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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Ballerinas have style, grace, and beauty. But what does it take to become one? Take a look at a ballerina's world in this book, from her first dance class to performing on stage. Today's reluctant readers are easily drawn to the distractions of electronic games, DVDs, and TV. But what if they had a book series designed just for them? What if all the titles featured high-interest topics, rockin' designs, and language kids understand? Our Reading Rocks!...
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Kids will learn all about ballet: the most famous ballets, the positions, the outfits, the fun, and the hard work! It's not all roses and tutus for ballerinas. Dancing takes hard work and lots of practice"--
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"In the summer of 1918, Captain Marcus Weatherford arrives in Russia on a secret mission, with a beautiful ballerina posing as his fiancée. Marcus searches for the Romanov tsarina and her son--who both allegedly survived the murdering Bolsheviks--and the information behind an allied plot to assassinate Lenin. But Marcus's sense of duty battles his desire to return home to Clare--his actual love.Hospital orderly Clare Danner still suffers from Marcus's...
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Discover the Texas Ranger Justice series where danger lurks in the Lone Star State
Texas Ranger Ben Fritz would give his life to protect Corinna Pike. After all, she's his captain's beloved daughter-and the only witness to her father's murder. When the assassin targets Corinna, Ben dedicates himself to her safety…while keeping his distance. The beautiful ballerina deserves better than a rough-and-tough ranger. Yet Corinna refuses to ignore the...
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A beautifully illustrated version of the classic fairy tale about a tin soldier's adventure and his love for a ballerina, retold with a twist.
With her signature warmth and lyricism, Newbery winner Cynthia Rylant has crafted a new version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a ballerina. As in the original story, the tin soldier's love for the beautiful ballerina is thwarted by a goblin....
With her signature warmth and lyricism, Newbery winner Cynthia Rylant has crafted a new version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a ballerina. As in the original story, the tin soldier's love for the beautiful ballerina is thwarted by a goblin....
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Tragedy strikes out at Jan Marie at the young age of two, taking her father away, who adored her in a cold and rainy night car accident. He was on his way home after buying her a very special birthday gift. It was a beautiful Ballerina doll. In the accident the doll was lost, it had disappeared. Jan Marie's devoted mother having made a promise to Jan Marie's father on his dying bed to provide his daughter with the finest education possible, works...
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A beautiful ballerina falls for a ruthless robber baron with a secret past in this hot historical romance set in nineteenth century New York City. Prima ballerina Jennifer Van Vleet knows how to stand tall in trying times. But when her theater burns down shortly after her parents' mysterious death, her brother Peter believes one man is to blame for both tragedies-and he needs Jennifer's help to fight back. In New York City by way of Texas, the young...
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An actress infiltrates the Soviet Union to avenge the death of an ancestor When the Russian Revolution came to Saint Petersburg, Princess Irina went into hiding. A stunningly beautiful ballerina, she knew she had to escape the Bolsheviks-or else die. With her jewels sewn into her cloak, Irina made a mad dash for the border. But the Cheka caught up with her, stole her jewelry, and left her naked, bloody, and dead along the riverbank. Her murder was...
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Michaela DePrince was known as girl no. 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. At the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her...
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BJ has the answer to the Drug War, but with a criminal history, nobody is listening. Based on a true story. Optioned for a true crime movie.
Overzealous Narcotic Detective Pincher, on paid leave and under investigation, starts using drugs, and then is hired again as a Narcotic Detective in L.A where he steals heroin from the evidence locker until he is reeled in by the Mexican Mafia and the Hollywood Madam.
B.J, just released from prison, struggles...
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Learning how to fly stole my childhood, and accomplishing my dreams took my parents.
After my parents' death, taking care of my little brother and running my dance studio are the only things I've got time for in my hectic life. Until Declan Sinclair. As the number one draft pick for the Philadelphia Kings, he's not afraid of putting in a little hard work to get what he wants. And he wants me. I don't know if my heart can survive falling in love.
All...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson feature in three brand new and exciting adventures that you won't want to miss. The Scarlet Thread of Murder: Three seemingly separate crimes, three detectives. A mysterious stalker is on the loose in London known only as the Goblin Man and his sights are set on a wealthy businessman, David Daniels. A horrific explosion rips through Whitechapel Underground Station and the prime suspect is...
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Some things in life have no earthly explanation. Miracles are not reserved for the characters in the Old and New Testaments; they happen to everyday people. Series creators Don Jacobson and K-LOVE Radio have joined together to produce one of the most remarkable collections of modern-day miracles ever compiled. From angel appearances in hospital rooms to a mother saved from a would-be assailant in Hyde Park, from a young autistic girl becoming a beautiful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Having learned to dance as a group and with a boy, the ballerinas at Miss Lina's school face their biggest challenge yet in a production of Sleeping Beauty, which is complicated by Regina's disappointment about her role.
17) Peeping Beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina.
18) Dark turns
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English
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"Nia Washington is an incredibly talented ballerina. She fought her way up from the streets and was nearing the pinnacle of her profession when an injury and a broken heart derailed her career. Taking a temporary job at an elite boarding school was supposed to give her time to nurse both body and soul. It was supposed to be a safe place to launch a triumphant comeback. It is anything but. Shortly after she arrives at the beautiful lakeside campus,...
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Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Celestina is a little girl with a big dream-can she overcome peer pressure and bullying to accomplish her astral ambition? "Well," said Miss Stella, "it's time that you soar. Trade in your ballet shoes for the rocket's roar. Dream your dreams and never give in. It is never too late for you to begin." Celestina the Astronaut Ballerina is a beautifully illustrated story that teaches kids about the importance of holding onto their hopes and dreams in...
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NorthSouth Books Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Teased by other toys because he is neglected on the bottom of the toy case, a snow globe snowman is granted a magical hour outside of his snow globe, during which he shares a dance with a beautiful little music box ballerina.