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Pub. Date
1962
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In the Depression-era Deep South, a destitute farmer struggles to raise a family on his own: The bestselling classic by the author of Tobacco Road.
Single father and poor Southern farmer Ty Ty Walden has a plan to save his farm and his family: He will tear his fields apart until he finds gold. While Ty Ty obsesses over his fool’s quest, his sons and daughters search in vain for their own dreams of instant happiness—whether...
Single father and poor Southern farmer Ty Ty Walden has a plan to save his farm and his family: He will tear his fields apart until he finds gold. While Ty Ty obsesses over his fool’s quest, his sons and daughters search in vain for their own dreams of instant happiness—whether...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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Around the time your first baby turns a year old your brain will turn on you. For some unknown reason, the struggles you dealt with when bringing home your first baby will start to fade away in your memory and will be replaced with images of your growing child who is sleeping well and becoming more independent by the day. And then out of nowhere, your brain, because it has officially lost all regard for your well-being, will start triggering thoughts...
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Flat Stanley volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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One morning after a thunderstorm, the Lambchop family is surprised to discover that Stanley is suddenly invisible.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Describes growing up in his own home by Jon Sciestka based on experiences with his brother, a teaching nun, and using his father's ties to deal with sibling rivalry. Sums up interesting times in a Catholic school from first grade through ninth.
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Elvis and the underdogs volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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All his life Benji, now ten, has been sickly and he has long been targeted by the school bully, but after a seizure Benji gets a therapy dog that is not only big enough to protect him, it can also talk.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Judy Moody did not set out to save the world.She set out to win a contest. A Band-Aid contest.It all started with the Crazy-Strip contest - and the dream that she, Judy Moody, might one day see her very own adhesive-bandage design covering the scraped knees of thousands. But when her "Heal the World" motif merits only an honorable mention, Judy Moody realizes it's time to set her sights on something bigger. Class 3T is studying the environment, and...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 17
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"A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel...
71) Tobacco road
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The story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute most of their creditors had given up on them.
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When his mother dies, thirty-eight-year-old Bartholomew Neil, who doesn't know how to be on his own, discovers a letter in his mother's underwear drawer that causes him to write a series of highly intimate letters to actor Richard Gere, while embarking on a quest to find out where he belongs.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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When the Grogan family is ready for a dog, they choose Marley, a yellow furball of a puppy who quickly grows into a large, rowdy Labrador retriever. Marley has a zest for life, and as he grows, so does his entusiasm. He has an appetite for whatever he can get his paws on--from fine jewelry to underwear-- and the one thing he always finds is trouble. Marley even gets kicked out of obedience school! Can this rambunctious pup ever learn how to be a good...
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Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 11
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"Best friends since the first day of classes at The College of Charleston, Ashley Anne Waters and Mary Beth Smythe, now 23 years old, live in Ashley's parents' beach house rent-free. Ashley is a gallery assistant who aspires to become an artist. Mary Beth, a gifted cook from Tennessee, works for a caterer while searching for a good teaching job. Though they both know what they want out of life, their parents barely support their dreams and worry for...
75) Rodrick Rules
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Pub. Date
p2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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The highly anticipated sequel to the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling book!
Secrets have a way of getting out, especially when a diary is involved.
Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.
As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him . . . and one event in particular.
Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Rodrick, knows...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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From an Emmy Award–winning comedy writer: "An absolute must for every parent who needs to laugh so they don't cry." —Bunmi Laditan, author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure
From the comedian behind the popular parenting blog The Ugly Volvo comes a refreshing spin on the baby milestone book. Instead of a place to lovingly capture the first time baby sleeps through the night, this book commemorates baby's first poop explosion;...
From the comedian behind the popular parenting blog The Ugly Volvo comes a refreshing spin on the baby milestone book. Instead of a place to lovingly capture the first time baby sleeps through the night, this book commemorates baby's first poop explosion;...
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Pub. Date
2018
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Is it possible to pursue your passions, love your family, and not feel guilty about wanting to do both? One Beautiful Dream is your invitation to the unexpected joy of saying yes to the life you long to live.
Work and family, individuality and motherhood, the creative life and family life-women are told constantly that they can't have it all. One Beautiful Dream is the deeply personal, often humorous tale of what happened when one woman dared to...
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Pub. Date
2019
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-- “By turns hilarious and heart-rending, it’s exactly the book America needs at this moment.”—Celeste Ng -- everything Written with humor and vulnerability, this deeply relatable graphic memoir, adapted for audio, is a love letter to the art of conversation—and to the hope that hovers in our most difficult questions. -- —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award–winning Heavy
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2015.
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"They're getting bigger. And you're not getting any more sleep. Second in the Sh!t No One Tells You series, in The Sh!t No One Tells You About Toddlers Dawn Dais tells it like it is - again - offering real advice for parents of growing children. Filled with tips, encouragement, and a strong dose of humor, The Sh!t No One Tells You About Toddlers is a survival handbook for parents on the edge. Chapters include: You Suck at This. It's not just your...