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Language
English
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Lisa Hawley is perfectly satisfied living on her own. Having fully recovered from a brutal divorce nearly two decades earlier, she has successfully raised her kids, Juliet and Theo, seeing them off to college and beyond. As the owner of a popular boutique on Nantucket, she’s built a fulfilling life for herself on the island where she grew up. With her beloved house in desperate need of repair, Lisa calls on Mack Whitney, a friendly—and very handsome—local...
22) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Description
"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...
24) Keeping Lucy
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Language
English
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Description
"From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the "feeble-minded." Ab tried to convince Ginny it was...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets--for fans of the New York Times bestsellers The Paper Palace and Ask Again, Yes. Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the...
26) Moo
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Follows the efforts of twelve-year-old Reena, who has recently moved to rural Maine, to adjust to a new environment while unexpectedly bonding with an ornery cow.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HaperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
360 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lou has just broken up with her first boyfriend, Wyatt, after all forty-six of their kisses never made her feel any kind of spark... only uncomfortable with her own body. Too bad he'll be working at her family's ice cream shack for the whole summer. Along with her ex-best friend, King, who's back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word.
Yet all of that fades into the background when Lou gets a letter from...
28) Princess Academy
Author
Series
Princess academy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
316 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. A group of Jewish friends takes the trip of a lifetime. A girl meets her new boyfriend's family over Shabbat dinner. Two best friends put their friendship to the test over the course of a Friday night. A Jewish girl feels pressure to date the only Jewish boy in her grade. A crush's Hanukkah party goes awry when hilarious pranks and disaster ensure.
From stories of confronting their...