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IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 67
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Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections - between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed. Bleak House defies a single description. It...
2) The American
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"Christopher Newman, a wealthy American businessman, descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. In Paris he is introduced to Claire de Cintré, daughter of the ancient House of Bellegarde, and to Valentin, her charming young brother. His bid for Claire's hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of the family, an elder brother and their formidable mother, the old Marquise. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of his...
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John Shefford had found a new life with Fay Larkin. When she was charged with murder, the easy part was breaking her out of jail. After that he had the posse to worry about, violent bands of Indians, a murderous trek across a trackless waste, and a brutal passage through white water hell.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 18
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1000L
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Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of the Western genre. Lassiter, a gunglinging avenger in black, shows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will.
5) Kidnapped
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
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HL 480L
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In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
7) Snow kisses
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When Abby went home to the Big Sky country she'd always loved, she seemed more like a wounded bird than a glamorous fashion model. After what had happened in New York, she could never let any man touch her again. But Cade McLaren had never been like any other man." -- Back cover.
8) Diamond girl
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"The last person Kenna Dean had imagined teaming up with was her infuriating boss, Regan Cole. But they had a common goal--to break up the relationship between Regan's brother, Denny, and his latest girlfriend." -- Back cover.
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"J. D. Brettman was armed, dangerous and out for revenge. One of Chicago's top attorneys, his appetite for adventure and years as a mercenary soldier were past--until his sister was kidnapped and taken to Central America. J.D. vowed to rescue his sister at any cost, but he needed someone he could trust at his side ... someone like his assistant, Gabby Darwin. In the lawless tropical forests, they shared both danger and desire. There Gabby came face-to-face...
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"Eric Van Meer lived life on the edge. He was a mercenary-- hardened man and skeptical of strangers. Which was why Dani St. Clair intrigued him so. The straitlaced bookstore owner was soft and warm and extremely dangerous to his control. Eric knew Dani was a forever kind of woman and she deserved more than a one-night stand. So he did the only thing his conscience would allow--he proposed marriage. And all the excitement and danger he'd experienced...
12) After the music
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"Rock star Sabina Cane was only pretending to be engaged to her best friend, millionaire Al Thorndon. Al talked her into the scheme to trick his cynical older brother, Thorn. It seemed Al had no choice but to lie--and to make Sabina his accomplice. But Thorn wasn't the stuffy old businessman she'd expected. He was prickly, passionate, stubborn as a rock and liked to play matchmaker. And he had the perfect match in mind--he wanted Sabina, no matter...
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A timeless gothic romance of mystery, danger, and suspense. This horror classic examines the tensions between hedonism and honour through Ann Radcliffe's masterfully atmospheric prose.
First published in 1791, this captivating novel is set against the background of the isolated French countryside while the shadow of the country's ongoing revolution looms. When virtuous Adeline is forced to seek refuge in the depths of the forest with Monsieur Pierre...
14) Fit for a king
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They were friends, neighbors and occasional confidants. Certainly nothing more. Now Kingston Roper needs a favor from Elissa Dean--he needs her to get caught in his bed. Elissa's sure she can help King out of an awkward situation caused by his rebounding sister-in-law's misplaced affection. After all, she might be the last American virgin, but she could definitely play the temptress...just to be neighborly, of course. But there's a problem with her...
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Jason Manning is content with his life as a bachelor, a slob and a sports fan. Then a precocious girl named Carrie Weston decides to play matchmaker, introducing him to her mother, Charlotte. To his relief, Charlotte is as averse to marriage as he is. But Jason's feelings start to change once he gets to know his Bride on the Loose.
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Unlike Tabitha Harvey. Tabby had lived in the house next door to Nick's childhood home for years. Stable and understated, she craved a home, children and a man who would love her. Too bad she'd already given her heart to a confirmed bachelor who'd run at the first hint of commitment. Unless...could she change his ways?
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"The First Man You Meet... Shelly Hansen was horrified when her great-aunt's wedding dress arrived--because, according to family legend, she was destined to marry the next man she met. So when she tripped on an escalator and fell into Mark Brady's arms, she told him--and herself--that she wasn't interested in marriage. But then she started seeing him everywhere.... Coincidence?... is The Man You'll Marry. After her own wedding, Shelly sends her best...
19) My hero
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Bailey has already failed twice at love. As far as she's concerned, men are wonderful to read-and write-about, but that is as close as she wants to get. Which probably explains why she is having such difficulty creating her latest hero. Parker Davidson is everything a leading man should be. Attractive, forceful and determined, yet capable of tenderness. The perfect man, as long he remains on the page.
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Prince Stefano is a man most girls could only dream of meeting. And now the very handsome - and very eligible - bachelor is in America in searching for the girl he will someday make his bride. Hope Jordan's prince has finally come - but there is no happy ending in sight. Her royal suitor needs a wealthy wife to save his country from ruin, but Hope has nothing to offer Stefano. Except her love..
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