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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
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By mistake, Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a farm on Prince Edward Island in 1878 and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Meek little Mole, wilful Ratty, Badger the perennial bachelor, and petulant, boastful Toad: over one hundred years since their first appearance in 1908, they've become emblematic archetypes of eccentricity, folly and friendship. And their misadventures - in gypsy caravans, stolen sports cars, and their beloved Wild Wood - continue to capture readers' imaginations and warm their hearts long after they grow up. Begun as a series of letters from Kenneth...
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English
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Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
5) Ruby Holler
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
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Language
English
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Already struggling to adjust to life after the tragic death of her husband, Sophie Bryant nearly loses her own life when she attends a domestic dispute as a paramedic. Diagnosed with a mild form of PTSD, she decides a radical change is in order and accepts a posting to the remote township of Hilsons Ridge. Soon after arrival, Sophie decides on a whim to buy and move into an old house on the outskirts of town. There she discovers the diary of a World...
7) Adam Bede
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
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The stern and highminded hero, Adam Bede, loves the vain and selfish Hetty Sorrel, but their happiness is ruined when Hetty is seduced by a young squire.
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Boxcar children volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
9) Little Joe
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Nine-year-old Eli raises his first bull calf and looks forward to showing it at the county fair.
Author
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (144 pages)
Language
English
Description
The world, in Iain Crichton Smith's vision is a field full of folk; and one Scottish village is its microcosm. Here, the Minister wrestles with his loss of faith, and his cancer, concealing them even from his wife, but she had divined them. Mrs Berry cultivates her garden assiduously, and when Jehovah's Witnesses come quoting their texts, she tells them that the hill at the end of the village can be climbed by many paths. Old Annie has no doubts about...
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (144 pages)
Language
English
Description
Rain May and her mum escape their old inner-city life for a dream house in the country. But there are more than a few suprises in store - like discovering a platypus or the fun of fridge poetry and phenomenally bright eleven-year-old, Captain Daniel, who lives next door. Together these unlikely friends adventure where no one has gone before. --Provided by publisher.
12) Punjabi Pappadum
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Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages)
Language
English
Description
Dexter Macallister bit into a samosa dripping with mint sauce. Thousands of dozing tastebuds jumped to attention, popping off in his mouth like a kid let loose on bubble wrap." The legendary, mouthwatering Punjabi Pappadum is doing it tough against the flashy new Burger Barn. There's something sinister going on and it's down to best mates Veejay, Dexter and Travis to get to the bottom of it. And that's not all they've got on their plate. When their...
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Anne of Green Gables volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Anne of Green Gables, the orphan girl who lives on Prince Edward Island, experiences romance as she begins her years of young adulthood. In this continuation of the "Anne of Green Gables" series, Anne's true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor. In the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together in their house of dreams, a white cottage...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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In 1935 England, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses an event involving her sister Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner, and she becomes the victim of her own imagination, which leads her on a lifelong search for truth and absolution.
15) Venetia
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English
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Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."—Publishers Weekly
Beautiful, capable, and independent minded, Venetia Lanyon's life on her family's estate in the country side is somewhat restricted. But her neighbor, the infamous Lord Damerel, a charming rake shunned by polite society, is about to shake things up.
Lord Damerel has built his life on his dangerous reputation, and when he meets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures which help restore their spirits and their bond with each other.
17) Under the lilacs
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Language
English
Description
Running away from the circus with his dog Sancho to find his missing father, twelve-year-old Ben Brown is taken in by the Moss family, but when Sancho goes missing and Ben is accused of theft, Ben wonders if he'll ever truly fit into his new life.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 624 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum's a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed, your best friend's a heavy metal devotee and then you fall in love at 12 and three quarters years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times. Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, and his family have just moved to the most remote town on earth, Angelus. For Lockie this is a total life disaster:...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election.
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