Graham Halstead
1) The Store
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Jacob and Megan Brandeis have gotten jobs with the mega-successful, ultra-secretive Store. Seems perfect. Seems safe. But their lives are about to become anything but perfect, anything but safe. ...Especially since Jacob and Megan have a dark secret of their own. They're writing a book that will expose the Store--a forbidden book, a dangerous book. ...And if the Store finds out, there's only one thing Jacob, Megan and their kids can do--run for their...
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Based on the acclaimed series-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-an intimate account of the devastating effects of gun violence on our nation's children, and a call to action for a new way forward In 2017, seven-year-old Ava in South Carolina wrote a letter to Tyshaun, an eight-year-old boy from Washington, DC. She asked him to be her pen pal; Ava thought they could help each other. The kids had a tragic connection-both were traumatized by gun violence....
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"With his girlfriend, Robin, away in Canada, eighteen-year-old Lucas Baker's only plans for the summer are to mellow out with his friends, smoke weed, drop a tab or two, and head out in his microbus for a three-day happening called the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. But life veers dramatically off track when he suddenly finds himself in danger of being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam."--Amazon.com.
4) The Riverman
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Series
Riverman trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"The first book in a trilogy about a girl who claims she is visiting a parallel universe where a nefarious being called The Riverman is stealing the souls of children and the boy she asks to write her biography because she fears her soul may be next"--
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Albert Camus is one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century, as well as a widely read novelist. Active in the first half of the twentieth century, his views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism, and his works have inspired numerous movies, and even pop songs, and are frequently referenced in contemporary politics. 0In this Very Short Introduction Oliver Gloag explores the life and work of a man full of contradictions,...
6) The whisper
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Series
Riverman trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Alistair continues his quest to find his missing friend, Fiona, in Aquavania, a world where wishes can nearly come true, but he learns that the Whisper, once a boy named Charlie from his own world, has plans for Alistair and has used Fiona to try to get to him.
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Told through interview with more than 150 people, including bands, producers, managers and fans, a music journalist offers an authoritative, impassioned and occasionally absurd account of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that took over the American music scene from 1999 to 2008--
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Wealthy, beautiful Naneae was born with a spirit of adventure that transcends her Midwestern roots. When German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, Nanaee joins the resistance. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, Naneae uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety. Inspired by the real life Chicago heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who worked with American journalist Varian Fry...
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Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, childhood best friends Jesse and Scarlett reconnect at his grandmother's funeral and start to share their secrets and feelings for each other.
Jesse Lachlin has had his fair share of tragedy, and town folklore says he is cursed. Now his grandmother's will states that, in order to inherit his family farm, he must win the approval of his childhood best friend-- the girl he froze out his freshman year, Scarlett Copeland. Glory Gardner...