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1) Handling sin
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This startlingly funny and poignant novel will enchant anyone who has loved and longed for the journey.On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac...
2) Gump & Co
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The job-hunting adventures of an unemployed widower with a daughter to support. He is Forrest Gump whose adventures range from selling encyclopedias to discovering New Coke, to the Gulf War during which he captures Saddam Hussein.
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In January, there's a lot of snow on the ground. One day when Henry and his big dog Mudge go outside to play, they see a sign in a store window. It says: SNOWMAN CONTEST, SATURDAY AT THE PARK. Henry runs home to tell his dad. On Saturday, the park is filled with people building all kinds of fancy snowmen. There are many dogs there, too. While Mudge makes friends, Henry and his dad get to work. They will need to make a very unusual snowman to win this...
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2020.
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"Danny's life is falling apart: he's been fired from his job, is behind on rent, and has become a single father to eleven-year-old Will-- who hasn't spoken since the death of his mother a year earlier. Danny needs money to appease his nasty landlord. After observing local street performers, Danny impulsively buys a panda costume to work as a dancing bear. While performing one day, Danny encounters his son in the park. Will opens up speaking for the...
5) All shook up
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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890L
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English
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When thirteen-year-old Josh goes to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers--to his horror--that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator.
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