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101) Leap!
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home.
103) Point Blank
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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious--and identical--overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him" -- Amazon.com....
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Series
Anne of Green Gables volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
A classic for all ages, this official, unabridged edition of Anne of Windy Poplars features the unforgettable character of Anne Shirley and special memories, exclusively from L.M. Montgomery's granddaughter.
Anne Shirley has a tendency to stir up controversy wherever she goes. And her new position as principal of Summerside High School is no exception. The Pringles, the ruling family in town, want one of their own in the
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this new version introduces young readers to a Boxcar Children classic.
107) The devil's own
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Series
Language
English
Description
Of the lot, this man was still her best bet. He not only looked the most inebriated, but the most disreputable – lean and hungry and totally without principle. Once he was sober, he would no doubt be easy to buy. "Sister" Kerry Bishop got more than she bargained for when she entered the seedy bar seeking the services of a man, more particularly a mercenary. Linc O'Neal wasn't the soldier of fortune Kerry mistook him for…but he proved to be...
108) Train I ride
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Traveling from California to Chicago after her mother dies of a drug overdose and her grandmother of lung cancer, thirteen-year-old Rydr meets other passengers on the train and attempts to accept her own situation.
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Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.
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From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.
Look for special features inside....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...
111) The pizza mystery
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Boxcar Children are helping at a pizzeria, but it seems that someone is trying to shut it down. Can they find out who is causing trouble? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic."--Amazon.
112) Hart's Hollow Farm
Author
Series
New Americana volume 4
Language
English
Description
Hart's Hollow farm has seen better days, but for Emmy Hart it is a home worth fighting for. She asks Kristen Daniels to help return the farm to its former glory and Kristen accepts, despite her fears about getting involved with Emmy or the two kids in Emmy's care. Emmy's grandson, Mitch Hart thought he'd kicked the red dust of Georgia off his boots forever. Now haunted by the loss of the sister he couldn't save, he's determined to see his orphaned...
113) The Scorpio Races
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
114) Shadow and bone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry's and Eva's lives are forever changed when their parents die in a mysterious boating accident. That was a very bad day, but things are going to get worse. Their uncle Claude the Clod and his awful girlfriend, Terri the Terrible, have moved into the children's house on the cliff "to take care of them," but Eva has her doubts about their intentions. And when some spooky visitors appear with a message, Henry and Eva realize that their parents'...
116) Eight cousins
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Language
English
Description
Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.
117) Eve
Author
Series
Eve trilogy (Anna Carey) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus has wiped out most of the earth's population, Eve discovers the terrible fate that awaits students when they graduate from their all-girls school, and she sets off on a treacherous journey into the wilds of The New America, searching for a place where she can survive.
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Series
Anne of Green Gables volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Anne of Green Gables, the orphan girl who lives on Prince Edward Island, experiences romance as she begins her years of young adulthood.
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Language
English
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Carolyn and a dozen other children being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, begin to think he might be God, so when he dies, they square off against each other to determine who willl inherit his library, which they believe holds the power to all Creation.
120) Run me to earth
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Language
English
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From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laosand how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as one of those rare novels that stays with us to become a standard with which we measure other books.; Alisak, Prany, and Noithree orphans united by devastating lossmust do what is necessary to survive the perilous landscape of 1960s Laos. When they take shelter in...