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Jess needs a fresh start. She's broke and alone, and she's just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up, to find a very nice apartment, (could Ben really have afforded this?) he's not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig...
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High-rise private eyes volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The High Rise Private Eyes, animal detectives, try to find the cat who stole their neighbor's binoculars.
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44 Scotland Street volume 3
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English
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Stil enduring psychotherapy, the precocious Bertie gets a chance to escape when he joins a junior orchestra trip to Paris--wher he is accidentally left behind. Never fear for Bertie, though. He quickly finds the silver lining by making friends with s
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44 Scotland Street volume 7
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 7
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.
If you haven’t met the residents of 44 Scotland Street yet, there is no better time, since everyone seems to be in the midst of new beginnings.
New...
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.
If you haven’t met the residents of 44 Scotland Street yet, there is no better time, since everyone seems to be in the midst of new beginnings.
New...
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44 Scotland Street volume 10
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Things are looking up for seven-year-old Bertie Pollock. The arrival of his spirited grandmother and the absence of his meddlesome mother--who is currently running a book club in a Bedouin harem (don't ask)--bring unforeseen blessings: no psychotherapy, no Italian lessons, and no yoga classes. Meanwhile, surprises await Scotland Street's grown-ups. Matthew makes a discovery that could be a major windfall for his family, but also presents a worrisome...
11) Winter candle
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Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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When each family at the diverse Juniper Court apartment complex needs something to light up the dark of winter, the stumpy, lumpy candle provides a glow brighter than the fanciest taper, revealing the true spirit of each holiday it illuminates--
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Language
English
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Fate is on its way to the tenants of 66 Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change lives ... One of them is falling in love; another is torn between two lovers. For some, secrets they want to s
13) The Elevator Man
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Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When the elevator in a building in the 1950s is modernized, a young resident misses the operator.
14) Clementine
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Clementine volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In the middle of the night, a chain reaction of noises wakes the residents of an urban apartment building, and then lulls them back to sleep--
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44 Scotland Street volume 5
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English
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At 44 Scotland Street, six-year-old Bertie seeks escape in the Cub Scouts; Matthew rises to the challenge of married life; Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual; and Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succu
18) The archived
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"When an otherworldly library called the Archive is compromised from within, sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must prevent violent, ghost-like Histories from escaping into our world"--
20) Lock every door
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Follows a young woman whose new job apartment sitting in one of New York's oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays. No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and...
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