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"A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, a bond forged as residents of Savior House, an abusive group home for parentless teens. When the home was shut down-after the disappearance of several kids-the three were split up. Though the trauma of their childhood has never left...
42) Heidi
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Sent to live with her reclusive grandfather after the death of her parents, Heidi begins to befriend those around her. Despite her grandfather attempting to dull her personality, she perseveres and convinces those around her of the delightful aspects of life. Once she is old enough, Heidi is sent to be a lady's companion to a wealthy girl who, because of a limp, is considered an invalid. Heidi continues to make the best out of her situation and touches...
43) Stormbreaker
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Alex Rider adventures volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
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Warren the 13th volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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When his uncle causes the hotel to fall and stop functioning, Warren must travel into the dangerous Malwoods to rescue the hotel and his friends from evil Queen Calvina, who sees the hotel as the perfect way to spread her control and power.
45) Anne of Avonlea
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Five years after Anne Shirley came to the town of Avonlea, she feels (a little) more grown up, but she's still the same skinny, redheaded orphan Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert took in. After putting her dream of attending Redmond College on hold so she can help Marilla with the farm, Anne doubts she has many adventures ahead of her. But even in plain old Avonlea, her life proves to be anything but ordinary. This sequel to Anne of Green Gables follows...
46) The inheritance
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c1997
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IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 7
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188 p. ; 19 cm.
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When thirteen-year-old Eddie receives a Christmas sweater instead of the new bicycle he so desperately wanted, he is quite disappointed. After a tragic car accident kills his mother and Eddie is sent to live with relatives, the sweater is all Eddie has to remind him of his mother. Feeling awful about how unappreciative he was to his mother, Eddie turns to his next door neighbor to teach him the true meaning of a gift.
48) Annie
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2012.
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1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The story of a plucky, red-haired girl who dreams of life outside her dreary orphanage. One day, Annie is chosen to stay for one week with the famous billionaire 'Daddy' Warbucks. One week turns into many and the only person standing in the way of Annie's fun is Miss Hannigan, the gin-soaked ruler of the orphanage. Will Miss Hannigan's zany attempts to kidnap the irrepressible Annie succeed? Enjoy all the unforgettable songs, including It's A Hard...
49) Quicksilver
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery--abandoned at three years old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of "strange magnetism". It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him to find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is...
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Emily Starr trilogy volume 1
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When her beloved father dies, thirteen-year-old Emily Starr, orphaned and lonely, is sent to live with her mother's relatives at New Moon Farm, but despite her stern Aunt Elizabeth and malicious classmates, Emily's quick wit and lively imagination help her to form friendships and begin to feel at home.
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"Since their mama died and their pa left, Ethan, Alice, Simon, and Will Cooper have not known much of a home. But now that the orphan train has taken them to Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska, their dreams of home may become a reality. The kids discover that life on a farm is full of challenges. Ethan learns how to drive a plow, watch for snakes, and deal with bullies at the country school. Alice learns to slop the hogs and live with a big sister who...
52) Fireborne
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Aurelian cycle volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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431 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Two dragonriders must go head-to-head for the top position in the Callipolan fleet, and protect the new regime from those who lost power"--
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Series of unfortunate events volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find...
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Set in 1890, a period of no phones or refrigerators, thirteen-year old Emeline has lost both parents and must travel through ten states all by herself to reconnect with her family in Boston. On the way, she encounters many trials and must make big decisions. She discovers survival skills, steam engines, woodturning, and a bit about the art of lithography. And, as she reads her Bible, prays, and journals along the way, she matures in her Christian...
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Orphaned in the cholera epidemic of 1833, Adria Starr was cared for by a slave named Louis, a man who stayed in Springfield, Kentucky, when anyone with means had fled. A man who passed up the opportunity to escape his bondage and instead tended to the sick and buried the dead. A man who, twelve years later, is being sold by his owners despite his heroic actions. Now nineteen, Adria has never forgotten what Louis did for her. She's determined to find...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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The voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. He is the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth, but his gift becomes his burden as he discovers his play can actually affect people's futures.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
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A series of unfortunate events volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
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The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and by others.
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