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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
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Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
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Mr. Puffball volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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Mr. Puffball, a ten-month-old kitten who wants to be a movie star, leaves his New Jersey home and makes his way to Hollywood, where he lands a job at Purramount Studios working with his hero, El Gato, who turns out to be very different from what Mr. Puffball expected.
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An inquisitive puppy with a penchant for mischief. Two clueless humans. What could possibly go wrong?
When Alfie, an Entlebucher Mountain Dog puppy moves in with his new humans, he has high expectations. He is bright, full of beans and ready to start the day at 5 AM. When his human companions turn out to be couch potatoes, Alfie decides to take them to puppy class so they can learn some dog manners. He also resolves to take entertainment in his own...
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Are you ready for change in your life?
Tired of living up to others’ expectations?
Forget what other people think. You get to decide.
In A Year and Some Change: Revealing Your Full Potential through Purpose and Perspective, Reginald Bean challenges you to take the next year and a few additional months to look at yourself, explore what you expect from yourself and from life, and answer the question, "What great contribution will I have on my community...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Paddington has warmed the hearts of generations of readers with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures. This edition of the classic novel contains the original text by Michael Bond and illustrations by R.W. Alley.
If Paddington Bear learned anything from his Uncle Pastuzo, it's that home is where you hang your hat. And for Paddington, nothing feels quite like home than being with the Brown family. Whether
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Alistair Durant was a young Confederate soldier, captured by the Yankees, and released when he took an oath never again to bear arms against the Union. He had a long walk back to his home in Clay County, Missouri. It is on this trek that he meets another youngster, Beans Kimbrough. The two become companions and then friends on the way to Clay County. It is there that Beans will introduce Alistair to a man calling himself Charley Hart. Hart has a fantastic...
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The Collective Book Studio
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"From Rowena Scherer, founder of Eat2Explore, A Taste of the World is a carefully curated collection of recipes celebrating global cuisine and designed to be made by families with kids of all ages. Each recipe is a full meal and includes step-by-step instructions so parents can safely have their kids join in the fun while learning about other cultures through their traditional foods. Includes 64 kid-friendly recipes ranging from Pork Katsu from Japan...
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2013.
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"Turn your kitchen into a secret weapon for losing up to 20 pounds in 28 days through the fat-burning power of food! Use food as medicine to cook your way healthy in this must have companion to the bestselling diet sensation, The Fast Metabolism Diet. You will find over 200 simple, effective, mouthwatering, family-pleasing recipes designed to evoke change in your body with a plan that celebrates food, thrives on variety, and has you eating five...
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"A debut romantic comedy set in Los Angeles where two people are brought together by a very decent proposal cooked up by a very secretive benefactor in which the strangers go on one year of dates, one date a week, for half a million dollars each if they can stand each other for the whole time"--
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Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though he's never even made a pot of coffee, Mac talks his way onto a cattle drive as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he's as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun. But trail boss Deke Northrup is one mean spit in the eye, and has soon made enemies of all the men. When Mac learns that Northrup is planning to double-cross the herd's owner, he stands up to the trail boss and his henchman....
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'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' sees a baby born in 1860 begin life as an old man and then age backwards. F. Scott Fitzgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era 'a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'. Perhaps nowhere in American fiction has this 'Lost Generation' been more vividly preserved than in Fitzgerald's short fiction. Spanning the early twentieth-century American...
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Coffee lovers are gathering from far and wide at the hotel, and Krissy, Rita, and Vicki are excited. But some of the attendees may need to switch to decaf, as a public argument breaks out soon after they check in and then a flavor competition leads to bitter feelings. When the winner of the contest is beaned with a carafe full of cafe mocha, suspicions swirl-along with accusations of bribery. Was the dead man offering perks to the judges-or was something...
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"This 13th edition of the Betty Crocker Cookbook is radically refreshed and made with busy families in mind, with more than 375 exclusive, new, and on-trend recipes. Look for 5-ingredient, air fryer, multicooker, and slow cooker recipes throughout, plus ways to use up your on-hand ingredients, dependable cooking guides, and much, much more. For the health-conscious, you'll find a new veggie-forward chapter, plus gluten-free and vegan recipes, with...
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"Serve up comfort classic recipes for casual weekends with family and friends. Farmhouse Weekends is the cookbook for anyone who daydreams of country life. Prepare meals and experiences to enjoy in the easy companionship of family and friends-everything you need to create the perfect farmhouse weekend, no matter where you live, is found within these pages. Each chapter provides recipes inspired by author Melissa Bahen's weekend jaunts in the country:...
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2016.
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New York Times Bestseller • From the "best advice columnist of her generation” (Esquire) comes a hilarious, frank, and witty collection of all-new responses, plus a few greatest hits from the beloved "Ask Polly" column in New York magazine’s The Cut.
Should you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy, noncommittal guys?...
Should you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy, noncommittal guys?...
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Introduces a new superfood that holds the power to whittle your waistline in no time. Called "pulses," this unique class of protein-rich carbs includes lentils, chickpeas, and many varieties of beans. By incorporating just one serving of these supershredders into your daily meals, you'll burn more fat, feel more full, and have more energy. The weight will come off immediately, and you'll reap the many rewards of Sass's Pulse Plan: lose up to 8 pounds...
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"I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between...
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"If you've always loved the idea of meal prepping, but never felt ready to begin, you've come to the right place. The Vegan Meal Prep Cookbook takes the guesswork out of meal planning and sets you up with simple, make-ahead recipes that keep your fridge full and your schedule free. If you're a vegan and frequently on the go, it can be hard to find plant-based options that you can not only eat, but want to eat. In many cases, packing your own goods...
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"From the lighthouse sporting a huge wreath to the Christmas Stroll along its quaint streets, holidays on Nantucket are always magical. However, while the town might be aglow like a scene from Dickens tale, unfortunately for newly married island newcomer Nicole Somerset, Christmas means a dreaded visit from her step-daughter. Headstrong Kennedy brings with her a family of her own--husband Archer and adorable 3 year old son, Maddox--but Kennedy's yet...