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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A masterful debut that weaves together the lives of three generations of a Mexican American family bound by love, and a curse. The tight-knit Izquierdo family is grappling with misfortunes none of them can explain. Their beloved patriarch has suffered from an emotional collapse and is dying; eldest son Gonzalo's marriage is falling apart; daughter Dina, beleaguered by the fear that her nightmares are real, is a shut-in. When Gonzalo digs up a strange...
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Series
Confessions (James Patterson) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Tandy Angel moves to Paris for a fresh start with her siblings and to be reunited with James, her lost love, but her detective work soon uncovers long-buried family secrets that threaten to destroy her life"--
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Series
Battle dragons volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"In the city of Drakopolis, dragons and humans have co-existed for centuries. Dragons burn the city's garbage, taxi its busy citizens from place to place, and even compete in vicious underground battles for ganglike kins. But the dragons also compete in legal sports, like the spectacular aerial races that draw in cheering crowds by the tens of thousands. Abel is at just such a race when he witnesses the unthinkable. A long-shot competitor pulls...
25) Where's Lenny?
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Description
"Where's Lenny? In the cupboard? In the bathroom? Daddy follows the clues until he and Mommy see a little giggly lump under the bedclothes in Lenny's bedroom. This warm, loving, everyday story is about building confidence and independence." --Page 4 of cover.
26) A life like mine
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Looks at what life is like for children of different countries and how each child can fulfill his or her hopes and ambitions no matter what challenges they face.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When Allie is unanimously elected by her schoolmates as the Student Project Manager of this year's end-of-the-year school carnival and fundraiser she is excited. Her friends and family love her idea of having a dog show as part of the festivities and know it will be the perfect way to raise money for the local animal shelter. But almost immediately things start going haywire. Big and small disasters start to happen, one after the other, and soon...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Twelve-year-old Ainsley Galloway and her ten-year-old brother, Tobin, have just moved to the small, picturesque mountain town of Lowry. The town is famously the setting for the blockbuster Legend of Greyhallow trilogy and there are traces of the films wherever they go. Ainsley's parents even bought the film director's former home, which they dream of turning into an inn that caters to fans eager to check out the local Greyhallow Movie Festival. But...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Pa and his grandchild, Jelly Bean, have a sidewalk library filled with stories. Anyone can bring donations or take something to read. Jelly Bean loves the sidewalk library! But what about when their neighbors might need something more than books? Together, Pa and Jelly Bean build a sidewalk pantry right next to the sidewalk library. They get donations from neighbors who have a lot to give, and leave the doors open for those who may not have enough."...
31) Like a Charm
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Series
Like a charm volume 1
Description
"Ramya Knox is used to feeling cursed. People only notice her long enough to call her a troublemaker. Except Grandpa. He sees Ramya and her neurodiversity as enchanting. But when Grandpa dies, Ramya's world loses its charm...until she discovers he left behind one big secret: that magic is real and Ramya can see it. Trolls, vampires, kelpies, and more fantastical beings hide in the shadows for Ramya to discover. But the Hidden Folk need protection...
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Series
World of Emily Windsnap volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Aaron wishes he were special like his best friends, Emily Windsnap and Shona Silkfin. But nothing exciting ever happens at his castle in the middle of the ocean. That is, until a mysterious ship visits, and all the crew members are strangely interested in Aaron's trident pendant. One even asks to take a closer look at it . . . and later Aaron realizes he never got it back! With Emily and Shona by his side, Aaron swims to the ship to retrieve his...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Bobbie is on a mission. She's already survived one encounter with Logan, the jerk who attacked her village and turned her brother into a zombie. And now she won't rest until she stops his evil plan to conquer the Overworld with his zombie horde. But the closer she gets to foiling Logan, the further away she gets from her original goal: finding a cure for her zombie brother. Ben is on...babysitting duty. Separated from Bobbie, Ben is now in charge...
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Series
Mia Mayhem volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Joining other students and their parents for family field day at PITS, Mia joins in potato sack races, a game of tug-of-war and a hula hoop ring toss that becomes increasingly dangerous as the region's most skilled superheroes compete to win.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Millie loves cooking with her Lao Lao, and together they walk through Chinatown collecting fresh ingredients to make a steaming hot batch of dumplings. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and enough lychee to last all day make for the perfect dumplings and the perfect summer together for Millie and Lao Lao.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children. Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and...
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Series
Hardy Boys clue book volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Everyone in Bayport is talking about the first annual skateboard contest. The winner gets free mac and cheese balls from The Easy Cheesy food truck for the whole year! Frank and Joe just wish there was someone to beat the school's biggest bully, and best skateboarder, Diesel Diffendorfer. Then their best friend Chet shows them a video of Skeeter the skateboarding cat, a cat that happens to belong to the new kid in town, Carlos Martinez. Suddenly,...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"Life isn't always easy lately for twelve-year-old Allie Carroway in the Louisiana Bayou. Combine her allergies, asthma, and a possible move away from extended family and the family's reality TV show, Carried Away with the Carroways, and Allie has a recipe for potential disaster. On top of everything else is the exciting addition of a new cousin to the group--but Hunter is a twelve-year-old boy! Allie and her cousins, Kendall, Ruby, and Lola, have...