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A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, [this book] traces the search for the simple life through the stories of three families of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for-- or create-- a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.--
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"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...
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Mortal instruments volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction.
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2007
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Six years after the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire Falls, Richard Russo returns
with a novel that expands even further his widely heralded achievement.
Louis Charles (“Lucy”) Lynch has spent all his sixty years in upstate Thomaston, New York, married to the same woman, Sarah, for forty of them, their son now a grown man. Like his late, beloved father, Lucy is an optimist, though he’s had plenty...
with a novel that expands even further his widely heralded achievement.
Louis Charles (“Lucy”) Lynch has spent all his sixty years in upstate Thomaston, New York, married to the same woman, Sarah, for forty of them, their son now a grown man. Like his late, beloved father, Lucy is an optimist, though he’s had plenty...
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"Living an active, fulfilling life well into your 90s -- and possibly your 100s -- may be easier than you think. Longevity expert Dan Buettner has traveled the world to meet the planet's longest lived people in unique communities called Blue Zones, where common elements of lifestyle, diet, and outlook have led to an amazing quantity -- and quality -- of life. The nine powerful yet simple lessons he reveals in 'The Blue Zones' can put you on the...
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Mortal instruments volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 32
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English
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"Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance.."--
10) The body book: the law of hunger, the science of strength, and other ways to love your amazing body
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The Hollywood star shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience.
11) Second sleep
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When Max and his sister Rose go to visit their grandmother's lakeside vacation home, they soon discover that their nightly sleeps bring them to a timelocked place with kids from all different eras, united by their love of the lake--and Max begins to wonder if they can help him to find his missing mother.
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Vanderbeekers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--
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Vanderbeekers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Harlem's favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series! In To the Rescue, the Vanderbeeker kids find themselves racing to save their mother's baking business from city closure.
For the Vanderbeeker kids of Harlem's 141st Street, spring break couldn't be off to a better start. Isa's back from band camp, Oliver's building his first-ever treehouse in the backyard of the brownstone, and Laney,
...15) The night fairy
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently.
16) I'm dirty!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A busy backhoe loader describes all the items it hauls off a lot and all the fun it has getting dirty while doing so.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A scientist on Krypton realizes that his world faces total destruction and sends his son into space, and when the child's rocket lands in a Kansas cornfield, the baby is discovered by a farmer and his wife, who learn of the boy's strange powers.
18) Rooftoppers
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IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
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When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers."
19) Caleb's story
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Caleb forces Jacob to deal with his past.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"When an injured peacock takes shelter in the barn on Paige's family farm, she hopes she has time to nurse it back to health before Paige's mom sells the farm. Paige promised her dad before he died that she would take care of the farm, but there's only so much a 12-year-old can do alone. She'll have to learn that sometimes it's okay to let go of something good if it means holding on to something better"--
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