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For generations the Millers have lived in Miller’s Valley. Mimi Miller tells about her life with intimacy and honesty. As Mimi eavesdrops on her parents and quietly observes the people around her, she discovers more and more about the toxicity of family secrets, the dangers of gossip, the flaws of marriage, the inequalities of friendship and the risks of passion, loyalty, and love. Home, as Mimi begins to realize, can be “a place where it’s...
62) A fair maiden
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Sixteen year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she's approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first, his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children's books that he's written, his classical music, the marvelous art in his study, his lavish presents to her: Mr. Kidder's life...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
119 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
How to do almost anything in one handy little book! Want to be known for your unique style? Inside you'll learn how to design your own clothes (p. 35), do the perfect manicure (p. 82), or make your own lip gloss (p. 11) ; Feel like impressing your friends? Show them how you can make a crystal (p. 16), juggle one-handed (p. 33), or deal with a bully (p. 42) ; Bored and need something to do? Not anymore when you find out how to keep a secret diary (p....
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Series
To kill a mockingbird volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.
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English
Description
It’s summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see.
And then they disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore; semi-conscious in the weeds.
This shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, hopes that his shop will be the place to share neighborhood...
67) Matilda
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
68) Scarlet
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget. Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. The police have closed her case. The only person Scarlet can turn to is Wolf, a street fighter she does not trust, but they are drawn to each other. Meanwhile, in New Beijing, Cinder will become the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive -- when she breaks out of prison to stay one step ahead of vicious Queen Levana. As Scarlet and Wolf expose...
69) White god
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hungarian
Description
After her beloved dog is turned loose by her father to fend for himself on the city streets, thirteen-year-old Lili sets out to find and rescue him.
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Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
545 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted her childhood: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small village of Nattetta-her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts, but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow. Complicating these feelings of abandonment, as Kirabo comes of age she feels the emergence of a mysterious second self, a headstrong and confusing...
Author
Series
Life of elves volume 1
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Maria lives in a remote village in Burgundy, where she learns that she has a gift for communicating with nature. Hundreds of miles away in Italy, Clara discovers that she possesses a stunning musical genius and is sent from the countryside to Rome to develop her preternatural abilities. Barbery's The Life of Elves tells the story of two children whose extraordinary talents will bring them into contact with magical worlds and malevolent forces. If,...
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Series
Flavia De Luce mysteries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
It's Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce -- an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry and a penchant for crime-solving -- is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers...
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Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
102 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Our best-selling body book for girls just got even better! With all-new illustrations and updated content for girls ages 8 and up, it features tips, how-tos, and facts from the experts. You'll find answers to questions about your changing body, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and everything in between. Once you feel comfortable with what's happening, you'll be ready to move on to the The Care & Keeping of...
Author
Series
Irish Country books volume 4
Language
English
Description
The story of the early life of Kinky Kincaid, once known as Maureen O'Hanlon, a farmer's daughter growing up in the hills and glens of 1920s County Cork, Ireland, who had a gift for seeing faries, spirits, and the dreaded banshee.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
73 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Isabel Dawson, who thinks purple is the best color in the whole world, decides to go on a quest to show her brothers that she is just as good as they are.
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