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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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In his acclaimed debut novel, Durham adds a new dimension to the frontier narrative. Gabriel, the teenaged son of an emancipated slave, travels west with his mother, who is lured by the promise of unclaimed land. Despising life as a farmer, Gabriel runs away with a dangerous band of cowboys. But hindered by youth and inexperience, he must escape the racism and brutality that surround him.
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English
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This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1853. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school, and completed his education in 1841, after which he was apprenticed to the tea merchants Antrobus & Co. in the Strand. In 1846, Collins became a law...
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With his farm suffering due to drought, his wife incapacitated by depression after a miscarriage, and the house-which seems to be haunted-likely to be foreclosed, Gabriel cannot keep up with all the things going wrong in his life. It soon seems that both nature and the supernatural are teaming up to send him a message, but it is up to him to figure out what that message might be.
Fever is a collection of sixteen short stories that reveal the secret...
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English
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Gabriel of Urantia is the leader of a UFO religion based in the desert of southern Arizona. He has spent the last three decades weaving together his belief system, a tapestry of Eastern spirituality, Born Again Christianity, and New Age doggerel. In a compound near the Mexican border, his disciples tend the garden, take classes, and serve their guru while they wait for the end of the world.
Joseph L. Flatley is a journalist who has spent years investigating...
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Series
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English
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Animals can be our heroes, our confidantes, our coaches, and our best examples of unconditional love. In “Animal Prints on My Soul”, we explore the human-animal bond through the experiences and stories of women. Featuring horses, dogs, cats, birds, and more, animal lovers will connect with these ordinary—yet extraordinary—stories of how animals impact our lives. Heartwarming, touching, and joyful, this book is a splendid gift for those who...
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Series
Umbrella Academy volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, now on Season 3!
The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is—each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of...
The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is—each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of...
8) Signal Boost
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"This trilogy gets better with each book." — Library Journal
"Cole's Off the Grid series succeeds because it captures the unsettling details of its dystopian setting beautifully, but also because its main characters are so very human and relatable."
—RT Book Reviews
When technology stopped working, the world as they knew it ended.
In a secluded...
"Cole's Off the Grid series succeeds because it captures the unsettling details of its dystopian setting beautifully, but also because its main characters are so very human and relatable."
—RT Book Reviews
When technology stopped working, the world as they knew it ended.
In a secluded...
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Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this Own Voices Native American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making"--
11) The choking game
Publisher
Human Relations Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A documentary film concerning the potentially fatal, risky behavior "unfortunately-named 'choking game.'" Interviews with victim's families, students and medical personnel, as well as ideas for helathy, positive risks are presented. Teacher's resource binder includes activity sheets.
15) The other woman
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Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
17) The English spy
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Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 15
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue featuring the inimitable Gabriel Allon.
First there was THE ENGLISH ASSASSIN.
Then there was THE ENGLISH GIRL.
Now comes THE ENGLISH SPY . . .
Master novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled readers with seventeen thoughtful
...18) The black widow
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 16
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin, is poised to become the chief of Israels secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
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English
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"A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball...