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New York Times Book ReviewNotable Book of the Year
"A new masterpiece of American literature." -Dennis Lehane, Entertainment Weekly
"A Prayer for the Dying reads like the amazing, unrelenting love child of Shirley Jackson and Cormac McCarthy. It's twisted proof that God will do worse to test a faithful man than the devil would ever do to punish a sinner." -Chuck Palahniuk
Set in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, A Prayer for...
2) Karen's tuba
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 37
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IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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420L
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Karen's class is taking music lessons, and all of the kids are getting instruments! Instead of a beautiful flute, Karen ends up with a big, old tuba.
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2019.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Twelve-year-old Emily is flying with her parents to China to adopt and bring home a new baby sister. She's excited but nervous to travel across the world and very aware that this trip will change her entire life. And the cracks are already starting to show the moment they reach the hotel;--her parents are all about the new baby, and have no interest in exploring. In the adoption trip group, Emily meets Katherine, a Chinese-American girl whose family...
4) Just flowers
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Izzy's grumpy neighbor insists Izzy remove unwanted flowers from his rose garden, but instead of discarding them, Izzy spreads the joy to others, leading to a town blossoming with a rainbow of flowers.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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Fifth grader Pixie Piper has always known she was a little different. She has a wild mop of hair that won't stay put, her best friend is a boy, and to top it all off, she's constantly coming up with rhymes and poems that just seem to pop out of her. Then, when Pixie thinks it can't get any worse, she finds out that she actually is different--she's a descendant of Mother Goose! This surprising and clever novel features family, friendship, poetry, a...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
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Four friends create a fateful test of friendship that soon challenges the very principles and boundaries that their friendship is based on, forcing them to choose between each other and the standards they have set for themselves.
8) Downsiders
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 11
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1110L
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When fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to bridge the differences between their two cultures.
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"Three best friends met every Tuesday for twenty-six years. And then they stopped ... When new next-door neighbors Georgia, Midge, and Lula first assembled on Georgia's porch in Charleston for sweet tea, they couldn't have known their gathering was the beginning of a treasured tradition. For twenty-six years they have met on Tuesdays at four o'clock, watching the seasons change and their children grow up, supporting each other in good times and in...
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 86
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IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
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From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!
Hello, this is Karen BrewerKaren loves to talk on the phone. But Karen's family is mad. Karen is tying up the line. And she forgets to take messages. So Daddy makes phone rules for Karen. But Karen sneaks phone calls anyway. And soon she is in a huge mess. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which...
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In her third character-driven novel, Page delves into the entangled lives of three generations of one slightly dysfunctional family, creating a story full of decades-old resentments, tentative reconciliations, and, ultimately, an optimistic future. Holli Templeton, now living in Manhattan, was raised in Texas by her grandmother Raine after her young mother died, and her father and his second wife and their daughter "made a new family, then forgot...
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In the heart of Brooklyn, nestled between the bustling streets and the quiet waters of the bay, lies a neighborhood that has seen it all. Sunset Park, a place where cultures melded, dreams were forged, and lifelong friendships were woven into the very fabric of the community.Our story begins not with grand heroes or epic adventures, but with a group of eight friends who, over the years, discovered that the ordinary moments of life could be extraordinary...
13) Karen's unicorn
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 89
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IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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520L
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Karen is the only person who believes the circus unicorn can grant wishes, because she has some wishes she wants to come true.
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 48
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IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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450L
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Karen and her brother live in a divorced fammily and share time with each of their parents. She and Andrew, who miss their father and their "big house family", help their parents work out a new custody arraangement that makes everyone a lot happier--even a hermit crab named Bob.
17) Karen's wedding
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 39
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IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
410L
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English
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Karen's favorite teacher is getting married and Karen is going to be the flower girl, but she was asked before Ms. Coleman's niece arrives. Karen wonders if she will still get to walk down the aisle.
18) The from-aways
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When Leah, a young New York reporter, meets Henry, she falls in love with everything about him: his freckles, green thumb, and tales of a Maine childhood. They marry quickly and Leah convinces Henry to move back to Menamon. As Leah builds a life there, reporting for The Menamon Star and vowing to be less of an emotional screw-up, the newlyweds are shocked to discover that they don't know each other nearly so well as they thought they did. When Quinn's...
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"The Stories We Cannot Tell takes place in Los Angeles in 2004. It's the story of two women who are forced to make a decision that could change their lives forever. Rachel is a thirty-two-year-old married, Jewish woman who is a kindergarten teacher. She's longed for a baby for a long time. In the last few years, she's gotten pregnant three times, and all three times, the pregnancy has ended in a miscarriage. Katie is a thirty-four-year-old single,...
20) Florida Girls
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Do you have a young girl who loves sports? This book will bring you into the world of six girls who are best friends. You will go to their competitions and be a part of their world of sports. Will Danay decide to pursue dancing in New York? Will Jayme stay out of trouble skate boarding around town? What can she do there is no where to skate? Will Nealie win her ice skating meet? What about Cami, will she decide on one sport or continue doing two of...
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