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1) Galapagos
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English
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Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipelago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands
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Tully Mars finds himself regretting a decision to help find the missing lens belonging to the Cayo Loco lighthouse, in a madcap, tequila-inspired adventure featuring such characters as Indian shaman Ix-Nay, centenarian Cleopatra Highbourne, and boatman Captain Kirk. The beloved traveler/troubadour offers up a plate of stories from his world of seaplanes, tropical isles, and wayward adventures. A Salty Piece of Land takes readers to a warm beach and...
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Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Some people come only for the weekends-and it's something they look forward to all week long. When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead served with papers informing her that her island home is being foreclosed. To make matters worse, her husband is nowhere to be found. She turns to her island friends...
4) Notorious
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
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English
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Told in different voices, on Centerlight Island, halfway between the United States and Canada, middle-schoolers Keenan and ZeeBee team up to seek gold rumored to be hidden there by a famous gangster.
5) Ship wrecked
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Series
Spoiler alert volume 3
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English
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Co-stars Maria and Peter, who once had an incredible one-night stand, find themselves unwillingly reunited to film a series on an isolated Irish island and spend six years balancing professional needs with their distrust for each other, but on their last night of filming, their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion.
6) Nature girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
900L
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English
Description
Fed up with telemarketers and suffering from manic-depressive illness, Honey Santana plans to teach salesman Boyd Shreave a lesson and arranges a meeting with him in the Florida Everglades, but when she arrives, she realizes she isn't the only one using the remote site to deal with their problems.
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
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English
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It all started when my sister, Thea, discovered a mysterious map. It showed a secret treasure on a faraway island. And before I could let out a squeak of protest, Thea dragged me into her treasure hunt! In no time at all, we'd set sail for the island. It was an adventure I'd never forget....
9) Blown
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English
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"Bryan LeBlanc worked his way up into a plum position on Wall Street as the boy genius of the foreign exchange desk. Surrounded by acolytes of the free market, the true believers, the U.S. Marines of capitalism--"the few, the proud, the completely full of themselves"--Bryan soon realizes that being honest at a dishonest job is not the path to success. He decides to give Wall Street a taste of its own medicine and hatches an intricate plan to disappear...
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Mr Tiger and Betsy volume 1
Lexile measure
740L
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English
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A humorous, perfect, modern fairy tale for Christmas about a determined girl, Betsy K. Glory, Mr. Tiger and his troupe of circus acrobats, a lonely giant and an enchanted toad. This is the story of Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice-cream maker. She lives on an island that's been left off the map of the world where she wonders how to make wishes come true. She discovers that only Gongalong berries harvested when the moon is blue,...
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 1
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 01
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 1
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 01
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
710L
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English
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Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 3
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 3
Peter and the starcatchers volume 03
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 3
Peter and the starcatchers volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Fearing that the sinister Lord Ombra was not destroyed, Peter and Molly travel to the land of Rundoon, which is ruled by the evil King Zarboff.
14) Galápagos
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English
Description
Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.
15) The forever girl
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
At age 4, Thursday chooses her own name. At age 6, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple: at the same time that Thursday's mother finds she's fallen out of love with her husband, she realizes that James's father is interested in her. As the children grow into adulthood, their connection becomes more complicated as well: James drifts away from Thursday,...
16) Isle of Palms
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English
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Anna Lutz Abbot finds her life turned upside down when her much-changed daughter arrives home from college, her wild and sexy ex-husband comes for a visit, her best friend takes up with her father, and Anna herself is enjoying a fling.
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 2
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 02
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 2
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 02
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Peter and the Starcatchers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Peter must visit London to help his friend Molly and her family of starcatchers locate the missing starstuff, leaving the boys on Mollusk Island at the mercy of Hook.
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Series
Berenson schemes volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, twelve-year-old Jack is whisked by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small Caribbean island, Compano, and soon finds himself alone on a deserted island.
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