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22) Malibu rising
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English
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"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--
August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their baby sister, Kit....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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English
Description
Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.
24) California girls
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English
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Finola, a popular LA morning show host, is blindsided on live TV by news that her husband is sleeping with a young pop sensation who has set their affair to music. Zennie's breakup is no big loss, so agreeing to be the surrogate for her best friend is a no-brainer. Their sister Ali is used to being overlooked, but when her fiance sends his disapproving brother to call off the wedding, it's a new low. Side by side by side, these sisters will start...
25) Motor mouth
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby returns to take on a whole new set of bad guys, Florida heat, colorful and dangerous characters, and high-stakes adventure, all the while romancing gorgeous race car driver Sam Hooker.
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English
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Two sisters go into the family business they didn't know they had--catching killers. Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sister named Baby. Baby brings in a client to the detective agency, a young man who claims he was abducted. During...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
28) Ender's game
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Series
Ender volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
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English
Description
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin...
29) The newcomer
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English
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"The New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads, delivers her next page-turner for the summer in The Newcomer. IN TROUBLE AND ON THE RUN . . . After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya's ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister's warnings: "If anything...
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English
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"Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own...Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation...
31) Middletown
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English
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"Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna is more traditionally feminine; she loves boys and staying out late. They are sisters...Their dad has long been out of the picture, and their mom lives at the mercy of her next drink. When their mom lands herself in enforced rehab, Anna and Eli are left to fend for themselves. Eli and Anna have each gotten used to telling lies...
32) In too deep
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
Amy and Dan Cahill travel to Australia to figure out what their own parents knew about the object of their quest, but their search brings back terrible memories for Amy and endangers a secret ally.
34) Little women
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
An unabridged edition of nineteenth-century American author Louisa May Alcott's novel about four New England sisters who come of age during the Civil War, which also includes discussion questions and activity ideas for reading groups.
35) Storm warning
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
When Amy and Dan learn the truth about the Madrigals and Grace Cahill's alternate will, these discoveries lead to the revelation of a secret about their family and a showdown with the man in black who has been following them.
36) The taken
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Series
Foxcraft volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
Description
Isla and her brother are two young foxes living just outside a human city, but one night Isla returns to her den to find it destroyed, and surrounded by strange, vicious foxes, so she takes refuge in the city while she masters foxcraft, the ancient magical arts of her kind.
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Series
Strange the Dreamer volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 22
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English
Description
"As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected"--
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Series
The 39 clues volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
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Series
Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge
Legacy of Orisha volume Book 1
Legacy of Orisha volume 1
Legacy of Orisha volume Book 1
Legacy of Orisha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 20
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English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
40) The viper's nest
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Amy and Dan, wanted by the Indonesian police and stranded on an island with a tropical storm on the way, are about to discover a terrible truth about their branch of the Cahill family.