Andy Paris
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
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Edward Warren has been living in Thailand for six years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But when he learns that his dad lies comatose in a hospital, gravely injured in a car accident that also involved his younger sister Cara, he quickly returns to the United States. Luke is an animal conservationist who became famous after living with a wolf pack in the Canadian wild. It's impossible for his...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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"Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate, a life and a role that she has never challenged, until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly...
3) House Rules
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 27
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They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own world, and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like everyone else, but truly doesn't know...
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My weirdest school volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"A.J. and the gang at Ella Mentry School are in for a super surprise when a new teacher, Mr. Cooper, take over their third grade class"--
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My weirder school volume 12
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"It's time for the annual Ella Mentry School talent show, and this year Principal Klutz has hired a wacky professional, Mrs. Lane, to help the kids with their talents"--
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My weirder school volume 11
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Story time goes to the dogs when Ella Mentry School gets a therapy dog to help kids with their reading skills"-- Provided by publisher.
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Harold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter, and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids, and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. But Harry, a historian and Nixon scholar, also knows George has a murderous temper, and when George loses control, the result is an act of violence so shocking that the brothers are hurled into entirely new lives in which they...
9) The Fiddler
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Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 1
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"A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever"--P. [4] of cover.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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A guidebook for living a life without religion, combining sociological insight and personal inspiration Over the last twenty-five years, "no religion" has become the fastest growing religion in the United States. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people have turned away from the traditional faiths of the past and embraced a secular-or nonreligious-life, generating societies vastly less religious than at any other time in human history. Revealing...
11) Ungifted
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
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'Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and favous. Gathering direct quotes from some of these folks who worked behind the scenes, and culling NASA transcripts, national archives, and stunning photos from Apollo 11, the author captures not only the sheer magnitude of this feat but also the dedication, ingenuity, and perseverance of the...
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My weird school specials volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"A. J. and his friends have the weirdest Easter in the history of the world when Mayor Hubble hosts an egg hunt at the mayor's mansion"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night. Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by tragedy that pulled her deep into silence as a toddler. Calli's mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often...
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Series
My weird school specials volume 2
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"A. J. and his friends from Ella Mentry School are in for a weird Christmas surprise when they head to the local mall to see Santa Claus"--
Author
Series
My weird school specials volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"For A. J. and the gang from Ella Mentry School, a night of regular trick-or-treating turns into the weirdest Halloween in the history of the universe"--
19) Rash
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.
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Series
My weirder school volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Ella Mentry is having a fund-raiser, and guess who's in charge? Alexia's mom, Ms. Sue! The school's selling everything from popcorn to goldfish to raise money for a new playground. But when happens when Ms. Sue crosses the line? Someone's going to end up in the big house! -- Back cover.