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1) Powerless
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Powerless trilogy volume 1
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, this young adult fantasy follows the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girl as they try to survive their kingdom's grueling laws pitting them against each other.
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Last kids on Earth volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"The last kids may have escaped the forbidden fortress by the skin of their teeth, but there isn't much to celebrate. Thrull has what he needs to complete the Tower, Rezzoch will most certainly come to Earth, and the world as they know it will cease to exist. Except Jack's Cosmic Hand is now even more powerful than he realized, and it might just be able to stop the inevitable from happening. To get the answers he seeks, he'll need to travel farther...
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America falls volume 1
Publisher
Scott Medbury
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
812 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning... 15-year-old Isaac Race thought he'd found a new family and home. A new life. He had, but it's all about to be snatched away. When an ambitious enemy launches a sneak attack on the USA, his peaceful life is shattered and Isaac, by his very nature...
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I survived volume 23
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...
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Our marriage was given about two weeks to two months to survive. We stood two chances of making it work out--slim and none. But through commitment and stubbornness, we hung in there. The name sumpter is in the dictionary and says "a packhorse," which I relate to a mule, telling Bill he was stubborn as a mule. This book tells a little of the years we lived in Rapid City and how we grew. I'm sure there are others that have endured more turmoil and grief,...
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This book is based on a true story about an infant who grew up without any parents (no mother or father); struggled throughout life; endured hardships, ups and downs, highs and lows; dealt with racism, discrimination, mental, verbal, and psychological abuse; functioned independently; graduated from college with a professional degree without owing a cent for financial aid; built a house from the ground up without owing a single cent; bought timeshare...
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You are about to embark on a journey that will stimulate each and every one of your emotions and move your soul. This is one victim's story of her ability to survive through years of relentless childhood, physical and sexual abuse, the affect it had on her, and how she has finally found the courage to share her life experiences in her quest to help others.
Born and raised in a Midwestern town just an hour west of Chicago, Illinois, is a little...
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This story is about the life of a girl who grew up in the Tompkins projects in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She enjoyed life with her family, joining her family for holiday fun, going on picnics, and enjoying the summer fun. Her teenage years were moving fast. She gets married to her childhood sweetheart, Leonard Brown, and life quickly changes from fun to the life of drugs and trying to hide their secret drug life. Drugs and death prove to be too...
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Titling his book Journey to the End of the Century, SACHAL puts us in the macrocosm of the culture of the Soviet Union through the microcosm of his life there. It was a harsh and difficult beginning: homelessness, starvation, loneliness, diseases, and a painful existence. Never complaining, little Sacha learns how to use experience in the most magical ways. He recounts how he bravely endured, how to use the system of control to survive and fully be...
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Is there a time in your life you aren't too happy about? Is there something you regret about some choices you made? Well, you aren't the only one. There are people all over the world just like you and me. Those mistakes can either make us better or cause us to keep spiraling down the wrong path. Our past decisions, our choices today, and the ones we will make tomorrow and in our future, God already has a plan in place to bring victory out of our lives.
It...
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After being labeled for the majority of my life, I was frightened by the things that would occur. It was fear that kept me in my cage. Being sexually abused, abandoned by my father, my childhood was taken away. I even hated to see myself in the mirror, and in my mind, I became a reflection of all the things that I didn't want to see. I never imagined that I would have to endure so much pain, that God would allow my life to become so unpleasant, until...
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For Zion's sake I will not keep silent; for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. (Isaiah 62:1)
On the day that I cried out, you answered me and made me bold with strength in my soul. (Psalm 138:3)
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus is the answer.
This is How I Survived Death (From Death to Freedom). This book is my living testimony of what a gracious God we...
13) Silver
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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When the students at Mortingham Boarding Academy find a group of strange, silvery beetles on school grounds they are excited, but when the beetles attack them and a mysterious virus starts spreading, a group of mismatched students must work together to survive.
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Throughout the ravages of turmoil and persecution,
one family has harboured a hidden secret ...
Constantinople 1899
Identical twins of Armenian heritage, escape a devasting terrorist's
bomb. Unaware of each other's survival, Davit flees west to Paris,
while Vahan journeys east to Calcutta.
Inspired by actual events, the saga chronicles the lives of the
separated brothers and four generations of their families. It weaves
the paths taken as...
15) N. Korea Camp 5
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Sgt Harold T. Brown age 91, passed away on Jan 20, 2022. He was survived by his wife Josephine of 67 yrs, & his 4 daughters Lorraine Brown, Kathleen Curtis, Vanessa Noxon, and Patricia Wilson. Harry was a P.O.W. in Korea from 1950-1953. He survived the death march. He attempted to escape 3 times and when caught paid a price for it. He was a man of valor and bravery. He was saddened to see his friends and others die. When the peace talks started conditions...
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In her debut teaching memoir, Grief-Stricken: Stories of Altered Loss in a Pandemic Haze, the author weaves together pieces of painful grief narratives as they are still being constructed by those most impacted, namely the chief mourners. Joys and challenges are shared as the author and her family learn to process the multiple trials that 2020 presented. Their stories show how they endured the initial anguish and are summoning the courage to live...
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In the 1970s, a young man, eager to experience life like Thoreau and Walden, takes his wife and moves to a rural Idaho log cabin in this memoir.
When Bill Gruber left Philadelphia for graduate school in Idaho, he and his wife decided to experience true rural living. His longing for the solitude and natural beauty that Thoreau found on Walden Pond led him to buy an abandoned log cabin and its surrounding forty acres in Alder Creek, a town considered...
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Life without walls to me is life being preplanned, and we have a path to walk, so when we walk off that plan, the path becomes discomposed. Uncertainty, dismay, and confusion come our way. Regardless of your circumstances or situation, prayer, determination, and having faith in your own capabilities can change the outcome. I never stopped believing in my God, and I never gave up no matter what people said about me or to me. I never had the support...
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A young Afghan boy endures unbearable hardship in the absence of his father.
After a decade in exile, Mohammad Hajher's father returns with his young family to his home village in rural Afghanistan. Here, Hajher is unable to go to school, and when his father falls ill, it becomes clear that his options are limited. But before Hajher's father passes, he shares a mantra with his son - one that will sustain and embolden him throughout many years...
20) Sierra's Journey
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Sierra was always an exceptional child. She was the child every parent hoped for. From the time she was two, she already knew she wanted to be the next Jenny Finch. She started T-ball at four years old on the pitcher's mound, and that is where she played until she was nineteen when she was in a horrific car accident. She had a team of about twenty doctors, and every one of them warned us that people didn't make it through this kind of accident. But...
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