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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Banned and Challenged Books
Banned/Challenged Books
NYT - Children’s Paperback Books
Summer Blockbusters - Books that Became Movies
Banned/Challenged Books
NYT - Children’s Paperback Books
Summer Blockbusters - Books that Became Movies
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In a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel, Charlie struggles to cope with complex world of high school as he deals with the confusions of sex and love, the temptations of drugs, and the pain of losing a close friend and a favorite aunt.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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The Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning novel is now a new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar...
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar...
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English
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“This is not a novel about a woman leaving home but rather about a human being finding her way back.”—Chicago Tribune
In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her...
In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
“Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is...
“Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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When 27-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter—as well as a gift of saffron—to 59-year-old food writer Imogen Fortier, so begins an enduring friendship that sustains them through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of President Kennedy and the unexpected in their own lives.
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Series
Boy series volume 1
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English
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To: You (you) From: Human Resources (human.resources@thenyjournal.com) Subject: This Book Dear Listener, This is an automated message from the Human Resources Division of the New York Journal, New York City's leading photo-newspaper. Please be aware that according to our records you have not yet listened to this book. What exactly are you waiting for? This book has it all: humor, romance, cooking tips, Great Danes, heroine in peril, and dolphin-shaped...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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When the cast of a local theater group raises money for an experimental treatment for the director’s granddaughter, who has a rare form of cancer, one member raises her concerns, creating tensions within the community, which leads to murder. Soon, an arrest is made. In the run-up to the trial, two young lawyers sift through the material—emails, messages, letters—with a growing suspicion that the killer may be hiding in plain sight. The evidence...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After his friend, Iris, dies from a terminal illness at age thirty-three, PR genius Smith Simonyi teams up with Iris' sister, Jade, to make Iris' final request--to get her blog posts published as a book--a reality.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Gossiping and sharing their personal secrets on e-mail in spite of their company's online monitoring practices, Beth and Jennifer unwittingly amuse Internet security officer Lincoln, who unexpectedly falls for Beth while reading their correspondence and readying the office for Y2K.
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Bridgerton series volume 5
Language
English
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A widower and father Sir Phillip Crane proposes to his pen-pal, Eloise Bridgerton, believing her to be a homely spinster, so he is surprised to discover the beautiful, lively woman who appears on his doorstep.
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Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Placing an ad for a road trip like no other, Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer, surrounds himself with other disheartened souls who have also decided that this will be their final journey until complications to the initial plan arise as they get closer to their destination.
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English
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During a summer internship at ELLE magazine, aspiring writer Lora Ricci strikes up a friendship with contributing editor Cat Wolff, the enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul, who convinces Lora to drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter.
19) The lawgiver
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of such classics as War and Remembrance presents a tale told through correspondences, articles and text messages that trace the efforts of a group of movie makers, including a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father's strict upbringing, to create a movie about the life of Moses.
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