr. Creeper. Meanwhile, up at the North Pole, magic levels dip dangerously low as Christmas approaches, and Santa knows that something is gravely wrong....
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"Spiced with Witemeyer's signature blend of humor, thrilling frontier action, and sweet romance, this charming holiday novella collection includes three novellas: An Archer Family Christmas, Gift of the Heart, and a brand-new story, A Texas Christmas Carol, along with a Christmas devotion; holiday recipes; and fun facts about 1890s Christmas celebrations." --
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Join award-winning author Hannah Howell as she gives readers a double dose of romance for the holidays with two feisty, flame-haired cousins, a dangerous cross country chase, and two rough and rugged men who find love with the irrepressible, impossible Kenney women....
A Heartful Of Wishes
Deidre Kenney made a deathbed promise to her father—shot in cold blood by two gunmen looking for land deeds he was hired to deliver to...
A Heartful Of Wishes
Deidre Kenney made a deathbed promise to her father—shot in cold blood by two gunmen looking for land deeds he was hired to deliver to...
12) Twice loved
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"Bev Winters's new job is an answer to prayer and just in time for Christmas-until her boss's kindness awakens an old longing. Will her pride allow love after loss? Also enjoy a collection of 1940s recipes and handcrafts along with stories and trivia about Christmas 1946." --From Goodreads.com.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
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English
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Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War. Addy Walker is a proud, courageous girl growing up in 1864, during the midst of the Civil War. Addy's stories tell of her daring escape with her mother from slavery, and the challenges they face afterward as they try to reunite their family. But Addy's stories are about much more than hardship. They are full of the love and...
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While walking through a moonlit convent courtyard, Helena encounters the handsome but mysterious Sebastian Cynster, Duke of St. Ives, one of England's most notorious aristocrats, who offers a memorable kiss before leaving, but seven years later, Helena, now an heiress, is reunited with Sebastian during her introduction to London society.
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For the first time in her sheltered life, Larissa Ascot's wishes for a merry Christmas seem to be in peril. Her father is in the Colonies on business, but is far overdue coming home. Thus, Larissa is left to handle the rumours of her family's bankruptcy, panicking creditors pounding on her door and eviction. On top of all that, she must now contend with her enigmatic would-be "benefactor" - Vincent Everett, the Baron of Windsmoor - who would be the...
17) A Christmas hope
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"Claudine Burroughs--who works with William Monk's wife Hester at the women's clinic--expects nothing but an unbearably boring several hours from a Christmas party she attends with her husband. However, when an endearingly romantic poet has his prostitute companion crash the glittering event--and the woman winds up dead--Claudine has more on her hands than she bargained for. Feeling sorry for the poet, she sets out to uncover the truth about what...
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2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 740L
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English
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In Depression-era New York City, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center site help a family in need--a gift that is repaid years later in the donation of an enormous Christmas tree.
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All I Want: With Lady Prudence's father gambling away the family's savings, all she wants for Christmas is to haul him away from London's most notorious gaming hell. Yet the wickedly handsome proprietor, Lord Stockton, refuses to let a lady enter his establishment. Now Pru needs a Christmas miracle to make her wish come true - and to resist succumbing to Stockton's charms.
Three French Hens: Brinna's life as a scullery maid changes with the arrival...
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