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1) Wishbone
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It's 2004, the year same-sex marriage becomes legal in Massachusetts, the year the Red Sox break the curse, and the year everything changes for Meg Myers.Meg is an animal control officer who doesn't much like people and doesn't believe wishes come true. She grew up in state care, bouncing between foster homes and her alcoholic mother. Left physically and emotionally scarred, she is guarded about her past and pessimistic about her future. So she focuses...
2) Wishbone
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Debut novelist Anna Garcia Schaper weaves together the stories of two women who deal with tormentors: fifteen-year-old Pilar, who dreams of becoming an actor but is reminded constantly she's too fat, too Mexican, and her feisty but traditional grandmother, who years earlier had to come to terms with her own bully, her abusive husband.
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"What's the story, Wishbone?" was the question asked by the theme song of one of the most inspired children's TV shows ever made. Wishbone was a sort of Masterpiece Theater made just for youngsters-although easily enjoyed by adults as well. On Wishbone, children were introduced to the greats of classic literature as they watched a talented Jack Russell Terrier depict such literary luminaries as Ulysses, Romeo, Sherlock Holmes, and Oliver Twist. This...
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Who's Talking on Wishbone Hill is a fictional story about animals and children sharing stories about God's love with each other to encourage us to recognize signs of God's love in our own lives. The artwork for coloring is hand-drawn by daughter Alex. It is there to inspire you to color and write down the times good things happen in your world.
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"For a long time, everything only happened to other people," Julie Wade writes. Or so she thought. She records her falls. The "stunned body, the purloined speech" she experiences after crashing to the ground from a swing. The sensation of slipping from the platform saddle atop a circus elephant, sliding "flat as a penny against his wrinkled skin, rattling the bones of my ribs." The shame and uncertainty of being spilled from the security of parental...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Lexi loves dogs: TRUELexi has a dog: FALSE
Lexi Torres has to face the cold, hard truth-her parents are never going to relent on the NO DOGS ALLOWED rule.Or are they? When a mysterious pet store comes to town, Lexi suddenly has reason to hope. There's something special about the animals at Power's Pets. . . something downright magical! Kristin Earhart grew up riding horses, pestering her cat, and reading books about amazing animals. These...
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In 1969, Andy Powell was one of four founder members of progressive rock pioneers Wishbone Ash. Forty-five years later, with no sabbaticals, he is still a member of Wishbone Ash. And he has seen a lot of interesting things along the way.
Watching the birth of rock'n'roll in the 50s; stepping into the swinging 60s mod scene as a teenager; breaking through to the big time and touring the States with The Who; selling hundreds of thousands of copies of...
16) Don Quixote
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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The adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.
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A heartfelt expression of a personal encounter with grief and how a wise old tree healed and soothed the author's broken edges. Tales from the Wishbone Tree is a personal story about love, loss and survival. Former award-winning journalist, editor and complementary health practitioner, Helly Eaton, moved to rural West Dorset. When her beloved husband was diagnosed with cancer, she found herself treading the fragile line between being wife, lover,...
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Judy Moody and Stink volume 4
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2015.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Judy and Stink prepare for this year's "Turkey Trot," with the main prize being a juicy turkey, but they worry that if they don't win, the family won't have a Thanksgiving meal.
The town's annual Turkey Trot race and festival is coming up, and Judy and Stink are training to win. Judy has decided that she is going to take home the big prize: a fat, juicy turkey. They can taste it already: the moist turkey, the hot gravy, the savory stuffing, the cranberry...
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Wow I Never Knew That! volume 4
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You'll learn how Kitty Litter clawed its way into our homes. And you'll learn how a bulletproof vest stops a bullet. And we'll "cut to the chase" and explain the history behind this common phrase!
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Wishbone volume 9
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Wishbone imagines himself to be a wealthy Frenchman who must flee his homeland when war breaks out during the French Revolution.