Elizabeth Berg
26) Open house
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Struggling to come to terms with her husband's abandonment, Samantha sets out to construct a new life for herself and her eleven-year-old son and to rediscover her own identity, which had been lost in her attempts to save her marriage.
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To each of the men and women in "The last time I saw you", this reunion means something different. A last opportunity to say something long left unsaid, an escape from the bleaker realities of everyday life, a means to save a marriage on the rocks, or an opportunity to bond with a slightly estranged daughter, if only over what her mother should wear.
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Laura Bartone, now in her fifties, is forced to face unpleasant truths from the past when her troubled sister Caroline calls on the eve of a family reunion and asks to meet with her and their brother to discuss the abuses she believes she suffered at their hands of their emotionally distant mother.
30) True to form
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Thirteen-year-old Katie, having moved from Missouri to Texas in 1961 following the death of her mother, has a difficult time sorting out the details of friendship, loyalty, and other trials and tribulations of teenage life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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A polio victim and her 13-year-old daughter work miracles from their Tupelo, Miss., home during the summer of 1964. Having contracted polio at 22 while pregnant, Paige Dunn delivers her baby from an iron lung, and ends up raising her daughter, Diana, alone after her husband divorces her. Able to move only her head, Paige requires round-the-clock nursing care that social services barely cover. Now 13, Diana has taken over the night shift to save them...
33) Range of motion
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Lainey must draw on a number of sources to keep her faith strong when her husband, Jay, is injured in an accident and lingers in a coma.
35) Say when
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How difficult is it to live in truth when you live with another? When is a relationship worth saving, and when is it better to let it go? In her previous novels, Elizabeth Berg has demonstrated a rare talent for laying bare the lives of ordinary people and everyday events with startling clarity, focus, and raw emotion. In Say When, she again negotiates perfectly the fine balance between humor and poignancy as she charts the days and nights of a family...
36) USA
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Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
An overview of the United States of America that includes information on geography, history, government, lifestyle, language, customs, and current issues.
37) Indonesia
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Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of Indonesia is reflected in its many festivals, including Sekatan, Good Friday, and Fahombe.
38) Egypt
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Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of Egypt is reflected in its many festivals, including Eid, Moulid el-Nabi, and Sham el-Nessim.
39) Italy
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Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of Italy is reflected in its many festivals, including Carnival, various Saints' days, and the Venice Regatta.
40) China
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Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of China is reflected in its many festivals.
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