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1) Missing May
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. Twelve-year-old Summer, her classmate Cletus, and her grieving Uncle Ob set off across West Virginia in search of a "Small Medium at Large" in fond hopes of reaching Aunt May beyond the grave. Their journey is heartening, funny, and altogether unforgettable.
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More of the suspense you love-now Love Inspired Suspense brings you six new titles, in two convenient box sets! Enjoy these contemporary heart-pounding tales of suspense, romance, hope and faith. This Love Inspired Suspense box set includes Trail of Evidence by Lynette Eason, Gone Missing by Camy Tang and Lethal Exposure by Elisabeth Rees. Look for 6 new inspirational suspense stories every month from Love Inspired Suspense!
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Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and an inspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Labor parliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death on the eve of the 1939 elections. A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate, her accidental death received national coverage with thousands of Western Australian...
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Maggie got her happily ever after, but that doesn't mean the murders or mysteries ended. Not even a worldwide event can stop that.In these stories set in 2020 and 2021, join Maggie May, Matt, Miss Fancypants, and a cast of quirky friends and family in small-town Colorado as they solve mysteries and try to live their lives as best they can.This collection includes the short story A Housebound Holiday as well as the novels A Fouled-Up Fourth, A Salacious...
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Maggie May is done with murder. If she finds another dead body she's just going to step right over it and carry on as if it never happened. But when a little boy shows up with a piggy bank full of quarters and asks her to find his mom, she can't say no, can she?
Join Maggie May, her incorrigible Newfoundland Miss Fancypants, and a cast of quirky characters in small-town Colorado as they solve mysteries and try to just live their lives.
This second...
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Lucas Dean is dead and, honestly, Maggie May Carver couldn't be happier. So, when the cops can't figure out who did it? Fine by her. But when a second person turns up killed in the same unique fashion, Maggie's interest is piqued. Sure, her cop husband will probably solve it without her help, but what's the harm in asking a few questions here or there? After all, if the cops don't want her help, they could always solve the case themselves.
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Just when Maggie May Carver thinks her life is finally going to settle into happy newlywed bliss, a very scary man finds her and asks for her help in solving a thirty-six-year-old murder. While a smart person would say no, Maggie feels compelled to at least give it a chance. And good thing, too, because she's going to need the distraction given the other things that are disrupting her bliss… Join Maggie, Fancy, Matt, and crew as they dive into yet...
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2020.
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"Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman; her precocious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother's footsteps as a midwife; and their master's daughter Varina. The secrets and bonds among these women and their community come to...
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The Brothers Sinister volume 1
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English
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"Miss Minerva Lane is a quiet, bespectled wallflower, and she wants to keep it that way. After all, the last time she was the center of attention, it ended badly--so badly that she changed her name to escape her scandalous past. Wallflowers may not be the prettiest of blooms, but at least they don't get trampled. So when a handsome duke comes to town, the last thing she wants is his attention. But that's precisely what she gets. Because Robert Blaisdell,...
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Lord Lucius Loudoun is capable of success in only two endeavors... work and women. Bedding them, anyway. He's given up trying to accomplish anymore. So why is he even tempted by an innocent like Miss May Stanley?
May has loved Loudoun since she was a child, but he looks straight through her, still treating her like she's a girl of thirteen instead of a woman of twenty. How will she ever convince him to give her a chance?
As the two tangle, attraction...
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These critically acclaimed, bestselling Newbery Winner and Honor books that highlight inner strength and perseverance are now available in this convenient eBook collection!
The young protagonists in each of these stories are confronted by varying conflicts, which can only be overcome by their inner will and tenacity. These are stories of family, friendship, and hope.In RULES, all Catherine wants is a "normal" life, and having a brother with autism...
12) A Year With Time
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This is a lyrical tale about the journey of Time, following his life from his birth on New Year's Day through each step and stage along the way. Pushed relentlessly by an internal understanding that he must press ever forward and never stop, Time travels throughout the year, encountering a variety of friends and learning important life lessons as he goes and grows. Brilliantly recounted in the colorful and imaginative scenery of each month in the...
13) Autumn Alibi
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After a hectic year, Edindale, Illinois, attorney Keli Milanni is ready to welcome autumn by counting her many blessings. But a case of murder could cause her to fall behind . . .
Keli is hoping that Mabon, the Wiccan Autumn Equinox, will bring balance back into her life. But it's death that comes calling when she's asked to consult on an estate case. Recently passed, Elaine Turnbull left everything, including her valuable art and antiques collection,...
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Enjoy three amazing stories from the bestselling series, Taming the Duke's Heart.
Taming a Rake into a Lord
Christopher Masters is a first class rake. Having retired as a spy, he thinks he may spend the next year or two gambling and drinking as a way to forget the horrors of his past. Quite suddenly, he is thrown into a new role entirely when he inherits the title and properties of the Earl of Winthrop. He has no desire for such a role but even...
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“A perfect book”—and basis for the Maggie Smith film—about a teacher who makes a lasting impression on her female students in the years before World War II (Chicago Tribune).
“Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!” So asserts Jean Brodie, a magnetic, dubious, and sometimes comic teacher at the conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh. Brodie...
“Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!” So asserts Jean Brodie, a magnetic, dubious, and sometimes comic teacher at the conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh. Brodie...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive.
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Atlee Pine novels volume 1
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"It's seared into Atlee Pine's memory: the kidnapper's chilling rhyme as he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared. She never saw Mercy again. Three decades after that terrifying night, Atlee Pine works for the FBI. She's the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock, Arizona resident agency, which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon. So when one of the Grand Canyon's mules is found...
18) Scarlet
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Lunar chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
19) The three Beths
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From New York Times bestselling writer Jeff Abbott, a psychologically intense and emotionally gripping new suspense novel about a daughter's desperate search for her missing mother--one that may lead her closer to home than she ever anticipated. My mom would never leave me. This has been Mariah Dunning's motto. Her compass. Her belief. So when she glimpses her mother--who's been missing for the past year--on the other side of a crowded food court,...