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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel's paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron--Rook, the autumn prince--she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes--a weakness that could cost...
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Way I used to be volume 2
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English
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Eden and Josh reunite as Eden's rape case goes to trial, testing the strength of their relationship amidst the challenges of college life and Eden's pursuit of justice.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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"When Mr Henry Dashwood dies, his house, Norland Park, passes directly to his son John, the child of his first wife. His second wife, Mrs Dashwood, and their daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a small income. On his deathbed, Mr Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, to take care of his half-sisters; John's greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege on the promise. John and Fanny immediately move in as the new owners of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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When apprentice librarian Elisabeth is implicated in sabotage that released the library's most dangerous grimoire, she becomes entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy that could mean the end of everything.
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English
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After a mysterious fatal car accident kills his predecessor, Congressman Charlie Marder struggles to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, D.C., where he finds an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a conspiracy at the highest levels of the government.
6) The 48
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Holiday House
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English
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Charles and Alexander of Cleves, recently arrived in England, are identical twins. Tall, athletic, clever, and unmarried, they are the talk of King Henry VIII's court. lady Margaret is a calculating maid of honor serving the mercurial Queen Anne Boleyn. All around her swirls intrigue, treachery, violence, and prejudice. Finessing a union with either son of Cleves - it hardly matters which - could possibly mean escape. The Cleves brothers, however,...
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English
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"Fall 2016 Library Journal Editors' Pick "In my reckless and undiscouraged youth," Lillian Boxfish writes, "I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street..." She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. It was a job that, she says, "in some ways saved my life, and in other ways ruined it." Now it's the last night...
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"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear - including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare...
9) Jane Eyre
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by her cruel Aunt Reed, the young and spirited Jane Eyre finds herself living in a spartan, oppressive orphanage. After the death of her best friend, Jane resolves to search out a brighter and more independent life for herself. She finds work as a governess for Adele, the ward of Edward Rochester, enigmatic master of Thornfield Hall. As days pass, Jane feels the intensity of love build between her and Rochester as he reveals all but the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are looking to adopt a boy to help out on their farm, so when the orphanage delivers a red-haired eleven-year-old girl named Anne instead, they are determined to fix the mistake. However, as Anne's vibrant character and vivid imagination brighten up their home, the Cuthberts soon realise Anne must stay at Green Gables. The inimitable Anne Shirley is fanciful, talkative and dramatic, and this novel describes her joyful...
11) The skylighter
Author
Series
Keepers' chronicles (Becky Wallace) volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Joanna and Rafi are on the run, trying to protect the kingdom of Santarem from rogue Keepers.