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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this accessible and inspiring...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap
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English
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"Korede's sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola's knife. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (warp it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . tragic and shocking.”—Associated Press
NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Boston Globe • Kansas City...
NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Boston Globe • Kansas City...
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English
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"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she...
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Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates fifteen crochet projects that can be accomplished by young crafters, sharing step-by-step, illustrated instructions for such items as an earflap hat, a patchwork poncho, and a cupcake-shaped pincushion, in a guide complemented by sidebar information on crochet history and cultural customs
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Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
How did Chicago get its name? Who were the first Chicagoans? What can you find Downtown, or on the North, South, or West Sides? How do you get around, and what is there to see? Who were some of the most famous--and infamous--residents of Chicago? Readers will find the answers to all this and more in this new addition to the bestselling Eyewitness series. Published in conjunction with Pearson Education and Chicago Public Schools, Eyewitness: Chicago...
13) Trucks
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Language
English
Description
Trucks dig holes, trucks push heavy loads, trucks haul, pull, lift, and dig. 60 trucks, and what they do, are shown in this colorful board book
14) South Africa
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Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"The nation of South Africa has been through its share of struggles. From British colonialism to the brutal system of apartheid, South Africans-especially Black South Africans-throughout history have worked hard to build and hold on to their unique culture in challenging times. Readers explore both the history and present cultural environment of South Africa in this carefully updated guide to Africa's southernmost nation. Fact boxes, full-color photographs,...
15) THE LITIGATORS
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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"After leaving a fast-track legal career and going on a serious bender, David Zinc is sober, unemployed, and desperate enough to take a job at Finley & Figg, a self-described 'boutique law firm' that is anything but. Oscar Finley and Wally Figg are in fact just two ambulance chasers who bicker like an old married couple. But now the firm is ready to tackle a case that could make the partners rich -- without requiring them to actually practice much...
16) BARELY LEGAL
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Series
Herbie Fisher novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man-about-town and the youngest senior partner at the white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Now all of his training will be put to the test as he finds himself embroiled in his most daring adventure to date and which -- unbeknownst to him -- has put him at the center of a bull's-eye. In the city that never sleeps there are always devious schemes...
17) Tractors
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Discusses the different kinds of tractors, what they are used for, and how they work"--Provided by publisher
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history
Do you know the difference between a code and a cipher? Can you tell a St. Cyr slide from a Cardano grille? Did you know that a substitution cipher caused Mary Queen of Scots to lose her head? Dont look now, but packed into this practical field guide is everything a young person needs to know about the art of...
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