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1) Going home
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Faith ran away from her Amish home ten years ago and is now chasing an unusual dream-of being a comedian. Recently widowed, though, she finds a stable home for her six-year-old daughter so she can travel for work. Noah Hertzler is a bit of an oddity in his community-he enjoys cooking and often bakes desserts that he gives to others.
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Four high school friends spend a summer in northern California to sort out their love lives. Cassie, unlucky in love, falls for a biker. Julie, who married her high school sweetheart too young, wonders if the spark is gone from her marriage. Marty feels trapped in a loveless marriage and is contemplating an affair. Beth, a successful doctor, struggles with health problems and her attraction to a coworker. This summer, teetering on the threshold of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again....
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Relive the glory of a Pennsylvania canal town through the eyes of those who ministered to the needs of the workers. Betsy Nelson reluctantly returns to her childhood home to care for her failing father, a faithful minister who served the town for years. William Covington, a confirmed bachelor, comes to town to become the new pastor and set aside the luxuries of this birth for service to God. Can Betsy and William find common ground on which to
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Magic School Bus a science chapter book volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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While on their way to Weatherama Amusement Park to attend the Wild Weather Show, Ms. Frizzle and her class get a first-hand lesson in the forces of nature as they fly directly into the heart of a powerful tornado.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stiffing slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned- a razor-edged fairy tale for grown ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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When Wanda brings her pet ladybugs to school to find out how to take care of them, Ms. Frizzle takes the opportunity to show the kids the perils of insect life. Not only do lots of insects eat each other for lunch, but there are lots of other surprises when it comes to the world of Insect Invaders.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Convinced that there is something creepy about his new piano teacher, Jerry soon hears terrifying stories about Dr. Shreek's music school and students who never completed their lesson alive.
10) Fright camp
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Goosebumps series 2000 volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998
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English
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Twelve-year-old Andrew and his ten-year-old brother Tyler are thrilled to go to "fright camp" held by their favorite horror movie director, but it turns out to be even more frightening than they expect.