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81) Lucky strikes
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"--
With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister-- and the family gas station. To keep a competitor at bay and keep her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father-- fast. When a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
50th Anniversary Edition.
Language
English
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parents' death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
50 years of an iconic classic! The international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie--now with bonus content.
83) Grenade
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
Description
"1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New York's gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room. 1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppy's castle, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving...
Author
Series
Knights of the Borrowed Dark volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A young orphan learns that monsters can grow out of the shadows in our world, and there is an ancient order of knights who keep them at bay.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podg�orska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store in for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping...
87) Spy runner
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake's mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake's dad, who went missing in...
Author
Series
28 summers (Elin Hilderbrand) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It's the late spring of 2020 and Jake's wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election. There must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other? Flash back to the sweet...
Author
Series
Unicorn Rescue Society volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Elliot and his friend Uchenna join Professor Fauna as they travel to the Pacific Northwest and help keep a sasquatch family safe from a pack of journalists and a logging company"--
90) Miki
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 59
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the Puppy Place! Where every puppy finds a home. Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When his mom picks him up from cooking class, Charles is surprised to find Miki, an adorable Bichon Frise puppy, in tow. As the Petersons foster Miki, Charles discovers that she was taught by her old owners to "dance." Soon enough,...
91) Copyboy
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newspaper copyboy Victor Vollmer sets out from Memphis to spread the ashes of Mr. Spiro, his friend and mentor, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and with the help of new friend Philomene he may meet the challenge.
92) Shame the stars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Joaquín del Toro is in love with Dulceña and she is in love with him. But it's 1915, and trouble has been brewing along the US-Mexico border. As tensions grow, Joaquín is torn away from Dulceña. When his family ranch becomes a target, Joaquín must decide how he will stand up for what's right.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A child dreams of a life without borders after he and his parents are forced to leave their home during the Mexican Repatriation."--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mindy Kim wants to fit in at her new school, but her favorite lunch leads to scorn, then a thriving business, and finally big trouble.
97) Just like home
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from nationally bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark. "Come home." Vera's mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories - she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there,...
98) Smokescreen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
A journalist shows up on Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cassidy has just come from a small African village with a heart wrenching story: half the villagers--many of them children--have been killed in a horrific attack by guerrilla soldiers, the bodies burned beyond recognition. Now, the families desperately need Eve's help to get closure and begin to heal. But when Eve arrives in the remote jungle, she begins to suspect that Jill's...
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 16
Language
English
Description
"After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachusetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. Sick with grief, his ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive -- only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past. Proctor, Pendergast's longtime bodyguard, springs to action, chasing Constance's kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into...
100) Truly madly guilty
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It's just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty...
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