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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Brigit, a girl with selkie heritage, embarks on a perilous journey with newcomer Peter to confront the Great Selkie in Sule Skerrie in order to prevent a curse that threatens her village's safety
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old competitive swimmer Tess Cooper grapples with the upheaval of her carefully planned future following an epilepsy diagnosis, and works to get back in the pool despite her doctor's advice or her distracting feelings for the new guy
Author
Series
Alice England mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Alice, who receives messages from the dead, discovers a man with a deadly sunlight allergy was murdered, she and the victim's niece work together to uncover the truth
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Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Lou wishes she could turn back time to mend her friendship with Francie after a terrible fight, so when Lou befriends Cece she is eager to prove herself, but as she uncovers the truth about Cece's family, she grapples with what being a good friend means
7) Ruptured
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Phoebe navigates fear, grief, and hope for recovery about when her mother has a ruptured brain aneurysm while their family is on vacation, and right after her mother shares that she's planning to leave Phoebe's father"--
9) The guest
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Language
English
Description
Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. Laure has walked out on her husband--and their good friend--Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris...
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English
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"Taking a holiday by the sea to eat enough fish and chips to support the struggling business of the aptly named Mrs. Chipper, newlyweds Siobhan and Macdara Flannery instead find the proprietor murdered and place their long-delayed honeymoon on hold to catch a slippery killer"--
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Make the holiday season even more special with one-of-a-kind, personalized projects. Artists of all ages can craft along with illustrator, toymaker, and storyteller Suzy Ultman as she upcycles regular cereal and cracker boxes into handmade holiday magic. Learn to make a menorah that looks like a unicorn by tracing a template, cutting cardboard, painting it, and creating play-candles with clothespins. Suzy also shows you how to turn cardboard into...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is Mina's favorite day of the year. Mina can't wait to share the customs of Seollal with all of her friends at school. She will show her classmates her colorful hanbok, demonstrate how to do sebae, and then everyone will make tasty tteokguk in the cooking room. Yum! Her little brother may even join in on the fun... if he can find a way out of his bad mood. In this joyful book about sharing...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Almost-eleven-year-old Josephine is NOT pleased to be moving into the Happy World trailer park over the summer of 1974. She misses her beautiful bedroom with ballerinas on the wall and her pretty, well-dressed friends. Happy World isn't happy. It's dingy and depressing! Nothing like the world that headstrong Josephine wants for herself. But when Josephine learns that her would-be next door neighbor in Happy World was kidnapped months ago, she develops...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Join artist Suzy Ultman as she discusses her most recent Creativebug class - Sustainable Play: Holiday Crafts - and demonstrates additional ways to celebrate the holiday sustainably. Along with staff artist Twinkie Chan, Suzy demonstrates how she uses recycled materials and a bit of a paint to make a suite of custom, complementary wrapping paper. This video was originally recorded live December 5, 2023.
17) Light and air
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"Hanna and Alex, owners of the Murder and Mayhem book and chocolate shop, are busy preparing for the Harriston High School's reunion weekend. Neighbors will connect with old friends and perhaps try to avoid old foes. One person no one can avoid is Kyle, the former star quarterback, who is busy using his entire playbook to try and score with Hanna, even threatening her if she doesn't play nice. At the reunion, Alex glimpses more drama than nostalgia...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt collection of personal essays, Evans shares his moving journey from childhood to beloved author, offering the insightful lessons he's learned and engaging...
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Publisher
Arising Together Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Texas' Emancipation Day and Juneteenth National Independence Day (both known as Juneteenth) are tremendously important holidays, but both are mired in miscommunication and inaccuracy. Examples: 1. The national holiday ?symbolically? celebrates slavery?s end - a concept often misinterpreted as ?the day slavery ended.? Fact: Texas was not the last state to outlaw slavery; 2. June 19, 1865 was the day the U.S. Army began enforcement of the Emancipation...
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