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1) East of Eden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 34
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English
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
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Pain and the Great One volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (the Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (the Great One) through seven chapters featuring such events as learning to ride a bicycle, having a birthday party, and dog-sitting.
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Pendergast novels volume 7
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English
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An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit... His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime... A young woman with an extrodinary past, on th edge of a violent breakdown... An ancient Egyptian tomb with an enigmatic curse, about to be unveiled at a celebrity-studded New York gala...
6) Sis boom bah
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English
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Soap opera writer Deborah Peltz can handle any kind of drama, so long as it's not attached to her sister Sharon. A wedding planner in Boca Raton, Sharon thinks she has the answers to everything, but with three divorces under her belt, she should be the last person on the planet to dole out the eye roll-worthy advice she heaps.
Normally, Deborah survives her sister by keeping her distance safe in the bustle of New York, but when their mother has...
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Chester Raccoon (Picture books) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Chester Raccoon is worried that his mother does not have enough love for both him and his new baby brother.
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English
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Harper Frost is laid-back, easygoing. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. She likes a beer and a shot and wouldn't be caught dead wearing anything fashionable. She's inherited her father's rundown house on Martha's Vineyard, but she can't hold down a job, and her latest romantic disaster has the entire island talking. Tabitha Frost is dignified, refined. She prefers a fine wine and has inherited the impeccable taste of her mother, the iconic...
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Clementine volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Third-grader Clementine tries to adjust to the news that her perfect family of four is adding a new brother or sister.
10) Crazy blood
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English
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"The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam's illegitimate grandson, returns after a stint in Afghanistan, it reopens a dark moment in Carson family history: the murder of Wylie's father by his jealous and very pregnant wife, Cynthia. Her son Sky, born...
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Hot and hammered volume 3
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English
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Meticulous real-estate designer Bethany Castle is invited to compete against her brother on a house-flipping reality television show with the assistance of a brash but attractive Texas cowboy construction team leader.
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English
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From the bestselling author of P.S. I Love You and Love, Rosie, Cecelia Ahern, comes an enchanting novel that leads you to wonder if Not Seeing is believing!
Readers and critics alike adore Cecelia Ahern for her lighthearted yet insightful stories about modern women and their often unusual situations. In If You Could See Me Now, she takes that theme a step further, offering us a heroine who is entirely believable,...
Readers and critics alike adore Cecelia Ahern for her lighthearted yet insightful stories about modern women and their often unusual situations. In If You Could See Me Now, she takes that theme a step further, offering us a heroine who is entirely believable,...
13) Smart vs. pretty
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English
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Out-of-work urban professional Francesca Greenfield has always known that she was the "smart" sister.
Amanda was the soft and lovely one who, from the beginning, had always garnered most of the attention -- and all the dates. Now they've been thrown together in a last-ditch effort to save the family coffeehouse business before it goes permanently down the drain.
In the chaotic midst of mad promotional schemes and piranha-like next-door competitors,...
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Whiskey and Charlie might have come from the same family, but they'd tell you two completely different stories about growing up. Whiskey is bold, daring and carefree. Charlie blames his twin brother for always stealing the limelight, always getting everything, and always pushing Charlie back. By the time the twins reach adulthood, they are barely even speaking to each other. When Charlie hears that Whiskey has been in a terrible accident and has slipped...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Megin is 12; her brother Greg is 14. Megin is a slob; Greg is fastidious. They call each other Megamouth and Grosso. Between the two, the household is filled with their teasing and fighting. They are experts at the usual games of sibling rivalry and experts at inventing new ones. From carefully-planted cockroaches to creme doughnut fights, Megin and Greg's antics keep them in constant trouble. But even as they think up new ways to bug each other,...
16) Fire with fire
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English
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Raised to kill dragons along with her sister, Dani Rivera unexpectedly forges a rare and magical bond with one who makes her question everything she thought she knew about dragons, which pits her against her sister.
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Glimmer girls volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Join twins Mia and Maddie and their little sister, LuLu, as they travel the world finding adventure, mystery, and mischief; the fourth book in the Glimmer Girls series.
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An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape-trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them...