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Jake Brigance novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
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When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the monsters who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.
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Wayward children volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
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"A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-wining Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found. Welcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go. If you ever lost a sock, you'll find it here. If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it's probably sitting on a shelf in the back. And the headphones that you swore that this time you'd keep safe?...
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Torpedo ink volume 1
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"As the enforcer of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club, Reaper lives for riding and fighting. He's a stone-cold killer who turns his wrath on those who deserve it. Feelings are a weakness he can't afford--until a gorgeous bartender gets under his skin ... Near Sea Haven, the small town of Caspar has given Anya Rafferty a new lease on life. And she's desperate to hold on to her job at the biker bar, even if the scariest member of the club seems to have...
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Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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"Sir Alfred has a terrible secret. A secret that should never ever be kept. But who will poor little sir Alfred tell? Who can he trust? This book was written to provide children with essential skills in self-protection, and to encourage them to always speak up. " --P. [4] of cover.
5) Betrayal
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Kate Rocket, whose husband Alex was sent to prison when their friends' daughter Sara accused him of a heinous act, risks her future happiness to avenge him and clear his name.
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One night in April 2014, members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram raided the small town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria and abducted 276 young girls from the local boarding school. The event caused massive, international outrage. Using the hashtag "Bring Back Our Girls," politicians, activists, and celebrities from all around the world-among them First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai-protested. Some of the...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Francois Ozon's gripping drama follows three men who band together to dismantle the code of silence that continues to protect a priest who abused them decades ago. Based on events from the 2019 conviction of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon for concealing the conduct of Father Bernard Preynat, the film compassionately illustrates the varying effects of trauma on survivors and their families in an urgent portrait of resistance, the power of mobilization,...
10) The ruins
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"Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins is a suspenseful, feminist Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca, and Atonement, pitched against the sun-soaked backdrop of a summer holiday on the French Riviera. Welcome to the Chateau des Sètes, a jewel of the Cote d'Azur, where long summer days bring ease, glamour, and decadence to the holidaymakers who can afford it. Ruby Ashby adores her parents' house in France, but this August, everything...
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Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (7 hr., 47 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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There is a special bond that twins share, an ethereal connection that can't be put into words. Margaret Harrod shared that unique bond with her twin brother Michael. As children they were inseparable and at age 22, together they gave their lives to the Catholic Church. Margaret became a nun and Michael a Salesian priest--it was the proudest day of their deeply religious parents' lives. Margaret cherishes those carefree childhood memories because the...
12) Rust & stardust
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Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute, unless she does as he says. This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are "routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, and bullied" for speaking out....
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
36 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Helping kids set healthy boundaries for their private parts can be a daunting and awkward task. Written from a kid's point of view - this book uses a simple and direct approach that doesn't dumb down the issues involved, as well as an easy to use system to help kids rehearse and remember appropriate responses to keep them safe.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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223 pages ; 23 cm
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"Told from a wife's perspective, Dirt Roads and Diner Pie is the story of one couple's struggle to confront the long-reaching effects of childhood sexual abuse. Musician and former lead singer of the United States Air Force Band, Travis James Humphrey lived for thirty months in a culture of childhood sexual abuse while studying at New Jersey's prestigious American Boychoir School. After leaving the school, Travis buried his memories deep. Years into...
18) Thread of deceit
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Pub. Date
2008
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357 p. ; 23 cm.
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Former Marine Sam Hawke, who runs an inner-city youth center, and newspaper reporter Ana Burns vow to protect Flora, a troubled little girl, from a powerful predator who is determined to destroy them all.
19) The color purple
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
20) Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 dvd (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Description
It tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious 'Spotlight' teams of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment....
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