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1781) The excitements: a novel
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Arriving in Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends and pull off one last, daring heist before their illustrious careers are over.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...
1783) High time for heroes
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 23
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Jack and Annie are magically transported to mid-1800's Thebes where they are saved from a dangerous accident by Florence Nightingale!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage along the River Thames, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young sister, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone -- a fairy tale about a magical...
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"The Close sisters are descended from very prominent and wealthy ancestors. When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo where their father became a surgeon in the war ravaged republic, and ultimately the personal physician to President Mobutu. Shortly after the girls returned to the US...
1786) Fangirl
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving. Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about...
1787) The Kingdom of Back
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
313 pages : maps on endpapers ; 21 cm
Description
"Desperate to be forever remembered for her music, Nannerl Mozart makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious stranger from a magical land, which may cost her everything"--
Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to be remembered forever. She delights audiences with her masterful playing, but has little hope she'll ever become the acclaimed composer she longs to be. She is a young woman in 18th century Europe, and that means composing...
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Series
Flavia De Luce mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
p2009
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce is an aspiring chemist. When her father is arrested for murder she begins a search for the truth that will lead her all the way to the King of England.
Author
Description
A #1 International Bestseller
"A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts." -Karen Joy Fowler
"You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved." -The Guardian
For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, wonderfully original novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane.
Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was?
England, 1840. Two...
1791) Cursed Princess Club: 1
Author
Series
Cursed Princess Club volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
273, 5 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Description
"Gwendolyn, the youngest of the King's three daughters, is living proof that princesses don't always have it all. She isn't like a typical fairy-tale princess, or other princesses in the Pastel Kingdom. Gwendolyn, with her big heart and love of baking, isn't particularly attractive. Unlike her sisters who have woodland creatures do their hair and makeup, or have flowers blossom wherever they sleep, Gwendolyn is a bit...different. So when her father...
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Description
"In a captivating split-time romance from beloved author Robin Lee Hatcher, will one family's biggest secret haunt the generations to come or will God's grace be free to shine?"--
Brianna Hastings's life seemed dull until she was smitten by Greg, who leads an exciting, independent life-- the kind of life she longs for. For a college history assignment, Brianna has to interview her great-grandmother about life during World War II. During the interview,...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Lucy and Edmund Pensive, along with their cousin Eustace, are swallowed into a painting and transported back to Narnia, they join King Caspian and a noble mouse named Reepicheep aboard the magnificent ship The Dawn Treader. The courageous voyagers travel to mysterious islands, confront mystical creatures, and reunite with the Great Lion Aslan and a mission that will determine the fate of Narnia itself!
1795) Once upon a wardrobe
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"Where did Narnia come from?" The answer will change everything. Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics. She prefers the dependability of facts--except for one: the younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn't have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a brand-new book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and begs her to find...
1798) The magician
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
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Description
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
1799) A crazy day with cobras
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 17
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell.
1800) Dingoes at dinnertime
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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 20
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
71 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.
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