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81) My Antonia
Author
Language
English
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Description
My Ántonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Ántonia. The book's narrator,
...Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Scot Harvath is having his best summer ever. With a cottage on the fjord, a boat, and his beautiful girlfriend Sølvi, he's got everything he could possibly want. But out of vacation days and long overdue back home, America's top spy has a decision to make--return, or submit his resignation. When his deadly past comes calling, though, he'll be left with no choice at all. Leaving his favorite Oslo café, Harvath watches as a ghost climbs out of a...
83) Breathing room
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having lost her fiance to another woman and her savings to a dishonest accountant, Dr. Isabel Favor seeks emotional shelter in Italy, where she encounters Hollywood actor Lorenzo Gage, with whom she finds renewal.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
After her mother died, vivacious Katey Tyler fled her dull Connecticut town, hoping to meet her relatives in England and find adventure and romance on a grand tour of Europe. She had no idea that her life-changing travels would have both in spades, as well as danger and intrigue, when she catches the eye of ship owner Boyd Anderson and inadvertently stumbles upon a high-stakes kidnapping. When Sir Anthony Malory's young daughter is abducted from London's...
86) My Father's Boat
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Vietnamese-American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South China Sea.
87) This Jazz Man
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, "This Old Man." Includes brief facts about each musician.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Suzy has joined the high school gymnastics team, but faces pressures from her team, her coach, and her mother when an injury sidelines her.
92) Ling & Ting
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Ling and Ting are identical twins that people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different.
95) 'Twas nochebuena
Author
Publisher
Viking, Published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xliii, 39 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In this 1983 short story about race and the relationships that shape us through life, Twyla and Roberta, friends since childhood who are seemingly at opposite ends of every problem as they grow older, cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Physical Desc
viii, 610 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1812, Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner mark the return of Nathaniel's daughter Hannah, while her half-brother Daniel joins the militia and his twin, Lily, falls in love with a dark and dangerous stranger.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
91 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"At home, Baba's got a mystery ailment, and Nani thinks there's a thief afoot. At the farm, Yasmin is put in charge of the chicks--but one goes missing! And at the ice rink, Yasmin puts on a brave face and tries something new. No matter the challenge, puzzle, or mystery, Yasmin gives her all to figure it out!"--Back cover.
100) The winter room
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
103 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.