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From the New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes a powerful novel about the intersection of redemption, forgiveness, and love....On a spring afternoon in 1920, Swandyke-a small town near Colorado's Tenmile Range-is changed forever. Just moments after four o'clock, a large split of snow separates from Jubilee Mountain high above the tiny hamlet and hurtles down the rocky slope, enveloping everything in its path. Meet the residents...
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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In this heartfelt, incisive novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family.
A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats,...
A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats,...
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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In the life of precious Ramotswe -- a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build -- there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive adn Tlokweng Road.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Karen Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that their adopted son must be returned to his biological father.
7) Ask me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A father and daughter explore their neighborhood, talking and asking questions as they go.
11) The yearling
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
12) Camilla
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Life had always been easy for fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson. But now her parents, whom she had always loved and trusted, are behaving like strangers to each other and vying for her allegiance. Camilla is torn between her love for them and her disapproval of their actions.
Then she meets Frank, her best friend's brother, who helps her to feel that she is not alone. Can Camilla learn to accept her parents for...
Then she meets Frank, her best friend's brother, who helps her to feel that she is not alone. Can Camilla learn to accept her parents for...
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 7
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1992
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94 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn, stuck in an old house in the desert with her obsessed inventor mother, finds a short story written by her long-gone father and comes to a better understanding of both her parents.
15) Two homes
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Candlewick Press
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IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much.
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Leaving Poland for England at the end of World War II, Silvana is accompanied by eight-year-old, near-feral Aurek, with whom she shares traumatic wartime memories that set them apart from her husband, who has remade himself as an Englishman to forget thepast.
17) Zip it!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Joe tries to warn his busy father about an embarrassing trousers oversight.
18) Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Leigh Botts writes letters to his favorite author asking for information and describing his own life since his parents got divorced.
20) You'll find me
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text highlight ways to find reminders of loved ones in everyday actions, even after they are gone.
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