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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"The Great Gatsby" is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, "The Great Gatsby" explores themes...
2) Trouble
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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In order to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, Henry sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but on their trek they encounter the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin.
3) A new name
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As Murray Van Rensselaer's car swerved to avoid an oncoming truck, his life, and the life of his childhood sweetheart, came crashing down. Now he's a man on the run, determined to erase his past with a new name.
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Amish memories volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"When Ivy Zimmerman's Mennonite parents are killed in a tragic accident, her way of life is upended. As she grows suspicious that her parents' deaths weren't an accident, she gains courage from her Amish great-grandmother's time in pre-war Germany in 1937. With the inspiration of her great-grandmother, Ivy seeks justice for her parents, her sisters, and herself"--
5) The current
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2019.
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English
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In the dead of winter, outside a small Minnesota town, state troopers pull two young women and their car from the icy Black Root River. One is found downriver, drowned, while the other is found at the scene--half frozen but alive. What happened was no accident, and news of the crime awakens the community's memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river ten years earlier, and whose killer may still live among them. Determined to...
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When her daughter accidentally hits and kills another high school girl with the family's car, Leigh, a troubled mother, is forced to confront her relationship with her daughter, her resentment toward her husband (who understands the daughter better) and her long-buried feelings towards her own neglectful mother.
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Covenant Communications, Inc
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English
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"Frank Sawyer is a wanderer, thriving on the adventure of hitchhiking with no thought for where he'll end up. His untethered ways have landed him in some perilous situations, and after his recent involvement in solving a deadly mystery, he's ready to hit the open road to visit his former mission companions on a whim. When he arrives in a small California town, Sawyer finds himself in the midst of what seems to be a rash of runaway teenagers. But with...
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After surviving a car accident off the Normandy coast, Charles Vincent, trapped in a loveless marriage, meets Aude Saint-Martin with whom he forms an instant connection as she nurses him back to health and decides, in a split second, to fight for a chanceat happiness--whatever the cost.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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What is her husband's secret? Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head: "Be careful who you trust." BookShots LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading All original content from James Patterson.
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10) Strawberry Lane
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Someday Valley volume 1
Language
English
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"Pulling a stranger out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died 20 years earlier, Starri Knight, a big believer in fate, must convince Rusty O'Sullivan, with whom she feels a compelling connection, he has something to live for, whichtakes all her faith in miracles"--
11) Hours to kill
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Homeland heroes (Susan Sleeman) volume 3
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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"Just as FBI Special Agent Addison Leigh reaches the pinnacle of her cybercrimes investigation into a firearms-smuggling ring, she's attacked and left in a coma with no memory of the incident - or of her estranged husband who rushes to her bedside. Deputy U.S. Marshal Mack Jordan may have let his past military trauma ruin their brief marriage, but Addison never gave up on their relationship, and he promises to hunt down the man who attacked her. Mack...
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"If only she'd said no ... Katherine didn't want to go out for a late night. She wasn't in the mood and frankly, work had been so busy lately, what she longed for was a night in and maybe a glass of wine. But Eve insisted. She planned to take Katherine out for dinner, somewhere really special. To thank her, she'd said. For everything Katherine had done for her. So they went, and it was fun, for a while ... But things went horribly wrong, and Katherine...
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Hope's Crossing volume 1
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English
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"Claire Bradford needed a wake up call. What she didn't need was a tragic car accident. As a single mom and the owner of a successful bead shop, Claire leads a predictable life in Hopes' Crossing, Colorado. So what if she has no time for romance? At least, that's what she tells herself, especially when her best friend's sexy younger brother comes back to town as the new chief of police. But when the accident forces Claire to slow down and lean on...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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It's a simple enough favor. Jude hasn't seen Liam in years, but when he shows up at her work asking for a favor, she finds she can't refuse. All Jude has to do is pick Liam up at a country train station--without telling anyone. So what if she has to lie to her fiancé? Jude is still committed to him and their imminent wedding, even if she and Liam were in love once. She owes him. After the car crash that changed everything years ago, bright, ambitious...
15) Riverbend Gap
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Series
Riverbend romance volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"When Katie Loveland's car veered off a winding Appalachian Mountain road, she thought she was done for. That is until Cooper Robinson, local sheriff's deputy, came to her rescue. And though Katie narrowly escaped her brush with death, she still fell. Hard. She wasn't the only one. But soon Cooper learns that the woman he's more attracted to than any he's ever met is his brother's new girlfriend -- and therefore unquestionably off limits. Yet, despite...
16) Revenge
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One family, three siblings, and the secrets that bind them—a chilling novel of suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Betrayed Me.
Welcome to the town of Rimrock, Oregon, whose secrets come to light when the patriarch of its wealthiest family is murdered . . .
Over the years, Jonah McKee acquired vast wealth, power, and an unsavory reputation. Though his fatal car crash is...
Welcome to the town of Rimrock, Oregon, whose secrets come to light when the patriarch of its wealthiest family is murdered . . .
Over the years, Jonah McKee acquired vast wealth, power, and an unsavory reputation. Though his fatal car crash is...
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Loss is inevitable, as Evie Hampton knows all too well. But despite losing her mother to cancer and her older brother to a war, she knows she's one of the lucky ones. After all, she still has her father, a distinguished professor of medieval history. And she has Gary Redhawk, the man she loves despite the emotional scars he carries from the Second World War--and despite her father's opposition to their relationship. When a freak accident sends Evie's...
18) Whiteout
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Covenant Communications, Inc
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English
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Long hours of driving on the frigid interstate have taken their toll. In a split second, Frank Sawyer's car drifts and clips a passing van on the otherwise empty Montana highway. In the aftermath of the wreck, Sawyer encounters a gruesome scene: the van's passenger did not survive. But it isn't the crash that took his life—he's been shot. Before Sawyer can assess what's happened, he's struck from behind. When he regains consciousness, he
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"As a child, Abby had the same recurring nightmare night after night, in which she wandered through a field ridden with human skulls and bones. Now an adult, Abby thinks she's outgrown her demons until, the evening before her wedding, the terrible dream returns, forcing her to confront the dark secrets from her past that she has kept from her new husband, Willem. The following day-less than 24 hours after exchanging vows-Abby steps out into traffic....
20) If she wakes
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"Tara Beckley, a senior at Hammel College in Maine, is driving a visiting professor to a conference when a horrific car accident kills the professor and leaves Tara a prisoner of locked-in syndrome. She is fully alert, but unable to move a muscle. Trapped in her body, she learns that someone powerful wants her dead -- but why? Abby Kaplan, an insurance investigator, is hired by the college to look in to Tara's case. A former stunt driver, she can...
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