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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents...sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance...what's that? Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change -- there's nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She's going to right all her college mistakes: make friends,...
24) Commencement
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Language
English
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J. Courtney Sullivan's celebrated debut novel is a sparkling tale of friendship and a fascinating portrait of the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose. Assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, Celia, Bree, Sally, and April couldn't have less in common. Celia, a lapsed Catholic, arrives with a bottle of vodka in her suitcase; beautiful Bree pines for the fiancé...
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Series
Giant days volume 1
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther, Susan, and Daisy, things are about to get a little weird. Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, the girls, along with their male hall-mates, Ed and McGraw, find that college is more than academia and bad microwavable meals. In the face of holiday balls, hometown rivals, "personal experimentation,"...
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Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 18
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Chise becomes a dragon and swims through the earth's ley lines to reach the Sargant family house, Elias and the others in tow. Together they make their way to Philomela, but she's too corrupted by the Testament to hear their words. To save her, Chise must delve into Philomela's inner world. What does she find there? The people who want to help can reach out their hands.
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Take a trip through the past in these previously little-known Giant Days stories, to learn the origin of Daisy, Esther, and Susan's friendship, and see them embark on orientation, getting-to-know-you-exercises, and collisions with a secret society devoted to Black Metal, among other exploits. Collecting creator John Allison's original self-published Giant Days stories, Giant Days: Early Registration takes us back to our favorite characters' first...
Author
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
It's springtime at Sheffield Universitythe flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and fast-pals Susan, Esther and Daisy continue to survive their freshman year of college. Susan is barely dealing with her recent breakup with McGraw, Esther is considering dropping out of school, and Daisy is trying to keep everyone and everyTHING from falling apart! Combined with house-hunting, indie film festivals, and online dating, can the girls make...
Author
Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 17
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The reflection of a false god has manifested. Is it the Testament? Or is it still Philomela? The conglomeration that they've become seeks to leave the College, making for the banquet hall where the College faculty celebrates. Chise and Elias burst into a tense situation, and find themselves having to face off against both sides.
Author
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Susan, Esther, and Daisy are rounding out their first semester at university. The girls, along with their male hall-mates Ed and McGraw, find that college is more than academics and bad microwavable meals. Add some pub-hopping, hookups, breakups, and political scandal and this might just be the most eventful first semester ever."--Page 4 of cover
Author
Series
Giant days extra credit volume 1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Head back to school with Esther, Susan, and Daisy in this collection of shorts and bonus material from Eisner-nominated series Giant Days. Featuring "universally beloved" terror Desmond Fishmen, the magic of London at Christmastime, off-beat music festivals, and an extra-special what-if story in which Susan, Esther, and Daisy never became friends!
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther, Susan, and Daisy, things are about to get a little weird. Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, the girls, along with their male hall-mates, Ed and McGraw, find that college is more than academia and bad microwavable meals. In the face of holiday balls, hometown rivals, "personal experimentation,"...
35) Circle of grace
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English
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A novel about four women, friends since college. According to the "circle journal" they've used to keep in touch, they seem to have the lives they dreamed of. Liz, the hippie activist, fights for justice in Washington, D.C. Tess who always wanted to
Author
Publisher
Boom Box!
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Esther, Susan, and Daisy have moved into their beautiful new house off campus, but the new living situation creates new challenges for the girls. Second year begins and Daisy, Susan, and Esther have taken their friendship commitment to the next level by moving into their "beautiful home", off-campus. But the keys didn't come without a whole new level of responsibility. Unwanted suitor visits, a robbery, and Susan living only a few blocks apart from...
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Allison has spent her life bouncing from one foster home to another. One afternoon, she's roped into a social experiment just off her college campus, and finds herself forced to interact with a complete stranger for 180 seconds.
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English
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"[T]wo people brought together by a horrific act are united in a common cause by the powers of the Silver Box. The two join to protect humanity from destruction by an alien race, the Laz, hell-bent on regaining control over the Silver Box, the most destructive and powerful tool in the universe. The Silver Box will stop at nothing to prevent its former master from returning to being, even if it means finishing the earth itself" --
40) The gilded years
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Since childhood, Anita Hemmings longed to attend the country's most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now a bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only African-American student ever to attend Vassar. With her olive complexion and dark hair, this daughter of a janitor and descendant of slaves has passed as white. Now she's pulled into the elite world of...
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