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Shy, studious Irene Stenson and wild, privileged Pamela Webb had been the best of friends for one short high school summer. Their friendship ended the night Pamela dropped Irene off at home-and Irene walked in to discover her parents' bodies on the kitchen floor. It was ruled a murder-suicide, and Irene fled Dunsley, determined to wipe out every memory attached to her northern California hometown. But now she has been summoned back. Pamela's e-mail...
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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...
3) Golden arm
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
5) Busted!
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Anxious to distract his "overly" strict mother, twelve-year-old Stuart and his best friend, a girl named Mack, determine to fix her up with Mack's Uncle Joe.
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The Bliss Creek Amish volume 2
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English
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Annie Shirack is trying to fight her feelings for David Plank, a young Amish man who's struggling with an aggressive case of Hodgkin's lymphoma. David loves Annie too much to let her into his life, only, he fears, to leave her.
When a homeless young woman named Charisma and her two-year-old daughter, Gracie, show up in Bliss Creek, Annie welcomes them into the Shirack household and tries to help them establish a new life. But all the good deeds in...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
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The people of Christmas Valley always celebrate Christmas to the fullest extent. The mayor plays Santa, every business is holiday themed, and there's a nativity for the kids each Christmas Eve. This town knows Christmas. But this year nothing goes according to plan. Shepherd's Inn is full of strangers, Mad Myrtle is causing problems, and a young couple with a baby due any minute rolls in to the middle of town in their Partridge Family-style bus. It's...
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Twelve-year-old Megan does not realize that feeding a group of feral cats living in a field near her house will involve her as a witness to a traffic accident and in the dangerous plan of an unstable criminal.
10) An untamed heart
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Red River of the North volume Prequel
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English
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"After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America? The prequel to the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series"--
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Virals novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"The Virals must find a geocache concealing a bomb--and the clock is ticking."--
13) Ollie come free
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Ollie Buckmeyer is funny, popular, and lives on one off the last cattle ranches in Southern California. But when he suffers a serious brain injury, his wonderful world is shattered. Even though he looks like the same old Ollie, his family mourns as if he had died, his friends don't know him, and the girl he loves is gone. Been give: Ollie has an amazing new talent that might be powerful enough to rebuild his life. Ollie Come Free is a sweeping family...
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When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover boxes of vintage Christmas decorations in the grand old beach house, they decide to restore the former owners' traditions of holiday parties for guests. Families and friends come together, and love is in the air-until a priceless discovery at the beachside inn complicates matters. Bennett Dylan, the mayor of Summer Beach, helps organize the multicultural celebrations. However, this holiday season will test...
15) Ella's wish
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Little Valley series volume 2
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English
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Ella Yoder has moved into her dream house. In the stillness of the great house, Ella ponders her options. How is she to survive on her own? How will she ever forget Aden? What is to become of her?
Two would-be suitors soon make their intentions known, but Ella is unsure of her own feelings. As she agrees to take care of Preacher Stutzman's three motherless girls, Ella's heart is touched by their love for her. Could their affection be the answer to...
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In this powerful story of redemption and love, a prodigal young woman from the hills of Virginia flees the men who lured her away from a godly upbringing into a life of desperation. Taking on a new identity, Mary Bridget Washburn escapes to the quaint city of Alexandria, Virginia, where her path crosses that of a widowed minister with three young children and daunting problems of his own. Can Mary Bridget and her tainted past stay hidden long enough...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When her new baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her.
18) Minding Frankie
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When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she's born; but as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can't do it alone. He has a caring network of friends and family, but a social worker is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home.
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Although other writers have tried, no one has matched King's ability to capture the allure of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. En route to San Francisco to settle her family's estate, Mary Russell, in the company of husband Sherlock Holmes, falls prey to troubling dreams-and even more troubling behavior. In 1906, when Mary was six, the city was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake. For years Mary has insisted she lived...
20) Finding freedom
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Howard Douglas, raised in the environment of foster homes sets out on his own at the age of 17 looking for a new way of life. Kingsley Spencer, a notorious casino tycoon, finds Howard sleeping on a bench and offers him a job - a job too good to turn down; or so it seems. Howard soon becomes Kingsley's right-hand man and for many years accepts the immoral ways of life. When his dying mother confesses he has a brother, Howard makes a promise to find...
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