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2) Planets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Colorful photographs and simple text introduce children to the planets. Provides information about the planets, the sun, and moons.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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In this version of the classic folktale, an Argentine wide-mouthed frog sets out through the rain forest to brag about his fly-eating abilities and encounters a toco toucan, a coati, a capybara, and a jaguar. Includes a note about the South American rain forest animals featured in the story.
4) Pandas
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes pandas and thier behavior.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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On a cold, snowy night, Haswell Magruder makes a decision that will have a profound effect on his own life as well as the lives of all those he loves. A wounded Confederate soldier appears at the family's Virginia farm, and Haswell convinces his mother and sister to take the man in, despite the certain repercussions if the enemy Yankees were to catch them in such a "traitorous" act. Unfortunately, this is precisely what happens, setting off a horrific...
8) Unthinkable
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After losing both of his legs in a car accident at age 18, Scott Rigsby battled his way back from depression and addiction to achieve the unthinkable-become the first double-leg amputee ever to cross the finish line in the sporting world's most grueling and prestigious competition, the Ironman Triathlon. Scott has since become an inspiration to hundreds of thousands of physically challenged and able-bodied athletes the world over. Unthinkable documents...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Splat the Cat can't wait to be in his school play about castles and kings and queens-maybe he'll even get to play a knight! Will Splat find a way to steal the show? Join him and his classmates for another hilarious Splat the Cat adventure!
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Last Mountain Man series volume 1
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Summary: Smoke Jensen, a young boy with a thirst for vengeance, accompanied by Preacher, an elderly mountain man, journeys westward from his Missouri farm.
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From the author and artist of the Tales from the Back Pew series comes a perfect story for every child who is going on their first mission trip. Sometimes what we experience is MUCH better than we expect.
In Mission Trip Impossible, our young hero is headed out on his first mission trip with the kids' group. Expecting jungles, heatwaves, wild animals, and cannibals, he is pleasantly surprised at how rewarding spreading the Good News can really be!
Mission...
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From the author and artist of the Tales from the Back Pew series comes a perfect collection of riddles for every child with a funny bone and a love of jokes and riddles.
In the Big Inning ... Bible Riddles from the Back Pew is a collection of hilarious church-themed, kid-friendly, and kooky riddles. Hold onto your socks so you don't laugh them off as you share these with friends and family of all ages.
In the Big Inning ... Bible Riddles from the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Hubie's class has to play a football game against the older kids in school. But how can they even think of winning when the only touchdowns that they score are for the other team? This game is going to be a real fumble."--P. [4] of cover.
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Like any American teenager, Brenda Paz spent much of her time with her friends. They would go to parties, listen to music, and show off their cars late into the night. But Brenda and her friends belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha--the MS-13--the most violent gang in America, and in addition to enjoying the things that all teenagers do, her friends were thieves, drug dealers, human traffickers, and murderers. A street gang that began in Los Angeles in...
16) Frida
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art.
17) Henry Huggins
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Henry Huggins picks up a stray dog, names him Ribsy and sets out on numerous adventures with him, including breeding hundreds of fish and collecting over a thousand worms.
18) The chance
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Thunder Point novels volume 4
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Thunder Point is the perfect place for FBI agent Laine Carrington to recuperate from a gunshot wound and contemplate her future. Knowing her wounds go beyond the physical, Laine hopes she'll fit in for a while and find her true self in a town that feels safe. Eric Gentry is also new to Thunder Point. Although he's a man with a dark past, he's determined to put down roots and get to know the daughter he only recently discovered. When Laine and Eric...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days -- and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompaned by his hot-blooded manservant Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings,...
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"Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next twelve harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. After regaining his freedom in 1853, Northup decided to publish this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity. As an educated man, Northup was able to present an exceptionally...