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61) Broken flowers
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Confirmed bachelor Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don begins to resign himself to being alone and left to his own devices. However, he becomes compelled to reflect on his past when he receives a mysterious pink letter by mail. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate the contents of the letter by his closest friend and neighbor,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Working as a public relations hotline consultant for a once-prestigious culinary magazine, Billie Breslin unexpectedly enters a world of New York restaurateurs and artisanal purveyors while reading World War II letters exchanged between a plucky 12-year-old and James Beard.
Billie Breslin has traveled far from her California home to take a job at Delicious, the most iconic food magazine in New York and, thus, the world. When the publication is suddenly...
64) Dear Martin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
"Raw and gripping." Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys A must-read!” Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning debut. Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy Leaguebut none of that matters to the...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this fresh and funny picture book from Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Paul Meisel, a lonely bat thinks he has found a perfect home until he discovers that it's already inhabited by a persnickety squirrel. Since each is asleep during the other's waking hours, the two begin exchanging notes. With these notes, Squirrel does her best to oust her unwelcome guest, but Bat misunderstands and thinks Squirrel is happy to have a new friend. This...
66) Dear Beast
Author
Series
Dear Beast volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simon has taken care of his owner, Andy, for many years. He's a good cat. Clean, responsible, and loyal. What more could a boy want? Even when Andy's dad moves out, Simon is certain that Andy doesn't need another pet. So why would Andy's dad adopt a DOG?! To make matters worse, the animal is a rude, rowdy troublemaker. Simon's job is clear: the beast has got to go. He decides to write him a letter. Strongly worded, of course. But when the dog's response...
67) Pen pals
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Her excitement at having a pen pal quickly turns to disappointment when Daisy, a second-grader, receives some unwelcome news about this new "friend."
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Language
English
Description
"You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she’s grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the ball—and yet clinging to her sense of humor. Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she also navigates an overbearing mom and a Tinder-obsessed best friend who's determined to matchmake...
69) Baby brother
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Mia writes a letter to grandmother with all the details of her dog having puppies and by the way, her mother also had a baby brother.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Single mom Claire Summers is doing her best to make lemonade of the lemons life has handed her. Workaholic Keith Watson is interested only in the bottom line--until a letter from Claire's eleven-year-old daughter seeking help finding the long-lost son of a neighbor reaches him and changes everything, bringing love and hope to many lives"--
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Brad writes a letter home each of the twelve days he spends exploring the state of California at Christmastime, as his cousin Teri shows him everything from a little quail in a miniature redwood tree to twelve giant redwoods. Includes facts about California.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When Laurel starts writing letters to dead people for a school assignment, she begins to spill about her sister's mysterious death, her mother's departure from the family, her new friends, and her first love.
75) Unspoken
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having left her hometown years before with her world shattered and her illegitimate baby dead, Shelby Cole decides to return home when she begins to receive anonymous letters that claim that her daughter is alive.
Author
Series
Little Wolf Adventures volume 2
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In letters home to Mom and Dad, Little Wolf describes his journey to rescue his little brother, Smellybreff, from a crafty cubnapper, Mister Twister the Fox.
77) Dear substitute
Author
Publisher
Disney/HYPERION
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a series of letters a student laments the absence of her teacher and daily routine, but she soon realizes there are benefits to mixing things up, and that perhaps having a substitue teacher is not so bad afterall.
Author
Publisher
Atria
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Troubled by a recent miscarriage, Grania Ryan leaves her loving boyfriend in New York and seeks solace at her family's home in Ireland. Despite the soothing effects of her mother's cooking, countless cups of tea, and long, contemplative walks along the coast, Grania still cannot imagine returning to her old life in America. When Grania meets a tiny, redheaded girl wandering the same stretch of rocky coastline, the two strike up an unusual friendship....
79) I wanna iguana
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.
80) Dear Mr. Henshaw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
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