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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Heartbreaking." - Kirkus Reviews
"Amanda Davis writes gently, even poetically about extraordinary brutality. She has a distinctively creepy, even noirish sensibility." - New York Times Book Review
"An utterly unique take on what it means to run away and join a circus." - Elizabeth Strout, author of AMY AND ISABELLE
"This book is a circus Pygmalion -- a spectacular tale of injury, heartbreak, and metamorphosis." - Jonathan Ames, author of The Extra...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"This sharp, compelling legal drama from an acclaimed French journalist explores why a teenage victim lied about her rape and how the disadvantaged become scapegoats. At 15, Lisa was a typical teenager, at times rebellious and impulsive, adjusting to newfound attention from boys and men. But when her demeanor takes a sudden turn, her teachers suspect something worse than adolescent moodiness. Lisa eventually confesses that she's been abused, multiple...
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Amish misfits volume 04
Language
English
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Jane Byler felt the odd one out in her Amish community. She'd been a victim of a crime when she had been on rumspringa, and that made her return to the safety of the Amish community. Months later, she found out she was having a baby and was disowned by her parents. With her daughter nearly one, Jane has a place to live and bakes cupcakes from home for a living. Jane thought her life a little more than a tragedy until she ran into Scott, the awful...
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English
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"An adaptation of the Olivier Award-winning play that the New York Times wrote radiated with "visceral power," Suzie Miller's legal thriller Prima Facie is a heartbreaking, nuanced look at the system's flaws when protecting sexual assault and rape survivors, through the eyes of a star defense attorney"--
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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"Es 1998 y a Isabel Rosen, la única hija del dueño de una tienda de aperitivos judíos del Lower East Side, le queda un último semestre en Wilder College, un prestigioso instituto de New Hampshire. Desesperada por deshacerse de sus raíces de clase trabajadora y en medio del luto por la muerte de su madre cuatro años atrás, Isabel siempre se ha sentido como una extraña en Wilder, pero ahora cree que por fin ha encontrado su lugar…...
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