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141) Africaville: a novel
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"Set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, [the novel] depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through...
142) Impostors
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Impostors (Scott Westerfeld) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets close enough to begin to suspect something, and Frey must...
143) The vanishing half
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"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and...
144) Too bright to see
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and boys; a ghost haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity.
It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and...
145) Mirror's edge
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Impostors (Scott Westerfeld) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Raised to be her twin sister Rafia's body double and bodyguard, but now with new face and body Frey and her lover Col are determined to return to Shreve to rescue Boss X, a friend and ally in the rebellion of the free cities against people like Frey's father, ruthless ruler of Shreve; but Frey is troubled by things even beyond the dangers of her mission--confusion over her own identity, guilt over having killed her brother (even if he was trying to...
146) Rope burn
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"When a barroom brawl lands Ace and Chance Jensen in jail, it's just the beginning of a nightmare that will never end. Their jail mates are army deserters. Even worse, their jailers assume Ace and Chance are deserters, too. Which earns them even more hard time - on a brutal prison chain gang... Things go from bad to worse awfully fast. One prisoner tries to escape and gets blasted in the back. Others face horrific torture at the hands of sadistic...
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"My name is Christy Snow. I'm seventeen and I'm about to die. I'm buried in a coffin under tons of concrete. No one knows where I am. ... Some will say that I m not really here. Some will say I'm delusional. Some will say that I don't even exist. But who are they? I'm the one buried in a grave. ... So who are you?"--P. [4] of cover.
Christy and Austin, teenage friends with "forgotten" childhoods, get lost in a mental hospital in Boston. Hospital...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
236 pages, 284 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Replica is a "flip book" that contains two narratives in one, and it is the first in a duology. Turn the book one way and read Lyra's story; turn the book over and upside down and read Gemma's story ... Lyra's story begins in the Haven Institute, a building tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida that from a distance looks serene and even beautiful. But up close the locked doors, military guards, and biohazard suits tell a different...
149) Pathfinder
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Pathfinder (Orson Scott Card) volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 29
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662 p. ; 22 cm.
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Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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338 pages ; 22 cm
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Sixteen-year-old Iduna harbors a dark secret. On the surface, she is an Arendellian village girl, an aspiring inventor, and the best friend of Prince Agnarr, but she is also secretly Northuldra. Ever since the day the forest fell, Arendellians have despised and distrusted Northuldra with a vengeance. No matter that the Northuldra--along with some of Arendelle's own--have been trapped in the Enchanted Forest behind an impenetrable wall of mist since...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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The teeny-weeny unicorn feels like the world is not made for his small stature and one day it bothers him so much he runs off, but soon after meeting a salty gnome he starts to wonder if he might just be the right size after all.
152) Invisible
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
195 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Five students, each completely different--the brain, the rich kid, the tough kid, the jock, and the loner--are forced together to complete their school community service hours. Though school administrators gloss over these Latinx kids as all the same, the kids don't think they have anything in common with each other. None of them wants to be there, and each has their own issue they're dealing with in their life outside of school. But when they encounter...
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