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Blessings volume 1
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On Bernadine Brown's fifty-second birthday she received an unexpected gift-she caught her husband, Leo, cheating with his secretary. She was hurt-angry, too-but she didn't cry woe is me. Nope, she hired herself a top-notch lawyer and ended up with a cool $275 million. Having been raised in the church, she knew that when much is given much is expected, so she asked God to send her a purpose.
The purpose turned out to be a town: Henry Adams, Kansas,...
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Best-selling author Omar Tyree presents his fifth novel, one that grapples with the difficult juggling act of career, relationship, love and life.
Bobby Dallas is an attractive, honest guy making his way in the radio broadcasting field. When a lucky break finally gains him some well-deserved respect and excellent pay, his life is on track except for one very important thing: the perfect woman. As he searches earnestly for love, Bobby learns that...
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Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa's Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women and men, and shot to the top of the bestseller list.
Then he met Dr. Asia Fowler, a colleague whose views on love are vastly different from his own. Intrigued and unable to forget her, Lance wanted her in his bed. Instead,...
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I survived volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century -- alone?
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Jubilant soul novels volume 3
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English
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Indigo Burns is excited. Her wedding preparations to the man of her dreams are under way, her career as a photographer is a success, and her family seems to be doing better than ever - all except her brother Reuben who nobody has seen in years. But that's about to change, because Reuben has decided to move back home to Jubilant, Texas. But Reuben's hope to find healing with his sisters doesn't seem to be working. Soon enough their lives intersect...
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Scraps of time volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.
17) Un dia de nieve
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Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
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Presents a story of how a little boy who lives in the city spends a snowy day.
18) Dead water
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Benjamin January mysteries volume 8
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English
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Nineteenth-century New Orleans is a blazing hotbed of scorching politics and personal vendettas. And it's into this fire that Benjamin January falls when he is hired to follow Oliver Weems, a bank official who has absconded with $100,000 in gold and securities. But it's more than just a job for January. The missing money is vital to the survival of the school for freed slaves that he and his wife Rose have founded.
Following the suspected embezzler...
19) Metal man
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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One hot summer day, a man who makes sculpture out of junk helps a boy create what he sees in his mind's eye.
20) Bronxwood
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Tyrell's life is spinning out of control after his father is released from prison, his little brother is placed in foster care, and the drug dealers he's living with are pressuring him to start dealing.
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