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1) Snow crash
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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Now featuring never-before-seen material, the “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states,...
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states,...
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As she emerges from the prison of a Puritan New England town, Hester Prynne defies the dark gloom much as the rose blooms against the prison door. With her illegitimate baby, Pearl, clutched in her arms and the letter A -- the mark of an adultress -- embroideredin scarlet thread on her breast, Hester holds her head high as she faces the malice and scorn of the townsfolk. Her powerful, bittersweet story is an American Classic that continues to touch...
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Library of America volume 325
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Joan Didion's influence on postwar American letters is undeniable. Whether writing fiction, memoir, or trailblazing journalism, her gifts for narrative and dialogue, and her intimate but detached authorial persona, have won her legions of readers and admirers. Now Library of America launches its multi-volume edition of Didion's collected writings, prepared in consultation with the author, that brings together her fiction and nonfiction for the first...
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New York playwright Lori Scott feels like a failure when her producer boyfriend calls it quits on both their relationship and her first play. On a dare, she throws a dart at a map and ends up moving to Brigham City, Utah, where she writes "The Garden Guru" column for the local paper and ends up falling in love with local firefighter John Wayne Walker.
5) Catfantastic
Publisher
MJF Books
Pub. Date
[1996], �1989
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English
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Presents a collection of original stories featuring those enigmatic creatures known as cats, in settings as diverse as the distant future and the present day.
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2023
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English
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"Nothing short of astonishing. The best writers are brave writers, and Harris has proven herself among those ranks." —Mateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck
A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means
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Sam and Holly Foster and their young son James seem to have a perfect life until Sam loses his job and James has a life-threatening accident. Hopelessness and constant caring for James takes their toll on Sam and Holly and they begin to drift apart. It takes the miracle of the rediscovery of James's toy boat and the appearance of a mysterious man to remind them of what is important in life, and that love and heaven are not far away.
8) Wildfire
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"Wildfire is a legend, a fiery red stallion who is captured and broken by horse trainer Lin Slone. A glorious beast, a miracle, Wildfire is also a curse - a horse who could run like the wind and who could also spill the blood of those who love him most." -- Lower cover.
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection: this special eBook edition of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis features exclusive content, including Oprah’s personal notes highlighted within the text, and a reading group guide.
The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.
A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of...
The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.
A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of...
11) Saving Madeline
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English
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Public defender Caitlin McLoughlin must defend a father who has kidnapped his daughter Madeline in order to keep her from his drug-addicted ex-wife.
12) Black Mesa
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English
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Two young men come to the forbidding desert at the foot of Black Mesa. Paul Manning, a would-be writer from Kansas City, is running from memories that haunt him. Wess Kintell, a tall, grey-eyed Texan, is hiding from his shady past.
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Presents four novellas, including those made into the movies "The Shawshank Redemption," about an innocent man in prison, "Stand by Me," about a group of boys traveling to see a dead body, and "Apt Pupil," in which a teenage boy is both repulsed by and attracted to the evil represented by an old ex-Nazi on his paper route.
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LATE IN June the vast northwestern desert of wheat began to take on a tinge of gold, lending an austere beauty to that endless, rolling, smooth world of treeless hills, where miles of fallow ground and miles of waving grain sloped up to the far-separated homes of the heroic men who had conquered over sage and sand.
17) The U.P. trail
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English
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While workers build the Union Pacific Railway, the United States Army fights the Native Americans.
19) Song of Solomon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he,...
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he,...
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2022
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English
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"Snappy dialogue, a well-drawn supporting cast and an irresistible canine companion all add delicious flavor. Gulp this book down or savor it, but consuming it will guarantee a sustained sugar high."– The New York Times Book Review
In a brand-new culinary cozy series with a fresh edge and a delightful small-town setting, the acclaimed author introduces Maddy Montgomery, a social media expert who's #StartingOver in small...
In a brand-new culinary cozy series with a fresh edge and a delightful small-town setting, the acclaimed author introduces Maddy Montgomery, a social media expert who's #StartingOver in small...
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