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"Four friends ... Joni, Deb, Eden, and Trina have been best friends since high school, sharing a bond that has seen them through their teenage years and into adulthood. But now, time and circumstance is starting to pull them apart as careers, husbands, and babies get in the way. As their yearly vacation becomes less of a priority--at least for three of the women--how can Joni find a way to draw the four of them back together? Four secrets ... During...
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Neapolitan novels volume 2
Thorndike Press large print basic
Amica geniale volume 2
Amica geniale volume 02
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Thorndike Press large print basic
Amica geniale volume 2
Amica geniale volume 02
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The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this...
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Neapolitan novels volume 1
Thorndike Press large print basic
Amica geniale volume 1
Neopolitan novels volume 01
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Thorndike Press large print basic
Amica geniale volume 1
Neopolitan novels volume 01
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This modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough...
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2023.
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"The Duck Book is a picture book aimed at children of all ages, and their parents. It is designed to encourage dialogue between kids and parents, and to bring laughter and entertainment. It is filled with absurd questions and situations, like "Have you ever made a giraffe laugh?" combined with just such a picture, or "Have you ever grown a carrot too big for your pet pig?" Again with a picture. Also, "Have you ever shared a cake with a snake?" Now...
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Neapolitan novels volume 3
Thorndike Press large print basic
Neopolitan novels volume 03
Amica geniale volume 03
Thorndike Press large print basic
Neopolitan novels volume 03
Amica geniale volume 03
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Elena and Lila have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts of her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons. Both women have attempted are pushing against the walls of a prison that would...
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Sensible shoes volume 1
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English
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"Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they embark together on a journey of spiritual formation: Hannah, a pastor who doesn't realize how exhausted she is. Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester who is haunted by her past. Mara, a woman who has experienced a lifetime of rejection and is now trying to navigate a difficult marriage. Charissa, a hard-working graduate student who wants to get things right. You're invited to join...
10) The Scoop
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In this first book of a new series, Michaels introduces The Godmothers, four unforgettable women who are about to get a whole new lease on life. Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry has crammed a great deal of living, not to mention eight much-loved husbands, into her varied and rewarding life. Newly single, Toots is ready to taste life again, and fate has just handed her the perfect opportunity. When the gossip newspaper where her daughter works is...
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[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
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In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
12) My friend is sad
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
220L
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English
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When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.
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Jenny Blake decides to pick up a penny embedded asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever--Miss Shaw. Their unexpected relationship transforms them both and brings new life to the people around them.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
450L
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English
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When Harry sees Song Lee for the first time, he falls instantly in love with her and drives his best friend, Doug, crazy with all his love notes in class, secret glances, and foil-wrapped gifts.
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"Kate, Aubrey, and Jenny. They first met as college roommates and soon became inseparable, even though they are as different as three women can be. Twenty years later, one of them is standing at the edge of a bridge, and someone else is urging them to jump. How did things come to this? As the novel cuts back and forth between their college years and their adult years, you see the exact reasons why these women love and hate each other--but can feelings...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
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English
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Follows the school activities of second-graders, Harry and Doug, as they participate in a secret mission to celebrate "Charlotte's Web," learn how to make green slime, and put on a skit warning about the dangers of smoking.Follows the school activities of second-graders, Harry and Doug, as they participate in a secret mission to celebrate "Charlotte's Web," learn how to make green slime, and put on a skit warning about the dangers of smoking.
18) Punished!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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540L
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English
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Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library when a mysterious man punishes him for his disrespect by making him speak only in puns.
19) God ain't blind
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God don't novels volume 4
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English
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After a crash diet and a makeover fail to get the attention of her husband, Annette shacks up with Louis and goes on a spending spree, until she discovers a terrible secret about Louis and turns to her friend, Rhoda, for help.
20) God don't play
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God don't novels volume 3
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English
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When the person who has been destroying her reputation and threatening her family challenges her to a face-to-face meeting, Annette Goode finds her life and the lives of those closest to her changed when the identity of her tormentor is finally revealed.
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