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English
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France, 1916: Artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his young wife, Sophie, to fight at the front. When their small town falls to the Germans in the midst of World War II, Edouard's portrait of Sophie draws the eye of the new Kommandant. As the officer's dangerous obsession deepens, Sophie will risk everything--her family, her reputation, and her life--to see her husband again. Almost a century later, Sophie's portrait is given to Liv Halston by her young...
3) Refugee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Middle School)
Children's Book Battles: 2021_22 Middle Schools
Children's Book Battles: 6th-8th Grade
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Children's Book Battles: 2021_22 Middle Schools
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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Series
The Ravenels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Inheriting not only an earldom, but also an estate riddled with debt and the late earl's three sisters and Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow, Devon Ravenel engages in a sensual battle of wills with this woman whose sharp wit and determination are a match for his own.
5) Gold fever
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.
6) Cape May
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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September, 1957. Henry and Effie, newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon. They meet Clara, a beautiful socialite who feels her youth slipping away; Max, a wealthy playboy and Clara's lover; and Alma, Max's aloof and mysterious half sister, to whom Henry is irresistibly drawn. The off-season beach town becomes their playground, and they sneak into abandoned summer homes, walk naked under the stars, make love......
7) Criss cross
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
Description
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Although she is a dutiful daughter, Nefertiti's dancing abilities, remarkable beauty, and intelligence garner attention near and far, so much so that her family is summoned to the Egyptian royal court, where Nefertiti becomes a pawn in the power play of her scheming aunt, Queen Tiye.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In order to save Merlin, Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness. But when the magic tree house leads them to a deserted island, they're not sure who needs help more--Merlin or them! A shipful of explorers and scientists saves them, but the rescuers aren't looking for the secrets of happiness. They're looking for ... a sea monster! Will Jack and Annie wind up in the monster's clutches?
Author
Series
The Montgomerys and Armstrongs volume 2
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Maya Banks, the bestselling author of romance and romantic suspense has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Highlander Most Wanted, a reclusive woman content to live in the shadows shows a Highland warrior the true meaning of love.
Genevieve McInnis is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep, captive of a cruel...
Maya Banks, the bestselling author of romance and romantic suspense has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Highlander Most Wanted, a reclusive woman content to live in the shadows shows a Highland warrior the true meaning of love.
Genevieve McInnis is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep, captive of a cruel...
Author
Series
Accidental highwayman trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 7th and 8th Grade 2021
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Description
In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher "Kit" Bristol is the unwitting servant of notorious highwayman Whistling Jack. One dark night, Kit finds his master bleeding from a mortal wound, dons the man's riding cloak to seek help, and changes the course of his life forever. Mistaken for Whistling Jack and on the run from redcoats, Kit is catapulted into a world of magic and wonders he thought the stuff of fairy tales. Bound by magical law, Kit...
12) Moby Dick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Call me Ishmael". So begins Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's epic account of the last voyage of the ill-fated whaling ship Pequod, and its captain's obsessive pursuit of the legendary white whale that maimed him years before. Melville's classic novel has given American literature some of its most iconic characters. Inspired by the real-life ordeal of the crew of the whaling ship Essex--who, in 1819, were set adrift in the heart of the sea for eighty-nine...
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