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Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
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"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Language
English
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Description
If youre having trouble connecting with those around you, know that youre not the only one. Adult friendships are tricky!!! Part manifesto, part guide, The Art of Showing Up is soul medicine for our modern, tech-mediated age. Rachel Wilkerson Miller charts a course to kinder, more thoughtful, and more fulfilling relationshipsand, crucially, she reminds us that {28}you cant show up for others if you arent showing up for yourself first.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
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English
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"Early on the morning of her eleventh birthday, on the beach beside her North Carolina home, Daria Cato receives an unbelievable gift from the sea--an abandoned newborn baby. When the infant's identity cannot be uncovered, she is adopted by Daria's loving family. But her silent secrets continue to haunt Daria. Now, twenty years later, Shelly has grown into an unusual, ethereal young woman whom Daria continues to protect. But when Rory Taylor, a friend...
9) Postscript
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Language
English
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Seven years after her husband's death--six since she read his final letter--Holly Kennedy has moved on with her life. When Holly's sister asks her to tell the story of the "PS, I Love You" letters on her podcast--to revisit the messages Gerry wrote before his death to read after his passing--she does so reluctantly, not wanting to reopen old wounds. But after the episode airs, people start reaching out to Holly, and they all have one thing in common:...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
Description
"Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map--the key to a legendary treasure trove--seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship. More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the map: her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate, Riden. But not to worry,...
11) Enemies
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First JY edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Felicity is sure she's going to do something big. Exactly what is still a mystery, but she'll figure it out. Her sister, Letty, teases Felicity that she never finishes stuff, but that's just because Letty is so perfect. Still, life is good with plenty of friends--drawing with the art club and playing games with her buddies keep her busy. But when she decides to join a contest to show Letty that she can get things done, Felicity begins to wonder if...
12) Awkward
Author
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Lexile measure
GN 210L
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.
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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
173 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Zach's plan to ask Rachel, his crush, to a school dance is thwarted by a newcomer's plan to embarrass her and ruin her chances of becoming class president, he tries to recover his powers and stop the plot.
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Language
English
Description
"It's summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin' is easy. Unless, that is, you've just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use a serious infusion of good karma in her life, she inadvertently gets a stranger, Diana Harrington, fired from her job at the local pharmacy. Diana Harrington's summer isn't off to the greatest start...
15) The blue bistro
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Language
English
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Hoping to recoup her finances, a woman moves to Nantucket where she gets a crash course in restaurant management, an endeavor that is compromised by her growing relationship with her boss who has a mysterious attachment to another woman.
16) Forever too far
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Series
Language
English
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"Rush promised her forever... but promises can be broken. Torn between his love for his family and his love for Blaire, Rush has to find a way to save one without losing the other. In the end one has to be more important. Letting go isn't easy. Blaire believed in her fairytale... but no one can live in a fantasy. Her love for Rush and desire to have a family keep her believing they can find a way for this to work. Until she has to make the right decision...
Author
Publisher
PUSH, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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 their parents' rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile for the last half of senior year in a new school. Then fellow student Nathan...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Caroline Murphy swore she'd never set foot back in the small Southern town of Peachtree Bluff; she was a New York girl born and bred and the worst day of her life was when, in the wake of her father's death, her mother selfishly forced her to move--during her senior year of high school, no less---back to that hick-infested rat trap where she'd spent her childhood summers. But now that her marriage to a New York high society heir has fallen apart in...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter--well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago. And Walter's always been a little...off. But after the hardest year of their lives, nobody was going to turn down Walter's invitation to an astonishingly beautiful house in the woods, overlooking an enormous sylvan lake. It's beautiful, it's opulent, it's private--so a week of putting up with Walter's weird...
20) The daydreams
Author
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A deliciously entertaining novel about the stars of a popular teen show from the early 2000s--and the reunion special, thirteen years after their scandalous flameout, that will either be their last chance at redemption, or destroy them all for good. Back in 2004, The Daydreams had it all: a cast of innocent-seeming teenagers acting and singing their hearts out, amazing ratings, and a will-they-or-won't-they romance that steamed up fan fiction forums....