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When Kristin Chapman agrees to let her husband, Richard, host his brother's bachelor party, she expects a certain amount of debauchery. She brings their young daughter to Manhattan for the evening, leaving her Westchester home to the men and their hired entertainment. What she does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, her husband sharing a dangerously intimate moment in the guest room, and two women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards...
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Beartown volume 2
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English
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown returns with an unforgettable novel "about people-about strength and tribal loyalty and what we unwittingly do when trying to show our boys how to be men" (Jojo Moyes). Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. Have you ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too. A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to...
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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When a dream opportunity arises at a pharmacy, Paige keeps quiet about her past. Clarissa Richardson's dream of running her own pharmacy comes to a screeching halt when her grandfather hires a too-perfect new girl. How far will they each go to protect their dreams for tomorrow?
4) Panic
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him and get him all the way...
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Mustache Baby volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A play date goes awry when Baby Billy and his mustache meet Baby Javier and his beard.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. And with her moms fighting at home and her beloved car teetering on the brink of death, the store has become a welcome escape. When her boss announces a holiday bonus to the person who sells the most books, Shoshanna sees an opportunity to at least fix her car, if none of her other problems. The only person standing in her way? New hire Jake Kaplan.
Jake is an affront...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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452 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege. Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held...
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Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 13
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 490L
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Kitty is terribly out of shape-she can barely torment Puppy without needing a break to huff and puff! When Kitty's owner catches her wheezing, Kitty is told it's time to EXERCISE. It takes some serious convincing, a high-stakes competition, and a little bit of trickery but eventually Kitty gets into the competitive spirit . . . albeit reluctantly. What did you expect? Will our favorite feline friend learn what it means to be...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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36 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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This little monster says it's the ugliest in the world. A second monster claims being even uglier. What happens when a third monster shows up? Could a mirror help them to decide who is the ugliest monster in the world?
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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338 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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In a snow-cloaked kingdom where witches are burned, two enchantresses secretly compete for the heart of a prince, only to discover that they might be falling for each other. It's Karnawał season in the snow-cloaked Kingdom of Lechija, and from now until midnight when the church bells ring an end to Devil's Tuesday, time will be marked with wintry balls, glittery disguises, and cavalcades of nightly torch-lit kuligi sleigh-parties. Unbeknownst to...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 630L
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viii, 375 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple: survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. Only the yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits, are not eligible to compete. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress-- but she is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. Her fate collides with that of Taro,...
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English
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
14) The hating game
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
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Series
Today tonight tomorrow volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the years both Rowan and Neil have been at competition with one another on everything from who has the best ideas for school functions to which one will be their graduating class's valedictorian. However, in the twenty-four hours left they have as high school students, the two learn they share something much deeper than a rivalry"-- Provided by publisher.
It's the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair, both overachievers,...
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Tapper twins volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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A humorous oral history that chronicles twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper's heated competition to become sixth grade class president of their New York City private school, through text messages, photographs, screenshots, and more.
18) King of the ice
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Series
Miles Lewis volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When his friend RJ bets that Miles will wipe out at the ice rink, he is determined to prove him wrong."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 26
Physical Desc
587 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
La ambición será su motor. La rivalidad, su motivación. Pero alcanzar el poder tiene un precio. Es la mañana de la cosecha que dará inicio a los Décimos juegos del hambre. En el Capitolio, Coriolanus Snow, de dieciocho años de edad, se prepara para la oportunidad única de alcanzar la gloria como mentor de los juegos. La casa de los Snow, antes tan influyente, atraviesa tiempos difíciles. por lo que su destino, por lo que su destino depende...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Girl meets boy. Girl likes boy.Girl gets friend to help win boy.Friend ends up with crush on boy...
Skylar's got ambitious #goals. And if she wants them to come true, she has to get to work now. (At least she thinks so...) Step one in her epic plan is showing everyone that her latest app is brilliant. To do that, she's going to use it to win State at the Scholastic Exposition, the nerdiest academic competition around.First, she'll need a team, and...
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