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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Underwater adventurer Dirk Pitt and the NUMA crew investigate a black tide infesting the ocean off Nicaragua, a study complicated by the discovery of a mysterious artifact, a powerful storm, and a conspiracy.
3) Lone wolf
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
890L
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English
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On an icy winter night, a terrible accident forces a family divided to come together and make a fateful decision. Cara, once protected by her father, Luke, is tormented by a secret that nobody knows. Her brother, Edward, has secrets of his own. He has kept them hidden, but now they may come to light, and if they do, Cara will be devastated. Their mother, Georgie, was never able to compete with her ex-husband's obsessions, and now, his fate hangs...
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Everyman's library volume 382
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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"The only hardcover edition of Jane Smiley's most famous novel--King Lear on an Iowa farm--which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. With a new introduction. This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will, which sets in motion a chain of events that brings dark truths to light. Ambitiously...
5) Best girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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When aspiring musician Amanda Moss learns the truth about the parents that she thought were dead, some aspects of her life and personality begin to make sense, even as she is compelled to look into unsettling questions about her family.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Now a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Blythe Danner.
"Sinister and complex.... You'll race right through it."-New York Times
After a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment, Philip Chase has moved back home with his mother, Charlene, a bitter woman who has never fully accepted the death of her younger son, Ronnie, five years earlier. Surrounded by memories of the family he no longer has, and trying to forget the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Former executive editor of Essence magazine and Blackboard best-selling author Valerie Wilson Wesley has received the Literary Award for fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She has also been nominated for the Shamus award. In Playing My Mother's Blues, Wesley explores the complexities of love and family. Dani Carter is seven years old when her mother Maria leaves the family for a new lover. As a child, Dani could not...
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Bradleyville series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Celia has spent her whole childhood trying to convince her mama to love her. She has long been gone from home, but now her father is ill and she must take care of him. But what about mama?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 24
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English
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Leota's garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she knelt before a loving God and prayed for the children who couldn't understand her silent sacrifices. Now, eighty-four-year-old Leota Reinhardt is alone, her beloved garden in ruins. All her efforts to reconcile with her adult children have been fruitless, and she voices her...
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