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The lives of three people--Francine, a child who hears her mother's murder while hiding in her room; Harriet, an aging beauty who seeks out handymen to ease her boredom; and Teddy, a young man who had been ignored by his parents since birth--converge with harrowing results.
3) Unless
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"Nothing short of astonishing." - New Yorker
"A thing of beauty-lucidly written, artfully ordered, riddled with riddles and undergirded with dark layers of philosophical meditations." - Los Angeles Times
The final book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carol Shields, Unless, is a harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing, proving Shields's mastery of extraordinary fiction about ordinary life.
For all of...
7) Moby Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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Viking
Pub. Date
1994
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English
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When Michael Hrubek, a dangerous paranoid schizophrenic, escapes from a mental hospital, he hunts down Lis Atcheson who was the chief witness at his trial. His psychiatrist, a professional dog tracker, and Lis's husband race to intercept him.
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1998
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English
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Restaurant owner Ellie Parrish Duveen and ex-New York City policeman Dan Cassidy, attracted to one another from the moment they first met, are just starting to develop a deeper relationship when Ellie's half-brother, freed by error from an insane asylum, returns to take revenge on everyone he believes has harmed him.
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First Look Studios
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Miranda, who was abandoned by her mother and supported herself by working at a local fast food restaurant, reunites with her father after he is released from a mental institution and agrees to help him find a treasure he believes is buried under Costco.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Seventh-grader Sara wants to be normal but her panic attacks and other episodes cause her to isolate herself until, in group therapy, she meets talkative and outgoing Erin, her first friend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 46
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English
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For most of his life Dominick Birdsey has been living in the shadow of his schizophrenic identical twin, Thomas, but when Thomas commits a violent act that affects both their lives, Dominick decides to leave his home and search for his true identity.
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Three classics from the science fiction master in one volume. From the incomparable H. G. Wells, this volume includes three novels of imagination, wit, and terror. The Island of Doctor Moreau : The classic tale of a man's nightmarish experience trapped on an island where a doctor conducts gruesome experiments. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth : A science fiction tale with satirical undertones about scientists who create a race of giants,...
15) Mr. Brooks
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MGM DVD
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Man of the Year recipient Mr. Brooks learns he has an alter ego which is a serial killer and decides in order to get rid of the voice in his head he must kill one more time, but his plan is complicated when police officer Tracy Atwood pinpoints him as a suspect in previous murders.
16) The Novels of H. G. Wells Volume Two: The War in the Air, The Sleeper Awakes, and The Time Machine
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Three thrilling and thoughtful works of science fiction from a literary giant. From one of the great writers and thinkers of the modern era, this volume includes three brilliant novels. The War in the Air : Filled with petrol-powered war machines, ironclads, bombardments, and espionage, this novel, a cornerstone of early science fiction, prophesied methods of warfare that would only develop later in the twentieth century. The Sleeper Awakes : After...
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Barnes & Noble Classics
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical,...
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