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1932, Minnesota. The Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call...
2) The walk
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English
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After advertising executive Alan Christoffersen loses everything he holds dear, he embarks on a walk across America, a journey where he will meet people, form relationships, and learn important lessons as he walks to a new life.
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English
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Who says you can't run away from your problems? You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes--it would be too awkward--and you can't say no--it would look like defeat. On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world. QUESTION: How do you arrange to skip town? ANSWER: You accept them...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
6) Revealed
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English
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Annabelle Grayson has been given a second chance at life, but she can't claim it with the cloud of her past hanging over her in Willow Springs. After her husband dies, she advertises for a trail guide to accompany her to land waiting for her in Idaho--and a most unlikely candidate applies for the job. Matthew Taylor is a man on the run, with consequences of past mistakes pursuing him at every turn. Meeting Annabelle Grayson the first time was unpleasant...
9) Savvy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
Author
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The Kane Chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
452 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Carter Kane and his sister must prevent the chaos snake Apophis from breaking free in a few days' time or the world will come to an end. To have any chance of battling these Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
2nd U.S. ed.
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English
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The reader tries to follow Waldo as he embarks on a fantastic journey among the Gobbling Gluttons, the Battling Monks, the Deep-sea Divers, the Underground Hunters, and the Land of Waldos in search of a special scroll.
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Last dragon chronicles volume 7
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
560 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Young Agawin, apprentice to the healer Yolen, finds that his life is linked to that of the last of the dragons of the Wearle of Hautuuslanden, Galen, and he must journey far in time and space to protect the future of dragon-kind.
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The Kane chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
viii, 406 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Carter and Sadie Kane didn't know how chaotic the world would become in their role to restore order. The Chaos snake Apophis is loose and threatening to destroy earth in three days' time. There is possibly one way to stop Apophis, but it might cost Carter and Sadie their lives.
14) Hey Grandude!
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Publisher
Random House
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Grandude brightens a dreary weekend for his visiting grandchildren, Lucy, Tom, Em, and Bob, by using his magic compass and postcards to take them on adventures around the world.
15) The book of Boy
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.
17) Grace
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Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas when she goes to Paris with her mother and has trouble getting along with her cousin, while at home her friends start the business she proposed without her.
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Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
]999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
163 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1849 eleven-year-old Luke leaves his family's farm home in Iowa, accepts his uncle's offer of a chance for an education, and travels with his relative to Boston.
19) The tenth city
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Series
Land of Elyon volume 3
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
xii, 186 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alexa reveals the origin of the Land of Elyon while defending it against the evil Abaddon and his sinister forces, with not only the last Jocasta at stake but also the nature of the land itself.