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2) Happy now?
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In the weeks after her husband's suicide, Claire Kessler tries to come to terms with the truth about her marriage and her grief after she moves into her younger sister's guesthouse, but therapy appointments are little help, her concerned father begins to follow her everywhere, and an unread suicide note lays on her coffee table.
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Fifty-three-year-old Bennie Ford, sitting in O'Hare Airport drafting a complaint letter to American Airlines for cancelling his flight to his daughter's wedding, gains insight into how he has been living his life and decides he is going to try and make things right.
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A Grammy nominee. Fourteen-year-old Gary, a self-described tree toad lover of a perfect lawn, the soft-porn masterpiece Carnal Cuties, his Underwood typewriter, and, above all, his rebellious cousin Katelives through one amazing Lake Wobegon summer. Gary preoccupies himself by spinning fantastic yarns about boogers, talking dogs, conversations between God and Jesus, and especially melodramas featuring himself as hero and Kate as distressed damsel.When...
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This classic tragicomic tale from George Barr McCutcheon transforms everyone's favorite caviar-and-champagne dream into a soul-shaking test of mistrust and reckless spending Popular, good-looking, and enterprising, Montgomery Brewster is the toast of New York. While celebrating his twenty-fifth birthday among friends, Monty receives word that his grandfather has died. Before long, New York is abuzz with the news. When Monty inherits $1 million from...
11) Creepy carrots!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
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Stink volume 2
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Seven-year-old Stink Moody, having discovered that he can get free samples by writing letters of complaint to companies, gets so caught up in his letter writing campaign that he misses his best friend's birthday, but he plans a super surprise to make up for his mistake.
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Miss Julia, having taken in her late husband's mistress, is disconcerted to learn that Hazel Marie is pregnant with twins, and must come up with a plan to get Hazel's estranged lover, private investigator J.D. Pickens, to return to Abbotsville and take up his responsibilities.
15) Skippyjon Jones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Skippyjon Jones, a little kitten with a big imagination, is sent to his room to contemplate what it means to be a cat, but instead embarks on an imaginary adventure in which his Zorro-like alter ego, El Skippito, rescues a group of chihuahuas from a bean-eating bumblebee.
18) Citizen girl
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Another biting satire from Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries.
Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four-year-old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting...
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Melissa Romney-Jones leaves her business providing girlfriend services to men in London to travel with her boyfriend to New York for a month, but once there, she becomes bored and decides to take on a couple of clients, which starts problems between her and her sweetheart.
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Grandpa Spanielson's chicken pox stories volume story 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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When Barney gets chicken pox, Grandpa tells him a funny story to keep his mind off his itching.
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