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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center, a women's reproductive health services clinic--its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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"This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinching insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents...
3) Homegoing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
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Presents the saga of the Cleary family, beginning on an Australian sheep station in the early twentieth century and ending fifty years later, focusing on the forbidden love that develops between Meggie and Father Ralph de Bricassart.
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