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"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career--a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she can, the very nature of a family's life. "It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two...
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English
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"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
6) After Tex
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Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 compact discs (10 hr. 25 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author behind the hit Sweet Magnolias Netflix series
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweeps readers away to the quiet plains of Whispering Wind ranch, where one woman's conflict between family, career, and the promise of rekindled love threatens to change her life forever.
Megan O'Rourke's beloved grandfather, Tex, had always been determined to lure her out of New York and back to their ranch in Whispering...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's an exciting day for Llama Llama; he's going to visit Gram and Grandpa Llama and spend the night his first night away from home and from Mama. But he makes sure to pack everything he needs. And there are so many fun things to do with Gram and Grandpa. It's not until he gets ready for bed that he realizes that he's forgotten something important. Fuzzy Llama. Fortunately, Grandpa Llama has a wonderful solution and soon Llama Llama is having sweet...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
Description
A touching tale of a grandmother and her granddaughter exploring and cherishing the natural world.
Words, the woods, and the world illuminate this quest to save the most important pieces of our language-by saving the very things they stand for.
When Mimi finds out her favorite words-simple words, like apricot, blackberry, buttercup-are disappearing from the English language, she elects her granddaughter Brook as their Keeper. And did you know? The...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 5 hrs.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
"Trille and Lena may be growing up, but they still have to contend with getting a little sister stuck up a flagpole, sinking every raft they build, and attending those dreaded music lessons. But that's not all. The arrival of a new soccer coach is putting twelve-year-old Lena's goalkeeping career in doubt. And Trille is wondering how to impress the girl who has just joined his class. As the best friends battle the elements and their own emotions,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
13) The old boat
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English
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"Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean. But soon the boy is sailing the boat himself, drifting further from shore as the waters grow muddied and turbulent. When a storm washes him ashore, he sees home in a new light. He decides to turn the tides of his fortune, cleaning the island's waters and creating a new life with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything around us is changing.
Mia and her mom visit Grandma in Maine every summer, but this year Mia is going alone. Her mom will stay behind to get their house ready to sell. It'll be a new start, she says, after the divorce.
Mia doesn't want a new start. She'd rather everything just stayed the same! At least things will be the same at Grandma's, though....