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More than sixty pieces exploring a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts the author's experiences at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood.
42) Someday
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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Pressures of the celebrity lifestyle weigh heavily on Dayne and Katy Matthews as they take on separate movie projects. Tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but finally something drastic catches Daynes attention and makes him realize the destruction theyre playing with. But will it be too late? The Flanigan family recognizes the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the theater...
44) Shadow wolf
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Wolves of the Beyond volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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After earning the right to return to the wolf pack that abandoned him, the exiled Faolan joins the clan as a lowly "gnaw wolf," but his goal of rising in the pack order is threatened when a jealous rival frames him for an unspeakable crime.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie-utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire-must use teamwork and their gray matter while navigating its many wonders. Will the energetic Bink win the world's largest donut in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will the artistic Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show? As the undaunted duo steps into the mysterious tent of fortune-teller Madame Prunely, one prediction is crystal clear: this unlikely pair...
46) Blaze: a novel
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Blaze: Originally written thirty-five years ago but never published, a crime novel chronicles the life and times of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr.--the crimes committed against him and the crimes he himself commits, including a kidnapping he is doomed to attempt.
Memory: The story concerns Edgar Freemantle, who recounts the horrific accident that cost him his marriage, half of his body, and some of his mind. Stricken with aphasia, Edgar decides to commit...
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Curious George original adventures volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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George the monkey goes riding on his new bicyle and runs into unexpected adventure.
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The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers?...
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"Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the "Kingdom of God." The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most enigmatic figures...
51) Bear sees colors
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Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 8
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IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 35
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This book is an update on globalization, its history, successes, and discontents. It discusses a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class in both China and India. This new edition is the author's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before, creating an explosion of wealth...
53) Aftershocks
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The first contemporary romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter—this edition revised by the author.
At twenty-three, model Georgina Hathaway has everything she wants—everything but love. Her heart has set its sights on Dr. Elliot Mallory, an older, more sophisticated man who can see through Georgina’s beauty to the intelligent, humorous, and charming woman inside.
But with maturity...
At twenty-three, model Georgina Hathaway has everything she wants—everything but love. Her heart has set its sights on Dr. Elliot Mallory, an older, more sophisticated man who can see through Georgina’s beauty to the intelligent, humorous, and charming woman inside.
But with maturity...
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Christmas box trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Since it was first published, more than seven million people have been touched by the magic of The Christmas Box When Richard Paul Evans wrote The Christmas Box As Evans began to write, he was amazed at the inspiration that flowed into his mind and heart. He completed the moving story of a widow and the young family who comes to live with her in less than six weeks, and bound twenty copies to give as Christmas presents to family and friends. In the...
55) Storms
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Looks at all the big storms created by Mother Nature run amuk--from lightning and thunder to monsoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Features superlatives, jokes, and best of all, the incredible photographs available only from National Geographic.
56) Full scoop
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Beaumont, South Carolina, pediatrician Maggie Davenport's ex-boyfriend, who is also the father of her thirteen-year-old daughter, escapes from prison and tracks her down in search of money he hid before being sentenced for murder, and fortunately for her she has attractive FBI agent Zack Madden to protect her as she tries to hide the past from her neighbors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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For Merci Sur̀ez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It's a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not being one of the popular kids like Avery Sanders, who will probably be the soccer captain and is always...
58) The Moscow Club
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Charlie Stone is a brilliant analyst for the CIA who has made an illustrious reputation for predicting the unpredictable ways of the Kremlin. He's summoned urgently to read the transcript of a tape recording smuggled out of the Soviet Union by one of the few remaining moles. His expert assessment-not only is there an ominous coup in the making, a power struggle that will make glasnost a thing of the past-but he senses that the conspiracy may well
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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Anticipating a relaxing retirement, Father Tim returns to his hometown for the first time in decades when he receives an anonymous summons, an event that leads to his discovery of long-buried secrets and new people.
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Time quintet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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"With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death"--Title page verso