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1) Pollyanna
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness. Pollyanna knows the secret to finding a smile -- even when really bad things happen. From the moment she arrives in Beldingsville, she shares her Glad Game with everyone around her. But the person who needs Pollyanna's help...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
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In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stonger than its individual members and more frightening. led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the "courage never to submit or yield."
3) The Pearl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
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"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream-that wealth erases all problems-Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence."--Pub.desc.
4) Silas Marner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 14
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What is the value of human relations, the connection between souls? In Silas Marner, George Eliot explores this question in the story of a reclusive weaver in a small English town who learns to trade his love of gold for the love of those around him. Though he started life as a religious man, a heartbreaking betrayal drove Silas Marner to become a recluse whose only companions were his gold coins. But one day, his gold is stolen and a golden-haired...
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[1986]
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El hombre se ha dispersado por toda la galaxia. La capital del Imperio es Trántor, nido de intrigas y corrupción. Gracias a su ciencia, fundada en el estudio matemático de los hechos históricos y el comportamiento de las masas, el psicohistoriador Hari Seldon prevé la caída del Imperio y el retorno a la barbarie durante varios milenios. A fin de reducir este período de barbarie a mil años, Seldon decide crear una Fundación en un extremo de...
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Marrying Glenn Lambert was either the smartest thing Maggie Kingsbury has ever done or the craziest mistake of her life. Best friends as children, they went their separate ways until a chance encounter at a wedding inspires this spontaneous leap of faith. How could she resist the sweet spell of a moonlit night and whispers of devotion guaranteed to melt her heart?
9) Eragon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 26
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In Alagas︠ia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
En el reino legendario de Alagas︠ia la guerra se est ̀gestando. Cuando Eragon, un joven de 15 aǫs que vive en una pequeą aldea, se encuentra con una piedra preciosa en medio del bosque a donde ha ido a cazar, poco se espera que...
10) El Último Catón
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2004
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La hermana Ottavia Salina, paleógrafa de gran prestigio que trabaja para el Archivo Secreto del Vaticano, recibe el encargo de descifrar unos extraños tatuajes que presenta el cadáver de un etíope. Acompañada por un arqueólogo de Alejandría y por el capitán de la Guardia Suiza vaticana, tendrá que enfrentarse--en siete ciudades como Antioquía, Jerusalén o Alejandría--a siete pruebas basadas en los siete pecados capitales. La trepidante...
11) Heartbreaker
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J. B. Hammock played by his own rules, and rule number one was never settle down. He treated his women well, but with a no-strings detachment they all accepted. But sweet Tellie Maddox hovered about like a gossamer butterfly, always trying to take care of him, always caring about him. It was enough to make a confirmed bachelor take drastic measures.
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Who is Klingsor? Behind this code name lies a sinister character, or perhaps just a legend. The information available indicates that Klingsor refers to a scientist familiar with quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity, subatomic particles, and nuclear fission, but above all, one who is an adviser to Hitler and responsible for the military science strategies of the Reich, among which is the development of the atomic bomb. The search for him is...
14) Here and then
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"After donning a mysterious necklace, Rue Claridge was catapulted back one hundred years--into the wilds of the Old West. And straight into the arms of lawman Farley Haynes. Hard to tame, yet easy to love, he was more man than she'd ever known. Fate, she believed, had made him hers. If they survived the bandits who wanted Rue in widow's weeds-- a century before her own time"--P. [4] of cover.
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Completely Smitten : "Haley Foster had lived her entire life in a box. Guided by her preacher father and the residents of her tiny hometown as to what to do, what to wear and even who to marry, she'd lost herself along the way. But no more. Now she was going to live on her own terms and do all the things good preachers' daughters didn't do. Starting with Kevin Harmon."--P. [4] of cover.
Hers for the Weekend : "Piper Jamieson needed a date with no...
17) The maverick
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Constantly in the middle of trouble be it during roundup or at Jacobsville county dances Harley Fowler always seems to emerge unscathed. Then he meets Alice Jones, a top-notch investigator who is trying to solve a murder involving the one family Harley doesn't want to talk about his own. Suddenly, he's in the midst of mayhem and all he can thing about is protecting Alice. But Alice is one stubborn woman and doesn't seem to appreciate his efforts...
20) Against the fire
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Against the fire: "You can't fight what you can't see. And Gabriel Raines can't be sure just who's setting the fires in his new real-estate development. When two fires hit back-to-back, he knows it's personal, but any number of competitors or ex-employees could be the arsonist. The police suspect Angel Ramirez, a local teen who's been in trouble before. But Mattie Baker, a volunteer at the Family Abuse center, just can't believe the kid she's been...