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1) Simply lies
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Two women-a former detective and a dangerous con artist-go head-to-head in a twisting game of cat and mouse--
Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats. When Mickey gets a call from a colleague named Arlene Robinson,...
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The Penderwicks volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
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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."--
7) House rules
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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Emma Hunt's son Jacob, who has Asperger's syndrome and occasionally tries helping the police with his unique forensic analysis abilities, falls under suspicion when a murder occurs in town, reminding Emma of society's--and the legal system's--misunderstanding with regard to the behavioral cues associated with Asperger's.
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The Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
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English
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Forty-year-old widow Hush McGillen, having worked to create a booming apple orchard enterprise and to keep her son Davis from learning the truth about his philandering father, finds all her secrets exposed when Davis secretly marries the rebellious daughter of the President of the United States and brings her home to Georgia, along with her attractive bodyguard, Nicholas Jakobek.
11) The seeing stone
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible.
13) Return to sender
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English
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Rosalind "Lin" Townsend, thrown out of the house at the age of seventeen when she becomes pregnant, and rejected by the baby's father, Nick Pemberton, manages to raise her son on her own and is about to send him off to college at New York University nineteen years later when she crosses paths with Nick, now a millionaire, and decides to get revenge by enacting a plan to disrupt his life and his finances.
14) What Katy did
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English
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Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.
15) Promises to keep
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English
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The Anthony family, on the run from their alcoholic husband and father, leaves Minneapolis for the small town of Mills River, Ill. But they've barely begun to acclimate when sassy old lady Tillie Monroe shows up at their doorstep explaining that the house once belonged to her and her late husband.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Aster, caught between a self-absorbed older sister and a mentally-disabled younger one, yearns for a normal life and, with her first boyfriend's encouragement and trust in God, she begins to make things better.
18) A monster calls
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
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Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
No one knew where the strange storm came from, or why it lasted so long. The family at the center of this timely story has to hunker down together, with no going outside - and that's hard when there's absolutely nothing to do, and everyone's getting on everyone else's nerves. One night, when the storm takes a scary turn that leaves them all in the dark, the fractured family finds a way to reconnect and face whatever the future brings, together. This...
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Series
The Penderwicks volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
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