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(0)Lisa Thompson
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Near the death zone on K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to continue climbing. Her choices were clear: give in to her doubts and descend or push past her own limits and continue up the mountain's steep face.
Defiance had provoked Thompson to enter the male-dominated world of high-altitude mountaineering, but defiance could only take her so far. After a harrowing battle with cancer, Lisa realized she...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Melody Bird has discovered an old, abandoned building on the edge of town...
It's a dark, creepy place, but she can't resist its pull. When she goes to explore, she finds a boy hiding out there. Hal tells Melody that he is a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a nearby suspected criminal. He's very secretive about the details, but Melody trusts him and starts bringing him blankets and sneaking him food. She...
3) Fruits
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English
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Nutrients are essential components that are important in the body's functions and processes. Each of these nutrients performs a particular work to promote good health.
Every day, the body produces skin, bones, and muscles. The body produces red blood cells that carry oxygen and important nutrients throughout the body; it sends out nerve signals and formulates chemical messengers to and from the brain. All these bodily processes require raw materials,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Lisa Thompson returns to the world of The Goldfish Boy in her new novel.
Melody Bird has discovered an old, abandoned building on the edge of town...It's a dark, creepy place, but she can't resist its pull. When she goes to explore, she finds a boy hiding out there. Hal tells Melody that he is a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a nearby, suspected criminal. He's very secretive about the details, but Melody...
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English
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Embark on the Adventure of A Lifetime: Navigate the Future of Work with a Nomadic Spirit
Imagine swapping your desk view for a window onto the world, your cubicle for a caf in Paris, or a beach in Bali. Embrace a work lifestyle that encourages exploration, freedom, and limitless opportunities. "Nomadic Mindset: The Future of Digital Work" is your compass to navigating this brave new world, where the office is anywhere and everywhere.
Dive into the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears Matt is the key to solving a mystery and possibly saving a child's life...if he can manage to expose himself, and his secret guilt to the outside world.
11) The light jar
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Nate and his mother are escaping from his emotionally abusive step-father, Gary, but the run-down and abandoned cottage in the woods that his mother takes them to does not seem like much of a refuge; but when his mother goes off to buy provisions and does not come back Nate is left alone (except for his imaginary friend Sam) and afraid--until a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a long-ago treasure hunt turns up.
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English
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Preachers often feel stuck when met with quickly shifting and dense media topics that flood the headlines. If, and when, they determine it is appropriate to address issues that arise in the news cycle, they are often at a loss for how to speak about them from the pulpit. When preachers understand that a responsibility to sustain life is, embedded in the purposes of preaching, they discover greater fluidity between the everyday world, the biblical...
15) Lucy's mask
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Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Suddenly, masks are everywhere. Are your kids confused and anxious about wearing a mask? Lucy's world turned upside down. She's bored. She can't be together with her friends. But when she finds out her mom is making her a new mask her boredom turns into excitement. Lucy loves masks! She dives into her toy box full of costumes and opens a world of imagination and make-believe adventure, far beyond the walls of her room. Of course, she doesn't realize...
16) New York City
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Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ari and Tess are recruited by the Secret World Adventure Team for a mission in New York City, where they visit many well-known sights while trying to win a contest that may save an amazing roof-top skateboarding park.
20) Lookout London
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Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Will and Vika are recruited by the Secret World Adventure Team for a mission in England, where they enjoy many of London's famous sights while helping try to retrieve a valuable family heirloom.