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Seasons of Triumph volume 1
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"In the isolating mix of small-town America, online life, and family challenges, teenagers Sarah, Layla, and Johnny Tae are struggling to find meaningful direction. They are fast succumbing to nihilism and its subsequent acceptance of life-endangering behaviors. But three clergy women-Birdy, Ara Grace, and Nell--are determined to overcome their own insecurities and inabilities to walk these Triumph teens through apathy and into the light of life."--...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Ten-year-old Lina wants to create a viral video to help her mom's business, but as she navigates the world of likes and views with her two best friends, Lina must find the courage to stay true to her authentic self
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"Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door, everything changes. Since her father became ill two years ago, things have been bad, but not lose your house bad . . . until now. Sarah feels helpless until the day Hannah mentions a treasure rumored to be hidden in...
5) Cancelled
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High school senior Brynn Whittaker faces a school-wide scandal when a viral video wrongly implicates her, prompting her and her friends to confront the school's misogynistic culture, while Brynn grapples with the decision to expose the true culprit
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"In this funny picture book exploring a forever childhood question about friendship, squirrel and a mushroom explore the forest through the seasons, show each other special trees, build snow mushrooms, share the good times and bad-which become good bad times alongside a friend. Then spring arrives, and so does a new friend. And then another. This raises a profound question for an overthinking squirrel: should we have just one best friend?"--
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Sliding Across Mountains is a book about the power of friendship. In a small town in Tennessee, a writer, a mother, a widow, and a parish nurse form an unlikely friendship and a curling team. These four ladies learn more than sliding rocks down a sheet of ice. They learn what they can accomplish with a team of support and love is not always on the rocks.
8) A Long Time
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Older age is not the time to slow down and wait to die. Ned Quist, an author, has lost in his life, but has decided to renew old acquaintences, refresh friendships from his high school band and find happiness as a member of a band comprised of the infirm and old. Old relationships are reestablished and high school band members become octogenarian members of a band whose goal is fun, friendship and the opportunity to take the stage and play. Older...
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In the heart of Brooklyn, nestled between the bustling streets and the quiet waters of the bay, lies a neighborhood that has seen it all. Sunset Park, a place where cultures melded, dreams were forged, and lifelong friendships were woven into the very fabric of the community.Our story begins not with grand heroes or epic adventures, but with a group of eight friends who, over the years, discovered that the ordinary moments of life could be extraordinary...
10) The Swim
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The Swim is a prequel novella giving a picture of former police detective Michael McLaren's life from teenager to the strong man he is today. He's been through a lot from his ordeal beginning with the "swim", his move from the Force, and his cold cases. He's made enemies, friends, and he has loved and lost. Like many of us.
12) Mania: a novel
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"In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is 'the last great civil rights fight.' Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who...
15) Sourgrass
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Sofia and May find a way to keep their special friendship alive when May moves away
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Español
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Obra cómica, divertida y de enredos en la que se relata la historia de dos amigos que tienen un "alter ego" y fingen llamarse de diferente manera para escapar de su vida diaria y, finalmente, para casarse con dos mujeres que sueñan con casarse algún día con alguien llamado Ernesto. Lo que no saben estos hombres es que al adoptar esta falsa personalidad, esto los conllevará a un sin fin de problemas enredados y disparates, los cuales tendrán...
17) Florida Girls
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Do you have a young girl who loves sports? This book will bring you into the world of six girls who are best friends. You will go to their competitions and be a part of their world of sports. Will Danay decide to pursue dancing in New York? Will Jayme stay out of trouble skate boarding around town? What can she do there is no where to skate? Will Nealie win her ice skating meet? What about Cami, will she decide on one sport or continue doing two of...
18) Love Across Wars
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In Love Across Wars, a multicultural novel, two historic families connected through WWII find their destinies intertwine again in the aftermath of 9/11 as their scions are caught in the whirlwind of events from Philadelphia to Peshawar and Afghanistan.Christina Gartenley has been having a nightmarish vision signaling 9/11 since she was 10. Her brother David joins the Army after their father's horrifying ordeal at the Twin Towers on 9/11, but goes...
19) Samantha
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The windshield on the pickup truck was torn from moorings, the driver hung over the steering wheel, his head seeping red liquid onto the dash. In the automobile, lay two more bodies. Bradley's forehead swelled above his right eye, the result of his head hitting the top of the windshield. Samantha's hair was streaked with blood from her head wound. The windshield on her side was cracked in spider web fashion. Neither of them was conscious of the sound...
20) Déjouer l'oubli
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Chantal, prof de maths retraitée et désœuvrée, est en perte de repères dans son bungalow.
Nicole, sa voisine et meilleure amie, voit sa mémoire défaillir depuis la mort de son mari.
Entre elles, un lien unique. Du genre qui vous mène à fuir en douce vos vies en déroute pour mordre l'asphalte en direction de la Gaspésie.
Deux femmes, une seule urgence de vivre.
S'évader pour mieux se souvenir. Tout faire pour déjouer l'oubli.
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