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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.
84) True grit
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado who's holed up in Indian territory. With some fast-talking, she convinces mean, one-eyed US Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn into going after the despicable outlaw with her.
85) The Hunt
Author
Series
Atlanta Burns volume 2
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's Atlanta's senior year of high school, and she is officially infamous. Not only has she saved herself from a predator, brought down an untouchable dogfighting ring, and battled a pack of high school bullies, but she's also proclaimed to the Internet her willingness to fight for anyone who needs help. And Atlanta can't believe what's coming out of the woodwork. From an old friend to a troop of troubled girls with connections to a local fracking...
86) Atlanta Burns
Author
Series
Atlanta Burns volume 1
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
You don't mess with Atlanta Burns. Everyone knows that. And that's kinda how she likes it -- until the day Atlanta is drawn into a battle against two groups of bullies and saves a pair of new, unexpected friends. But actions have consequences, and when another teen turns up dead -- by an apparent suicide -- Atlanta knows foul play is involved. And worse: she knows it's her fault. You go poking rattlesnakes, maybe you get bit. Afraid of stirring up...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!”), the time she was asked to audition...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
541 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
This novel tells the story of Teo, a giant plagued by ghosts, of little Miranda, a sorceress in spite of herself, and of the beautiful Pat Finnegan, a woman who has crossed through the darkness and struggles to be freed of her nightmares. Three survivors called to play amongst the unforgettable giants of literature. Lucid and playful, rational yet delirious, it combines the imagination and the cruelty inherent in every fairy tale story.
Esta novela...
90) Caught
Author
Language
English
Description
17-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst. Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission, to identify...
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Detective Harry Bosch takes up the trail of a twenty-year-old case involving the death of a teenaged girl.
92) Wish you well
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The lives of twelve-year-old Lou and her younger brother, Oz, change forever in 1940 when an accident involving their parents results in their being uprooted from their New York City home and moved to live with their great-grandmother in the mountains of Virginia.
93) Girls rock
Publisher
Liberation Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls is a place where 8-18 year olds come from all over the country to learn Rock DIY-style--forming bands, writing songs and building community, and "Girls Rock!" is the movie about their journey". http://www.girlsrockmovie.com/special/stories.
95) Summer 1993
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Catalan
Description
After her mother's death, a young girl goes to live with her uncle's family and finds herself unable to adjust to the changes in her life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When two science-savvy girls create an entire robot world, they don't expect the robots to come alive. But life may be a bit more magical than they thought.
Eleven-year-old Penny Rose has just moved to a new town, and so far the robots she builds herself are her only company. But with just a bit of magic, everything changes: she becomes best friends with Lark, has the chance to join a secret science club, and discovers that her robots
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
102 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This thoughtful advice book will guide you through the next steps of growing up. With illustrations and expert contributors, this book covers new questions about periods, your growing body, peer pressure, personal care, and more! Written by Dr. Cara Natterson for girls 10 and up, The Care & Keeping of You 2 follows up the original bestseller with even more in-depth details about the physical and emotional changes you're going through"--
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story that’s perfect for anyone who’s ever thought that something was impossible. Readers will revel in the story of a girl who puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before—after she’s told she’ll never run again.
Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's...
Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's...
100) Swamplandia!
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline -- think Buddenbrooks set in the Florida Everglades -- and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator-wrestling theme park, is swiftly being encroached upon by a sophisticated competitor known as the World of Darkness. Ava, a resourceful but terrified twelve, must manage seventy gators and the vast, inscrutable landscape of her own grief. Her mother, Swamplandia!'s legendary headliner, has just...
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