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1) To Siberia
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A young girl and her brother, living in the cold Danish Jutland, develop an unshakeable bond as dark events in their family and the world threaten to overtake their dreams.
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They Waited Their Whole Lives for Their Papa to Return Nan and Heath Duncan, siblings abandoned by their papa and abused by their guardian, have no choice but to survive on the London streets. When a kind gentleman rescues Nan from such a life, the siblings are separated and raised in two vastly different social worlds. Just when both are beginning to flourish and years have healed some of their wounds, their long-awaited papa returns and reunites...
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Goosebumps Slappyworld volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
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Jordan and his sister Karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths.
4) Rules
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) is a children's novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. The first book in Nesbit's beloved Bastable trilogy-which also includes The Wouldbegoods (1901) and The New Treasure Seekers (1904)-The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a story of family, adventure, and mystery for children and adults alike.
The Bastable siblings-Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius-are clever and curious children who...
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Sullivan's Crossing volume 3
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Look for Robyn's new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life!
An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the emotionally charged, complex dynamics that come with being part of any family. Readers will laugh and shed a few tears as they discover what it means to be loved, supported and accepted by the people who mean the most.
Having left...
9) Metro girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
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Bill Barnaby has disappeared and his sister Alex heads for Miami to hunt him down and finds herself battling hit men, international intrigue, and a good-looking NASCAR driver, Sam Hooker, who is also looking for Bill.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
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Karena Jorge joins a group of stormchasers hoping to find her twin brother Charles, who has gone off his medication and run away from the mental hospital where he lives, and as Karena searches for Charles and learns more about the tornados she is chasing, she discovers unexpected insights into her own life.
13) Zen shorts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.
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Are some things better left unknown? Dana Fields's father never knew his parents. When Dana secretly does a DNA test for her dad, hoping to find him some distant relatives for his birthday, her entire world implodes. Instead of a few third cousins, Dana discovers a half brother her age whose very existence means her parents' happy marriage is a lie. Dana's desire to know her half brother, Brandon, and the extent of her dad's deception clashes with...
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Based on the true story of the Fortune sisters, three young women each at a crossroads when they boarded the RMS Titanic in the spring of 1912 –and how that maiden voyage would transform their lives in profound and unexpected ways.
Fans of The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé and Patricia Falvey's The Titanic Sisters will be captivated as USA Today bestselling author Anna Lee Huber expertly weaves real historical figures and events into this...
17) All About Mia
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"That girl is such a mess." "Why can't she be like her sisters?" Blah, blah, blah. That's all Mia Campbell-Richardson ever hears. From her parents, her teachers, and her never-do-wrong older sister, Grace.
So what if she parties too hard and studies too little? Who cares if she tends to end up with the wrong guys or says the wrong things at the wrong times? She's still a good friend (except when she isn't). And she still knows the way things should...
18) Lucky Luna
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your primas...
Luna Ramos has more cousins than she can count, and even though her mom says that makes her lucky, Luna knows that every time she gets in trouble, one of her primas is responsible.
But when Luna locks her know-it-all cousin Claudia in the bathroom at their cousin's quinceañera, Luna has no one to blame but herself. Her punishment? No hats for a whole month-which is a big deal because...
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The first in a series of books about the Pepper family, these imaginative children's stories have delighted readers since their original publication in 1881. This first novel introduces Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie, and Phronsie, the children of their widowed Mamsie, Mrs. Pepper. While very poor, the Peppers live in a supportive little town in their beloved Little Brown House. The family faces many challenges, such as sickness and an overflowing generosity...
20) Caddie Woodlawn
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
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