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English
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.
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Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Language
English
Description
When a body turns up in her driveway, former spy Maggie Bird, forced into retirement after a mission went tragically wrong, turns to her "Martini Club" of former spies to help her uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why.
25) Judgment Road
Author
Series
Torpedo Ink volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"As the enforcer of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club, Reaper lives for riding and fighting. He's a stone-cold killer who turns his wrath on those who deserve it. Feelings are a weakness he can't afford--until a gorgeous bartender gets under his skin ... Near Sea Haven, the small town of Caspar has given Anya Rafferty a new lease on life. And she's desperate to hold on to her job at the biker bar, even if the scariest member of the club seems to have...
26) The Losers Club
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.
27) The ex-debutante
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Carlisle Wainwright Cushing left her native Texas to start a new life in Boston, she had no regrets. The former Texas debutante, who never felt at home in her Southern skin, had found liberation-or so she thought. Until the day she gets an urgent call from her mother, reporting that: one, the Symphony Association Debutante Ball, which Carlisle's family has sponsored for years, is about to be called off; Two, her mother's divorce has the whole...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fiery Ramona Quimby and the well-meaning Henry Huggins may clash, but in this delightful and hilarious novel by Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary, it's an unlikely compromise that wins the day.
Henry and his friends are building a no-girls-allowed clubhouse. With a private space of their own away from everyone else-and even a top secret entry password-they're all thrilled with their boy fort. But Henry's about to find out that nothing-not...
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Series
The Baby-sitters Club volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
145 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her mother's remarriage takes her family into a much wealthier neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Kristy finds herself surrounded by snobbish girls who compare clothes, make fun of the Baby-sitters Club, and insult her aging dog.
30) Awkward
Author
Series
Berrybrook middle school volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Penelope--Peppi--Torres, a shy new transfer student, wants nothing more than to fit in and find a place among her fellow artistically inclined souls. The last thing she wants is to stand out. So when she bumps--literally--into quiet, geeky, friendly but friendless Jaime Thompson, and is teased as the Nerder Girlfriend, Peppi's first embarrassed instinct is to push him away and run. Though she later feels guilty and wants desperately to apologize for...
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Series
The Critter Club volume 20
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Marion and the other members of the Critter Club plan a ski weekend, they meet a snow bunny on the slopes, but Marion's kitten, Ollie, scares the bunny away.
Author
Series
The Critter Club volume 10
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After winning the lead role in a play, acing a spelling test, and finding money, second-grader Ellie wonders if the Critter Club animal shelter's newest animal--a little pink pig--is bringing her good luck.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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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
35) Hello, Mallory
Author
Series
The Baby-sitters Club volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1988, 2021.
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mallory wants to be a member of the Baby-sitters Club. However, the club members reject her and she has to start her own baby-sitting club.
36) Geography Club
Author
Series
Russel Middlebrook volume 1
Publisher
HarperTempest
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.
37) All about Ellie
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls--especially Ellie! It's time for Santa Vista Elementary's spring play, and Ellie is trying out for the lead!
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
288p. 23cm.
Language
English
Description
A sublime comedy of contemporary manners, this is the novel Jane Austen might well have written had she lived in twenty-first- century California.
Nothing ever moves in a straight line in Karen Joy Fowler's fiction, and in her latest, the complex dance of modern love has never been so devious or so much fun. Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements...
Author
Series
The Baby-sitters club volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1988, 2021.
Physical Desc
142 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oh, no! Stacey McGill is moving back to New York! That means no more Stoneybrook Middle School, no more Charlotte Johanssen, and worst of all, no more Baby-sitters Club! Stacey's friends are crushed when they hear that Stacey's moving, Claudia most of all. Stacey was her first best friend. How will the Baby-sitters cope without Stacey? What kind of going-away present is good enough for someone as special as she is? But most important, who is going...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
79 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Even though Abby, the club president, is out of town, Stacy and the rest of the Cul-de-sac Kids vote to have a yard sale to raise money to buy flags for Flag Day.