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21) Henry and Bea
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Bea's best friend, Henry, seems sad and stops talking to her, she gently tries to find out what is wrong.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unable to process the grief of losing his parents and brothers in a tragic ferry accident, Arvid Jansen, now divorced and living dangerously, is forced to come to terms with the fact that someone still needs him when his daughter reaches out to him for help.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Naomi has always loved her vibrant neighborhood but things are changing quickly so, inspired by Mr. Ray, she paints murals to preserve her favorite memories.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Attending an elite prep school in Connecticut on a scholarship with his best friend (and secret love) science genius Delaney Doyle, sixteen-year-old Cash Pruitt, from a small town in East Tennessee, struggles with emotional pain and loss until his English teacher suggests writing poetry.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
81 p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Perce children.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The tragic 9/11 event in NYC that changed the world, altered the life of Abbi Hope Goldstein as well as that of Noah Stern. They did not know each other back then, but they know each other now, and while Abbi is trying to move forward with her life, Noah still has unanswered questions that he believes Abbi can help answer"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
For two years, twelve-year-old Hazel has coped with her Mum's accidental death by overprotecting her sister and Mama, but when Mama reconnects with her first love, roles begin to shift.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Desperate to rebuild her life, English teacher Maura Shaw comes to Newport Academy, an elite private high school, with her two children, but the ghosts of the past, including her estrangement from her sister, continue to haunt her.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1960, Jennifer Stirling wakes in the hospital and remembers nothing--not the car accident that put her there, not her wealthy husband, not even her own name. Searching for clues, she finds an impassioned letter, signed simply "B," from a man for whom she seemed willing to risk everything. In 2003, journalist Ellie Haworth stumbles upon the letter and becomes obsessed with learning the unknown lovers' fate--hoping it will inspire her own happy ending....
Author
Series
The walk volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
As Alan Christoffersen continues on his cross-country journey; with only the pack on his back, he is walking from Seattle to Key West, the end of the map. Along the way, Alan begins to heal, meeting people who teach him lessons about love, sacrifice, and forgiveness. But in St. Louis, Alan faces another life-changing crisis, and now the journey is in jeopardy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades. A celebrated novel in the tradition of Alice Adams and Margaret Atwood from the bestselling author of The Kitchen God's Wife
32) A Monster Calls
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1841, Victorian novelist Charles Dickens unfolds the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and moral young girl, who resides with her grandfather in London's The Old Curiosity Shop. When Grandfather looses all of his and Nell's money at gambling, the wicked Daniel Quilp evicts them both. A difficult and complex journey commences as Nell and Grandfather become beggars, and many ill-informed individuals pursue them, each with their...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
274 pages 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A deft and dark Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor on an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, things are disappearing. First, animals and flowers. Then objects--ribbons, bells, photographs. Then, body parts. Most of the island's inhabitants fail to notice these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the mysterious...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Three years after her husband's death, Willa returns to the beach house where he passed in Ocean City, Maryland, to sell it, but Ben's ghost keeps reappearing. Willa invites their son, her best friend, and her friend's daughter for one last summer at the beach as she says goodbye to her husband and reconnects with her son"--
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"BEFORE: Bridge and Wil have been entangled in each other's lives for years. Under the white-hot Florida sun, they went from kids daring each other to swim past the breakers to teenagers stealing kisses between classes. But when Bridge betrayed Wil during their junior year, she shattered his heart and their relationship along with it. AFTER: When Wil's family suffers a violent loss, and Bridge rushes back to Wil's side. As they struggle to heal old...
Author
Series
Supremes volume Book 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness. When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman's Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan, famous for stationing herself at the edge of the club's parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons, their wedding summons a legend...
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bernadette and Rodney are the best of friends. Rodney's not so good at playing cards, but he's great at staring contests. His favorite food is lettuce, though he eats it VERRRRRRY SLOOOOOWLY. And he's such a joker! When Bernadette goes to sleep at night, Rodney is always there, watching over her from his tank. As the seasons pass, Rodney moves slower and slower, until one day he stops moving at all. Without Rodney, Bernadette feels all alone. She...
40) The poet's dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A dog with unusual communication talents loses his poet owner before rescuing two children trapped in a snowstorm and leading them to the poet's cabin, where the children explore the memories that the poet has left behind.