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81) Dragon slippers
Author
Series
Dragon slippers volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.
82) Rose
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
While others at St. Bridget's Home for Abandoned Girls dream of adoption, Rose wants only a job and independence until she is hired as maid to Mr. Fountain, an alchemist, and realizes that she, like his grand residence, is filled with magic.
83) Sustaining faith
Author
Series
When hope calls volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"So much has been accomplished. Lillian Walsh has stepped out courageously beyond what she'd ever dreamed of being able to achieve. She and her newly rediscovered sister, Grace, have settled three children from England into new Canadian homes and are prepared to place two more just after the New Year, when it happens--another painful disruption. A white lie the sisters used to protect some orphans has resulted in an official complaint and a letter...
84) Despicable me 2
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Language
English
Description
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. An all-new comedy adventure featuring the return of former super-villain Gru, his adorable girls, the unpredictably hilarious Minions, and a host of new and outrageously funny characters.
"...plenty to enjoy here courtesy of those zippy visuals and a pitch-perfect voice cast led by the innately animated Steve Carell."--Hollywood Reporter.
"By the end, every...
85) Kim
Author
Publisher
Doubleday & company
Pub. Date
1958
Physical Desc
384 p. front., 1 pl., ill. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An Irish orphan-boy sets out as a guide to a Tibetan Lama and ends up enrolling in the Indian Secret Service which leads to danger in the Himalayas.
Author
Series
Orphan trains trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
355p. 21cm.
Language
English
90) The BFG
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD [edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Micah Tuttle loves living at the magical Circus Mirandus, but when a dangerous enemy from the past threatens his new home, every magician will have to be ready to fight--including Micah"--
92) The Joys of Love
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
255 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After graduating from college in 1941, Elizabeth Jerrold pursues her dream of becoming a stage actress, landing a position as an apprentice in a summer theater company where she hones her acting skills and falls in love with an aspiring director.
93) The cruel prince
Author
Series
The Folk of the Air volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.
Author
Series
Lost legends volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tangled's Eugene Fitzherbert goes on a life-altering adventure that leads to his transformation into the one and only Flynn Rider"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo, Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny have a fun new job: fixing up an old castle! The spooky old place will be turned into a museum, but first the Aldens must figure out why so many odd things keep happening. Keys go missing, strange music comes from a deserted tower, and soon the Boxcar Children discover the castle has a amazing secret!" --p. [4] of cover.
96) A Bit of Earth
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (433 pages) : digital ; 21 cm ; 1 attached digital audio player.
Language
English
Description
Ever since Maria Latif's parents died, she has been shuffled from one relative to the next, each one seeming to count down the days till they could pass her on. And that's how she's ended up in America, where old friends of her parents say they can "give her a better life." But the Clayborne house and even the Claybournes themselves have a few surprises for Maria. The garden in the back of the estate's grounds, for example. No one will talk about...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as "The Parisian Orphan" as a child, is working on the line at a munitions factory in wartime London. When Mr. Fletcher, one of her father's old friends, spots Evelyne on a night out, Evelyne finds herself plunged into the world of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's cabinet war rooms. However, shortly after she settles into her new role as a secretary, one of the girls at work is murdered, and Evelyne must use...
98) All my tomorrows
Author
Series
Orphan trains trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
349p. 21cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Sisters Grimm volume 3
Publisher
Findaway World
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm enter the hideout of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who have kidnapped their parents, and confront a famous fairy-tale character in an effort to rescue their Mom and Dad.
100) Family ties: a novel
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Years after gaining unexpected custody of her sister's three small children, a woman experiences emotional division when the grown children choose very different paths in life, in a tale set in Manhattan, Paris, and Tehran.