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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
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After centuries of strife, the seven powers dividing the land have worn themselves down into a stalemate. The monstrous King Joffrey is dead, and the Northern rebels are scattered. Into this blasted peace, however, come the scavengers, outlaws and renegades, who have been waiting to pick over the remnants. Daring new plots and alliances are formed, and personalities new and old have emerged from the struggle to take up new positions. It is a time...
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Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Anger is a universal human emotion, and it can manifest in some pretty nasty ways. But it is also amazingly workable. In this guide to the practice of inner peace, Pema Chödrön shows us how to recognize anger in ourselves when it first begins to rise, how to sit with the discomfort it causes, and how to let it dissipate. By taking responsibility for the seeds of aggression in our own hearts and minds, we can help create a new culture of compassion...
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Publisher
Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Using the Buddhist teaching of the impermanence of all things, Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh offers solutions to the problems of global warming, disappearing fossil fuels, massive overconsumption, and unsupportable population growth. He demonstrates how this teaching can offer inner peace and help us use our collective wisdom and technology to restore the Earth's balance.
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Series
Song of ice and fire volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 63
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance -- beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the East, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies. As they gather, one young man embarks up in his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. Fleeing...
7) God's dream
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
An introduction for the youngest readers to Archbishop Tutu's message of forgiveness and empathy.
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Series
Language
English
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In the aftermath of World War III, the nations have agreed to outlaw religion in the hopes of promoting world peace, and Paul Stepola, an agent for the National Peace Organization, is determined to expose religious zealots; but when supernatural events being to occur, Paul begins to realize he can no longer deny the truth that a higher being does exist.
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Someone is killing off the members of a splinter group known as the Sons of Erin--and the consequences are much greater than anyone realizes. For in these actions lie the seeds of disaster: the fall of two governments and the derailing of the Irish peace process. Now, former terrorist Sean Dillon and White House insider Blake Johnson must stop the assassin before all hell breaks loose.
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Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time--the Yankees are coming, it warned. That night Davis fled Richmond, setting off an intense manhunt for the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy that led to the crime. Lincoln's murder, autopsy, and White House funeral transfixed...
13) The empty land
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Matt Coburn was going to bring law and order to Confusion, even though he had to face every kind of gunman, knife artist, and criminal.
Publisher
Choices, Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A look at four Jewish Israelis who are working for peace and for the rights of Palestinian Arabs.
A documentary about Jewish peace activists who face skepticism and criticism from their fellow Israeli citizens. A Rabbi, a soldier, a grandmother, and an anarchist, four very different Israelis whom share a common goal: to achieve peace in the Middle East and end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Undeterred, they promote a peaceful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the 'rememberer' and write down everything that happens while they're growing up. Lonnie's reflections in his letters to Lili are bittersweet. He's happy that they both have good foster families, but while his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries.
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Picking up where 2021's The Suicide Squad left off, this action-packed series finds Peacemaker returning home after a miraculous recovery from his encounter with Bloodsport only to discover that his freedom comes at a price.
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Series
Dial easy-to-read volume level 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a band of stinky cowboys comes to town while the sheriff is away and refuses to bathe, young Deputy Jess and and her aunt, Deputy Gussy, must find a way to enforce the No-Stink law.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Berets who come together to save a former comrade—and 500 other Afghans—being targeted by the Taliban in the chaos of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. In April, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas. The message: Get Nezam out of Afghanistan now. Nezam was part of the Afghan National Army’s first group of American-trained commandos. He passed...
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