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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
3) Just because
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Pub. Date
2023.
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From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential.
4) Finally
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Series
Willow Falls series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.
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"A Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church"--
Lyle Hovde lives a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife, Peg, daughter, Shiloh, and six-year old grandson, Isaac. After a troubled adolescence, Shiloh has become deeply involved with an extremist church, and the devout pastor courting her is convinced Isaac has the spiritual ability to heal the...
7) Twins
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
8) Little Women
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Pub. Date
1994
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Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
9) Fever
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Pub. Date
2017.
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"Nico Storm and his father Willem drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in South Africa -- and the world, as far as they know -- to have survived a devastating virus which has swept through the country. Their world turned upside down, Nico realizes that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector, even though he is still only a boy. But Willem Storm,...
10) Bear is a bear
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Through all the many ups and downs of a little girl's childhood, Bear is there to provide love and support. Until it is time to say goodbye...and hello again"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
On his first vacation without his parents, eight-year-old Myron faces a scary grandfather, teasing older cousins, his first dive off the ten-foot board, and his grandmother's encouragement to write his mother daily, telling her of his adventures.
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"Hank, Leland, Kip and Ronny were all born and raised in the same Wisconsin town--Little Wing--and are now coming into their own (or not) as husbands and fathers. One of them never left, still farming the family's land that's been tilled for generations. Others did leave, went farther afield to make good, with varying degrees of success; as a rock star, commodities trader, rodeo stud. And seamlessly woven into their patchwork is Beth, whose presence...
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A collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. The author describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In a spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
An avid comic book geek, Wes excels at two things: slacking off and pining after his best friend, Nico. Advice from his friends, ‘90s alt-rock songs, and online dating articles aren't helping much with his secret crush. And his dream job at Once Upon a Page, the local indie bookstore, is threatened when a coffeeshop franchise wants to buy the property. To top it off, his family won't stop pestering him about picking a college major. When all...
16) 12 Finally
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
From Christie Mellor, author of the beloved bestseller The Three-Martini Playdate, comes a hilarious guide for every young adult who may have missed the memo bearing the rules of adulthood. In Raised by Wolves, Mellor offers a helping hand to those for whom a kitchen is a foreign country and bed-making a mystical, unfamiliar art-showing them how to be more self-sufficient, mildly civilized, and able to prepare the perfect cocktail!
20) Now I'm big!
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A little girl contrasts all of the amazing things she can do for herself that had to be done for her when she was a baby, from dressing herself to reading to her baby sister.