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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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"Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient...
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English
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"A young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the "bona fide international hit" (The New York Times Book Review) The Little Paris Bookshop In Nina George's New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop, beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore after reading a seminal, pseudonymous novel about...
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Series
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English
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"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library...
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Series
Book woman of Trouble Creek volume 1
Language
English
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"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...
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English
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
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Series
Infinity ring volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
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"Europe is in the grip of the Dark Ages, but there is a light in the dark: Baghdad. The great city has become a center of learning, populated by scholars, merchants, and explorers from all across the known world. But danger lurks in the desert ... and Dak, Sera, and Riq must act fast to save the world's greatest library from utter destruction"--p.[4] of cover
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Series
Invisible library volume 8
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Time-traveling Librarian spy Irene has faced unimaginable challenges across a multitude of worlds, but to keep her friends safe, Irene will have to do what has never been attempted and cut through the tangled web of power at the heart of the Library. Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he is her father. When the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover...
9) Wanderlost
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English
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Not all those who wander are lost, but Aubree Sadler most definitely is on this novel's whirlwind trip through Europe. A romantic and charming YA debut perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Jenny Han.
Aubree can't think of a better place to be than in perfectly boring Ohio, and she's ready for a relaxing summer. But when her older sister, Elizabeth, gets into real trouble, Aubree is talked into taking over Elizabeth's summer job, leading a group...
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Series
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English
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All series must have an official starting point, and as the Bestselling author of the "Saving History Series," I can verify that this is Ian's beginning. As Ian wakes up on his ordinary seventeenth birthday, he never imagines the havoc and devastating consequences the day would bestow upon him. Not only is Ian's life in jeopardy, but so are his parents' and his best-friend Kaylas'. Loosing time in Ian's life happens to follow the pattern of looming...
11) Final Hour
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Series
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English
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With their Final Hour approaching, Ian, Kenzie, and Jax have quite a few things they, need to learn, before they can attempt a rescue mission to save Kayla, Brayden, and Connor.
Brayden and Connor have little time to make contact with Kayla without anyone finding out.
Maria has several revealing confessions to make, which may change the rescue mission entirely.
Garrett and Maclaine must work together if they are going to locate their two escapees,...
12) Loose Ends
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Series
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English
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What could be better than dreaming of a time on the Big Island of Hawaii, Kona? Walking along the cliffs of South Point Park, looking over the edge of the cliffs to watch the crystal clear water wash up against the side of the Island, then rush back down. As the most amazing color water recedes back into the Ocean, it reveals puddles of water left on rocks, while also showing new cliffs leading into the side of Kona. So much happening here at South...
13) Bright star
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Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After a visiting the library to search for new adventure ideas, Miguel and Clarke go on a trip that is out of this world
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