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When his successful world is threatened by poor reviews about his latest book, writer Charles Dickens is given a one-month ultimatum by his publisher to write a successful, nostalgic Christmas book, a challenge that is complicated by worldly associates, self-doubt and the hardships of an impoverished young woman and her son.
22) Fired up
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Glynna Greer came west as a mail-order bride. Now her husband is dead, and she's determined to make a go of it on her own with two children. Glynna decides to open a diner 14 never mind that cooking is not her greatest talent. Dare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. Dare can't let his guard down for a moment 14 which is a challenge while he's trying to win the heart of the recently widowed Glynna.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
940L
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English
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"The world renowned, American epic Dances With Wolves is the eternal story of one man's search for his place in the world. Set in 1863, the novel follows Lieutenant John Dunbar on a magical and unpredictable journey from the ravages of the Civil War to the far reaches of the imperiled American frontier, a frontier he naively wants to see "before it's gone". His posting to a desolate and deserted outpost is the springboard for contact with the lords...
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American girls collection. Molly, 1944 volume 5
American girl.Molly volume 05
American girls collection. Molly 1944 volume 5
American girl 1944 volume 05
American girl.Molly volume 05
American girls collection. Molly 1944 volume 5
American girl 1944 volume 05
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
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Molly conquers her fear of swimming underwater when she and the other campers at Camp Gowonagin divide into two teams to play Color War.
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American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 2
American girl.Kit volume 02
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 2
American girl 1934 volume 02
American girl.Kit volume 02
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 2
American girl 1934 volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
630L
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English
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In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression both at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job, and at school, where a fight spoils the preparations for the Thanksgiving pageant.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
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English
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Runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada, following the directions in a song taught to them by one of the Railroad's conductors, an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe. Based on real events. Includes the song's music and lyrics.
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Henry family volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 71
Lexile measure
950L
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English
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A sequel to "The Winds of War," following the lives of members of the American Henry family as they deal with the triumphs and tragedies of life during the World War II years.
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"When stable hand Nolan Price learns from his dying mother that he is actually the son of the Earl of Stainsby, his plans for a future with kitchen maid Hannah Burnham are shattered. Once he is officially acknowledged as the earl's heir, Nolan will be forbidden to marry beneath his station. Unwilling to give up the girl he loves, he devises a plan to elope--believing that once their marriage is sanctioned by God, Lord Stainsby will be forced to accept...
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American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 4
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 4
American girl.Kit volume 04
American girl 1934 volume 04
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 4
American girl.Kit volume 04
American girl 1934 volume 04
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
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English
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On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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A man escaping from a hotel fire sees a woman standing beneath a tree. He approaches her and sets in motion a series of events that will change his life forever. Years later, traveling from New England to Florida by train, he reflects back on his obsession with this unknown and ultimately unknowable woman--his courtship of her, his marriage to her, and the unforgivable act that ripped their family apart. Spanning three decades from 1899 to 1933, "All...
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"Carrie Ballentyne's life was upended in 1845 when she had to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York. With her are her widowed mother and younger brother Nathan, but the separation from Bonner, Ballentyne, and Savard relatives weighs heavily. In time Carrie finds footing as a midwife and nurse, but she never feels at ease in the city. So when, a decade later, she receives an invitation from a doctor in Santa Fe to...
33) Peony
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Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid -- an awkward role in which she is more than a servant, but less than a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son; however, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her dovation to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago." -- Cover....
34) Caribbean
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A fictional account of the history of the Caribbean area includes the racial, political, and economic struggles from the arrival of Columbus and Spanish control to present day problems.
35) In too deep
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"Ethan Kincaid proposes marriage with the same detachment he gives every decision. Audra Gilliland accepts so that she can stop being a burden to her newly married step-daughter. But Ethan never expected Audra to affect him so profoundly, and it terrifies him. Someone he loved was once seriously injured on his watch, and he won't let it happen again. If Audra will just do as he says, he can keep her safe on the ranch. But Audra has been cared for...
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American girls collection. Kaya, 1764 volume 6
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 6
American girl.Kaya volume 06
American girl 1764 volume 06
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 6
American girl.Kaya volume 06
American girl 1764 volume 06
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
840L
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English
Description
Kaya is overjoyed that her sister, Speaking Rain, has returned; however, she is still saddened that she will never see her beloved horse, Steps High.
37) This rock
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"The Powell brothers, Muir and Moody, are as different as Cain and Abel. Muir is an innocent, a shy young man with big dreams and not the slightest idea of what to do about them. Moody, the older and wilder brother--embittered by the death of his father, by years of fighting his mother, and by his jealousy of Muir's privileged place in the family--takes to moonshine and gambling and turns his anger on his brother. Muir escapes, hoping to find something--an...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
890L
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English
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This story is set in Nigeria. Okonkwo is a hard working farmer and a strict father. Banished for several years due to an accidental killing, he returns to his home to find the British government replacing tribal customs.
39) Jubilee trail
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A fashionable young lady of New York yearns for adventure, and marries a wild trader who is about to cross the mountains and deserts to an unheard-of land called California.
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It is 1922, and london is tense. ex-service-men are disilusioned; the out-of-work and hungry are demanding change. in south london, in a genteel champion hill villa-a large, silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and even servants-life is about to be transformed as impoverished widow mrs. wray and her spinster daughter, frances, are obliged to take in lodgers. little do the wrays know just how profoundly their new tenants will alter the course...
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