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1) Chipmunks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a chipmunk's backyard habitat, body parts, and behaviors"--
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"In Communication Then and Now, leveled text and vibrant, full-color photographs take readers through the cultural and technological advances that affected communication through time. Readers will compare life in the past to life today. Communication Then and Now also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index"--
5) Armadillos
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Meet the armadillo! Learn about how this unique mammal uses its boney shell for protection. Elementary-aged readers will discover armadillos of all shapes and sizes, ranging from tiny pups to the adult giant armadillo. Full color images and clear explanations highlight the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of these fascinating creatures. A South American folktale explains how the armadillo's shell became a musical instrument. Includes table of contents,...
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Welcome to Wyoming, the Equality State! ...explore Yellowstone National Park, attend the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, tour the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and more as they learn about Wyomings history, plants and animals, industries, sports, cities, famous people..."--
11) Forgiveness
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Forgiveness is important for children to learn and understand at an early age. This title will introduce readers to what forgiveness is through everyday and relatable examples that they are sure to experience." -- Publisher's website.
12) Under my skin
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It's been a year since Poppy's husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan's Riverside Park. In the immediate aftermath, Poppy spiralled into an oblivion of grief, disappearing for several days only to turn up ragged and confused and wearing a tight red dress she didn't recognise. What happened to Poppy during those lost days? And more importantly, what happened to Jack? The case was never solved, and Poppy has finally...
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2017.
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"We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates...
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This is a tale set in Kerala, in southern India, in 1969. The lives of twins Rahel and Esthappen are changed forever when their English cousin and her mother arrive on a Christmas visit. The story unfolds with foreboding and takes on big themes like love, madness, hope and joy.
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Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people--though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she's invisible. All of that changes when a book of fairy tales arrives on her doorstep. Inside, Martha finds a dedication written to her by her best friend--her grandmother Zelda--who died under mysterious circumstances years...
17) Unleashed
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She vowed never to trust another man...until she met him. Clancey Lang knows how to run. She's been doing it since the day she fled her abusive home to save her and her younger brother's lives. That was the same day she decided to never let herself depend on anyone else. Especially men. Though she's tempted - mighty tempted - to put her faith in her boss, ruggedly handsome Texas Ranger Colter Banks. If only he would look her way. For far too long,...
18) Lety out loud
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Furry Friends Animal Shelter volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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Can Lety find her voice before it's too late? Lety Muñoz's first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and cats there don't care if she can't always find the right word. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But grumpy classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles--so now they have...
19) Arf
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Bowser and Birdie novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Birdie Gaux's dog, Bowser, considers himself in charge of security at 19 Gentilly Lane, so when the house is broken into Bowser wants to find the man with the limeade aftershave (and the cat) responsible--but nobody seems to know what the culprits were looking for, or why a strange girl is asking questions about Birdie's father, a policeman who was killed in the line of duty years before Bowser was adopted.
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From the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes - a novel of mothers and daughters, families and secrets, and the astonishing power of friendship. Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone's magnificent Paradise Hotel with its endearing...