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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from the acclaimed Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia,...
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When a body is found on Jim Qwilleran’s property, he and his cats Koko and Yum Yum will have to determine who committed the fowl deed in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series...
The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement. It’s almost time for the gala groundbreaking for the Pickax bookstore—and the town of Brrr is preparing for its bicentennial celebration. All the festivities, however, are spoiled...
The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement. It’s almost time for the gala groundbreaking for the Pickax bookstore—and the town of Brrr is preparing for its bicentennial celebration. All the festivities, however, are spoiled...
3) Ruby Holler
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
6) Grandpa & Bo
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2002, c1986
Edition
Reissued ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Bo spends the summer with his grandfather in the country and has a wonderful time.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The son of a Pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural Forrestville, Tennessee without letting the small-town culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In this New York Times bestselling mystery in the Cat Who series, Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, sense that trouble is brewing in their small town...
Times are a-changin’ in Pickax, giving Jim Qwilleran some newsworthy notes for the “Qwill Pen.” A new senior center is in the works—as well as a frisky production of Cats. And a local mansion is being converted into a charitable...
Times are a-changin’ in Pickax, giving Jim Qwilleran some newsworthy notes for the “Qwill Pen.” A new senior center is in the works—as well as a frisky production of Cats. And a local mansion is being converted into a charitable...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Siamese cat Koko’s stage debut is postponed when Jim Qwilleran suspects the feline’s costar may be guilty of murder in this Cat Who mystery—the 25th in the New York Times bestselling series!
Jim Qwilleran lives in Pickax, a small town 400 miles north of everywhere, and writes for a small newspaper. He stands tall and straight. He dates a librarian. His roommates are two abandoned cats that he adopted along...
Jim Qwilleran lives in Pickax, a small town 400 miles north of everywhere, and writes for a small newspaper. He stands tall and straight. He dates a librarian. His roommates are two abandoned cats that he adopted along...
11) Come a tide
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
124 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Puss, a cat, runs away from his owner in order to escape from the city and return to the country, but later changes his mind-- just in time for Christmas.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy couple dies, Jim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, must follow the case to its explosive conclusion in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.
The town of Pickax is buzzing with excitement: its residents are about to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. But in the midst of all the preparations, Qwill has to take time out to entertain aspiring architect Harvey Ledfield—and deal with Koko’s...
The town of Pickax is buzzing with excitement: its residents are about to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. But in the midst of all the preparations, Qwill has to take time out to entertain aspiring architect Harvey Ledfield—and deal with Koko’s...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1986, c1981
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
318 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A battered child learns to embrace life when he is adopted by an old man in the English countryside during World War II.
Author
Series
Horse dreams trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Develyn's trust in the Lord sees her through the confusion of a friend's new marriage, a visit from her daughter, the heart attack of a dear mentor, and a looming suspicious stranger.
17) Grumpy Grandpa
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack's grandfather is always grumpy and also a bit scary, but during a visit to the country house where his grandfather lives with the brave Aunt Ellie and Uncle Wilbur, Jack learns that his grandfather was once very different.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during ablizzard.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Siamese cat Koko finds a bunch of clues when an out-of-town actor dies mysteriously in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat Who series.
With the opening night of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest fast approaching—along with the dedication of the new bookstore in town—good times are ahead for the citizens of Pickax. But the merry atmosphere is dampened by the suspicious...
With the opening night of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest fast approaching—along with the dedication of the new bookstore in town—good times are ahead for the citizens of Pickax. But the merry atmosphere is dampened by the suspicious...
20) Little Joe
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Alfred A. Knopf ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Eli raises his first bull calf and looks forward to showing it at the county fair.
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