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81) Not this turkey!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Although Mel and his family have lived in America for several years, they have never celebrated Thanksgiving, just the Jewish holidays. But this year, after Papa wins a turkey at work, Mama invites all their relatives to their Brooklyn tenement for dinner. There's just one thing -- Mel has a soft spot for the turkey! "--
83) My two blankets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A homesick little girl who has recently moved to an unfamiliar country comforts herself by clinging to an old blanket, but when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture.
85) Small Island
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 23
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Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
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"Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young people, Essie, goes missing. Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her. Along the way...
87) Sophie's heart
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After the tragic death of his wife, Alec Riley struggles to put his life back together. He and his three children are lost in their grief until Sophie walks unexpectedly into their lives. Having left her native Czechoslovakia, Sophie has discovered the land which seemed so bright with promise is far from her dream. Sophie, a highly educated woman, finds herself keeping house for Alec and his family. How can Sophie find peace in her new job? Will God...
89) Netherland
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Strangely enough, the outpouring of good will that followed the terrorist attacks on New York City produced a kind of elation in many people. It is this giddy sense of starting over, things Hans van den Broek, that prompted his wife to leave him. Drifting in the sudden expanse and uncertainty of his life, Hans is drawn to enigmatic Trinidadian Chuck Ramkissoon and the curious appeal of the city's immigrant cricket leagues.
90) One green apple
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Farah is the new girl at school and the dupatta covering her head makes her just a little different from the other students. Because she hasn't learned the English language yet, she knows that some people might not be very friendly. On the second day of school, the class takes a field trip to an apple orchard. Farah sees that some of the children want to become friends with her on the hay ride. When it comes time to make the apple cider, however,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
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The Scarlet Letter is the story of three New England settlers at odds with the Puritan society in which they live. Roger Chillingworth, an ageing scholar, arrives in New England after two years separation from his wife Hester to find her on trial for adultery. For refusing to reveal her lover's identity, she is condemned to wear a letter °' sewn onto her clothes. Roger resolves to discover and destroy the man who has stolen his honor. For the next...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Twelve-year-old Ariana, a tomboy, and her ladylike cousin Laila, recently arrived from Afghanistan, do not get along but they pull together when a rival Afghani grocery store opens, rekindling an old family feud and threatening their family's livelihood.
93) Orchard: a novel
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Ned, a philandering painter, uses Sonja as his model. But she becomes more than his model and more than an object of desire-she becomes the most inspiring muse Ned has ever known. When both Ned and her husband insist on possessing her, their jealousies threaten to erupt into violence, and Sonja must find a way to placate both men without sacrificing her hard-won sense of self.
95) Endless chain
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When local minister Sam Kinkade's plans to welcome the area's growing Hispanic community to the church are met with resistance, he asks Elisa Martinez for guidance, and together they make things work with the help of a special group of women.
96) Uprising
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
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In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes.
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"This sequel to Creatures of Will and Temper picks up in 1927 Long Island, where Ellie West fishes by day and sells moonshine by night to the citizens of her home town. But after Ellie's father joins a church whose parishioners possess supernatural powers and a violent hatred for immigrants, Ellie finds she doesn't know her beloved island, or her father, as well as she thought"--
98) Learning to fly
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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Jason, a recent immigrant from China, makes some bad decisions as he comes to terms with small-town racism while trying to fit in.
100) The Violent Land
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The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century
William W, Johnstone's legendary mountain men have fought their battles and conquered a fierce frontier. Now, three generations of the Jensen clan are trying to live in peace on their sprawling Colorado ranch. But for men with fighting in their blood, trouble is never very far from their doorstep......
Into The Eye Of A Storm
They are strangers in a strange land--a band of German immigrants trespassing...