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1) Crash
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
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English
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James Allen's literary essay and book As a Man Thinketh was originally published in 1903. The novel is written in terms of responsibility assumption, which is a doctrine that any person has complete responsibility for the events that happen to them. Every situation you are in is because of your choice, no other outside factors. Allen's novel takes this thought and acts as a guide for an individual to lead a more full and happy life, by using the power...
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English
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In this blend of fiction, allegory, and inspiration, Andrews tells the story of Jones--a mysterious man who shows up when things look the darkest for the people of Orange Beach, Alabama, and whose unique gift of noticing things that others miss helps us understand why things happen and what we can do about it.
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English
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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers - to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...
7) 13 gifts
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Willow Falls series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.
8) Ship breaker
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
In a futuristic world, teenager, Nailer, scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
9) Why not me?
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Language
English
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The star of "The Mindy Project" presents a collection of personal essays, observations, fears, and advice on everything from prisoner fan mail to celebrity interactions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Description
When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.
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English
Description
"What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should...
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with special cures for the not truthful, the pet forgetter, the fraidy-cat, the destructive child, and the child who continually says, "I can't find it."
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English
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"Several years ago, Today show co-host Hoda Kotb began posting quotes on her Instagram page. Some were penned by a favorite writer; others offered a dose of love or laughter. She thought the quotes were meaningful only to her, but then reactions poured in from thousands of people who were just as moved. So many of their comments read, 'I really needed this today,' a phrase that inspired the book's title. In I Really Needed This Today, Hoda not only...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them.
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English
Description
Ziglar's classic motivational book is revised and updated in this 25th anniversary edition to stress the importance of honesty, loyalty, faith, integrity, and strong personal character. The bestseller's basic premise is that you can get everything you want in life if you help enough people get what they want. Illustrations.
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Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 420L
Language
English
Description
"In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak; has Nate totally flipped out?"--
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