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Tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumor, touching on everything from family violence to sexuality and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma.
82) Thump and Plunk
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
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IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Thump thumps Plunk's doll Plunkit, an argument starts which their mother resolves.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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"A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years"--
“Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty yearsthen lets her go and takes another one.” Thirteen-year-old Daniel Anderson doesnt believe Brody Masons crazy stories about the ghost...
84) Fablehaven
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Fablehaven volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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For Harry Potter Fans
Nevada Reading Week 2024: 3rd - 7th Grade
NYRA Intermediate
Rick Riordan Read-ALikes
Nevada Reading Week 2024: 3rd - 7th Grade
NYRA Intermediate
Rick Riordan Read-ALikes
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When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
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Dragonwatch volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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As the evil Celebrant conquers more and more dragon sanctuaries, Kendra must raise an army of friends and allies on her own to fight him because her brother Seth and Bracken are missing.
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"From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman's quest for acceptance-and the unexpected ally that will change everything-in post-World War II Japan. Kyoto, Japan, 1948. "If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with...
87) Superfudge
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Fudge books volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge.
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Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
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Against the will of their grandmother, twins Alex and Conner must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it has ever faced-- the return of the Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Having run with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
90) Freewater
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2022.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
92) Here to stay
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Horseman Zach Harrigan begins training a mini guide horse for the blind, never expecting that it will lead him to Mandy Pajeck, who cares for her blind younger brother and is everything he has ever wanted in a woman.
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"Royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya battle vengeful enemies, centuries-old mysteries, and their own personal demons in order to save their country from ruin"--
"In this thrilling, action-packed sequel and conclusion to the critically acclaimed Ivory Key duology..., royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya battle vengeful enemies, centuries-old mysteries, and their own personal demons in order to save their country from ruin. The search...
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Junie B. Jones series volume 2
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Through a misunderstanding, Junie B. thinks that her new baby brother is really a baby monkey, and her report of this news creates excitement and trouble in her kindergarten class.
97) The black book
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Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives whose twin sister, Patty, also followed in their father's footsteps, there's nothing Billy won't give up for the job, including his life. Left for dead alongside his tempestuous former partner and a hard-charging assistant district attorney out for blood, Billy miraculously survives. But he remembers nothing about the events leading up to the shootout. Charged with...
98) Flight: a novel
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"It’s December twenty-second and siblings Henry, Kate, and Martin have converged with their spouses on Henry’s house in upstate New York. This is the first Christmas the siblings are without their mother, the first not at their mother’s Florida house. Over the course of the next three days, old resentments and instabilities arise as the siblings, with a gaggle of children afoot, attempt to perform familiar rituals, while also...
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Mile 81 meets “N” in this collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill, now available from Simon & Schuster Audio. As USA TODAY said of Stephen Kings Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are...
100) Soldier
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Talon saga volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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While Ember regroups with Riley and the rogue dragons to avoid being forced into becoming an assassin for Talon, solider Garret journeys to the birthplace of the Order of St. George to uncover deadly secrets.
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