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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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The Magnificent Ambersons is the epic story of an American family's traumatic tumble from the dizzying heights of fame and fortune. A dynasty spanning three generations, the Ambersons' pre-eminence as society's elite is threatened -- not only by a hungry new breed of industrial entrepreneur -- but from its own arrogance and greed. At the center of the story is George Amberson Minafer, the pampered but pitiful, scion of the clan upon whose shoulders...
2) Mary's neck
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English
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Every summer, as the best resort from heat and the vapors, the Bullfinches, Allstovers, Timberlakes et al. go to Mary's Neck on the Maine Coast. There they loll on the beaches, collect antiques, sunburns and memories for their coming hibernations in more urban homes.
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A Christmas story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker's shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father's pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp and, most crucially, Ralphie's unstoppable campaign to get Santa or anyone else to give him a Red Ryder carbine...
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Lost River saga volume 01
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Liza Stanfield and Albey Quackenbush were normal kids growing up in the 1840s on Lost River in southern Indiana. They lived with their parents on the farm, worked hard and loved life. John Ritter was studying hard to become a medical doctor with the goal of making his world a better place. Enter Dr. William Bowles. Dr. Bowles would do anything to become powerful, including body snatching for his own medical research and stealing the wife of a wealthy...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Spring, 1951. The Cold War. Two fresh college graduates renew a childhood adquaintance on a long train ride home to Indianapolis. Embers ignite. Mary Grace Stark is about to embark on her first State Department posting in Moscow. Ward Wangert III reluctantly returns to his family business, after turning down a job offer from He Who Remains Classified, a powerful friend at the C.I.A. A few months later, while supervising a bomb shelter project, Ward...
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Lost River saga volume 02
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Liza Stanfield and Albey Quackenbush were normal kids growing up in the 1840s on Lost River in southern Indiana. They lived with their parents on the farm, worked hard and loved life. They tapped maples trees for syrup, went mushroom hunting and square dancing, and sometimes even ran across a bootlegger or two. John Ritter was a medical doctor with the goal of making his world a better place through teaching and healing. He took care of his family...
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