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First published in 1925, "The Professor's House" is the profound study of a middle-aged man's unhappiness by critically acclaimed American author Willa Cather. The novel tells the story of its central character, Professor Godfrey St. Peter, in three parts. In the first part, the Professor feels that he is losing control over his life and resists the direction it is taking. He is displeased with his family's move to a new house, with his daughters...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When Ephraim Appledore-Smith moves into Water Castle with his mother and stroke-afflicted father, he makes two new friends whose family history is tied to the castle. The three of them set out to discover the castle's magic in the hopes of helping Ephraim's father recover.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaning
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL
In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life—great friends, family, and successful...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL
In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life—great friends, family, and successful...
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Series
Terrible two volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
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Series
Mr. Terupt volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Several students relate their experiences helping Mr. Terupt move the old classroom to the sixth grade annex during the summer vacation.
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Series
Three rancheros volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night and tells her they need to leave home immediately, and this time Granny intends for them never to return.
8) Betwixt
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Series
Betwixt and between volume 1
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English
Description
Divorced, desperate, and destitute, former restaurateur Defiance Dayne finds out she has been bequeathed a house by a complete stranger. She is surprised, to say the least, and her curiosity gets the better of her. She leaves her beloved Phoenix and heads to one of the most infamous towns in America: Salem, Massachusetts. She's only there to find out why a woman she's never met would leave her a house. A veritable castle that has seen better days....
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year old Jessie, still grieving over her mother's death, must move from Chicago to "The Valley," with a new stepfamily but no new friends until an anonymous fellow student emails and offers to help her navigate the school's treacherous social waters.
10) Moving day
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Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Allie Finkle's parents announce that the family is moving, Allie is sure her life is over. She has to move to a scary new house, change schools, and leave her precious geode collection behing. With a room she's half-scared to go into, the burden of being "the new girl," and her old friends a half hour away, how will Allie ever learn to fit in?
11) Lost and found
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twin brothers Jay and Ray Grayson learn about friendship, honesty, and themselves after taking advantage of a clerical oversight in which their new school thinks there is only one Grayson boy.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Aven was born without arms and has trouble fitting in at her new school after her parents take a job at a dying western theme park, but she makes a new friend in a fellow disabled boy who helps her solve a mystery at the park.
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Series
Comeback kids volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jake must leave his championship soccer team to play on a team with a losing record when his family moves to a neighboring town.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this wacky true tale of American ingenuity, Annie Miller took to raising pigs in the yard after losing all but her mansion, but when the town wanted the pigs out, she removed the whole mansion instead--rolling it away slowly on logs"--
15) Superfudge
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Series
Fudge books volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Ethan Cheeseman and his children, ages eight, twelve, and fourteen, hope to settle in a nice small town, at least long enough to complete work on a time machine, but spies and goverment agents have been pursuing them for two years and are about to catch up.
18) The new girl
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Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
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