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Hagenheim volume 8
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, Aladdin, a poor orphan from the Holy Land, tries to rescue and win the heart of Kirstyn, the Duke of Hagenheim's daughter, his friend since childhood who is now pursued by greedy men seeking her father's fortune.
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Language
English
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"Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes-and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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An Artist's Life: Historical Fiction about Art
Art & Artist Fiction
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Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist infatuated by Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Suddenly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than...
4) The wish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina's Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she meets Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce gradually shows her how much there is to love about the wind-swept beach...
5) Make a wish
Author
Series
Spark House volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With her signature charm and sense of humor, bestselling author Helena Hunting creates a novel about love, family, and second chances in Make a Wish. Ever have a defining life moment you wish you could do over? Harley Spark has one. The time she almost kissed the widowed father of the toddler she nannied for. It was so bad they moved across the state and she never saw them again. Fast forward seven years and she's totally over it. At least she thinks...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, Mason Deaver's stunning debut will rip your heart out before showing you how to heal from tragedy and celebrate life in the process. When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by...
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Series
Andy Carpenter novels volume 20
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This Christmas, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, can't say no to helping young Danny and his dachshund, Murphy. Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife, Laurie, have started a new Christmas tradition. Their local pet store has a Christmas tree, where instead of ornaments there are wishes from those in need. One poignant wish leads Andy to a child named Danny, whose selfless plea strikes a chord. Danny asked Santa for a coat for his...
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Series
Bone witch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Ending her self-imposed exile with the ability to command the mighty daeva, Tea enacts her revenge against the royals who wronged her and took her true love's life, while being pursued by enemies who wish to use her dark magic for their own ends.
Armed with the ability to tame and control the monstrous daeva, Tea enacts her revenge against the royals who wronged her, but she is hampered by her disapproving brother and pursued by enemies wishing to...
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English
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A memoir based on the author's one-woman show describes growing up with celebrity parents, her early success in "Star Wars," battle with addiction and mental illness, turbulent romances, role as a single mother, and struggle for recovery and healing.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
At an exclusive prep school on Long Island, Jill Newman looks forward to her senior year as a member of the school's most elite clique, the Players, until new evidence surfaces about the murder of her close friend Shaila.
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Series
Pandava volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandavas's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper and stopping war between the devas and the demons.
13) Shockaholic
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Language
English
Description
It's been a roller coaster few years for Carrie since her Tony- and Emmy-nominated, one-woman Broadway show and New York Times bestselling book Wishful Drinking. She not only lost her beloved father, but also managed to lose over forty pounds of unwanted flesh, not by sawing off a leg (although that did cross her zapped mind), but by doing what might be termed "wishful shrinking" all the while staying sober and sane-ish.
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Series
Wildstone series volume 5
Language
English
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Brynn Turner desperately wishes she had it together, but her personal life is like a ping-pong match that’s left her scared and hurt after so many attempts to get it right. In search of a place to lick her wounds and get a fresh start, she heads back home to Wildstone. And then there’s Kinsey Davis, who after battling serious health issues her entire twenty-nine years of life, is tired of hoping for . . . well, anything. She's fierce, tough, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago. Over the course of the journey, the pair traversed...
17) A northern light
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy wishes so much he could whistle.
Author
Series
Wishin' and hopin' volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Set in the fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, the story of fifth grader Felix Funicello in the months leading up to Christmas 1964"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
School for Good and Evil volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When best friends Sophie and Agatha return to a fairy tale world, they find that old enemies are no longer fighting, but a war begins to brew as an enemy arises from within.
"Sophie and Agatha are home, living out their Ever After. But life isn't quite the fairy tale they expected. When Agatha secretly wishes she'd chosen a different happy ending, she reopens the gates to the School for Good and Evil. But the world she and Sophie once knew has changed....
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