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Sisterhood series volume 20
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Presents the latest book in the Sisterhood series.
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 4
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After learning of her familyâs ties to the slaveholding South, Sylvia Compson scours her attic for clues and discovers a window into the world of her ancestors: the memoir of her great-grandfatherâs spinster sister, Gerda Bergstrom. Gerdaâs memoir chronicles the founding of Elm Creek Manor and the tumultuous years when Hans, Anneke, and Gerda Bergstrom sheltered fugitive slaves within its walls, using quilts as a signal of sanctuary....
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Secret language of girls trilogy volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
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Well, except for last year when they weren't friends anymore....... And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don't know how. But the thing is, even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they are becoming more and more unalike. And that's becoming harder and harder to deal with.
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In a life that spanned nearly a century and witnessed some of the most momentous events in American history, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley was born a slave. She earned her freedom by the skill of her needle and won the friendship of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln with her devotion. Chiaverini illuminates the extraordinary relationship the two women shared, beginning in the hallowed halls of the White House during the trials of the Civil War and enduring almost,...
47) The other side
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Two girls, one white and one African-American, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.
48) Sanctuary
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She prayed the day would never come, but when her past comes calling, Melissa James has no choice but to flee. Pursued and living on the run, she finds longed-for sanctuary in Amish country. Part thriller, art romance, Sanctuary is a compelling story of revenge, the price of freedom, and the solace found in friendship.
49) Classified
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Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry is a wealthy woman, but the riches that mean most to her are her friends and family. Her daughter, Abby, has married her beau, Chris, and settled near Toots in Charleston. Toots's friendship with Dr. Phil Becker has grown unexpectedly close. But after burying eight husbands, Toots suspects she should end her relationship rather than jinx Phil, too. As a distraction, Toots throws herself into helping Abby and Chris...
50) Spring: a novel
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Seasonal (Ali Smith) volume 3
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Spring will come. The leaves on its trees will open after blossom. Before it arrives, a hundred years of empire-making. The dawn breaks cold and still but, deep in the earth, things are growing.
52) Night hoops
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
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Jess Jordan series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Fifteen-year-old Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everyting perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
57) Snow Friends
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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After awakening early from his winter sleep and wishing for someone to play with, Little Bear is joined by new friends who help him make a snowman.
58) Rabble Starkey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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Many things change for twelve-year-old Rabble Starkey, her mother, and her best friend, Veronica Bigelow, when Veronica's mother becomes mentally incapacitated and the Starkeys move in with the Bigelows.
59) Crazy weekend
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When Hector's mother suggests that he and his amigo Mando get out of East L.A. for the weekend and see some of the world, he's thinking Paris. So he's a little disappointed when they end up in Fresno, sleeping on a lumpy couch in his Uncle Julio's messy apartment. Hector figures it's going to be one boring weekend. he couldn't be more wrong. between flying in a rickety old plane, spotting an armored car heist, and warding off the bambling theives...
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Molly Moon volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City.