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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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In 1849, Zeb's parents ship him off to St. Louis to become an apprentice tanner, but the naive twelve-year-old rebels, casts his lot with a cheating riverboat gambler, while a slave and an Indian medicine man try to get Zeb back on the right path.
3) Bet me
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Minerva Dobbs learns that the devastatingly handsome Calvin Morrisey has taken a bet that he can get her into bed within a month and decides to pretend to be interested in order to have a date for her sister's wedding, but the couple soon finds their fake feelings have turned into the real thing.
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Alexander Bruno travels the world playing high stakes backgammon and hunting for amateur "whales" who think they can challenge him. Lately he's had a run of bad luck, not helped by the blot that has emerged in his field of vision, forcing him to look at the board sideways. As the blot grows larger, his game worsens, until he passes out in the middle of a match and receives an alarming diagnosis. Out of money and out of friends, he turns to the only...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
560L
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English
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Billy isn't one to back down from a bet. But this one is gross: If he eats fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him fifty dollars. Billy takes the bet and tries worms smothered in ketchup, drowned in mustard, even breaded and fried. Worm by worm, Billy gets closer to victory. But Alan won't let him win that easily...
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