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2701) Head Case
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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ONE MISTAKE. ONE BAD NIGHT. ONE TOO MANY DRINKS. Sarah Aronson's Head Case is a powerful and heartbreaking debut novel about a guy who had it all...until he drank that fifth beer and got into the car.
Frank Marder is a head, paralyzed from the neck down, and it's his fault. He was drinking. He was driving. Now Frank can't walk, he can't move, he can't feel his skin. He needs someone to feed him, to wash him, to move his body.
But if you ask...
2702) Sunny: Diary One
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When it comes to running away from feelings, Sunny is a master-but nobody can run forever Sunny Winslow is the life of the party. Even though her mother is suffering from lung cancer and her workaholic father is avoiding his family, Sunny is determined not to let life get her down. Her friends don't understand why she isn't more worried about her mom. They won't join her when she decides to cut class, so she takes off on her own. Headed to Venice...
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Willem and Molly were married on February 10, 1984. Molly was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2007. What Do I Do Now? A Caregiver's Journey with Alzheimer's is a memoir in the form of 100 essays and anecdotes. The book tracks the author's emotional, psychological, and spiritual ups and downs watching his wife's cognitive mind disappear. It is an inspirational guide to coping with loss and growing stronger through the experience.
The book...
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A Story to Feel and Heal Grief Together
"You asked how you give universal healing to others... from what I can tell, you heal yourself, and then you share it, or better, you heal publicly so that people can heal with you." (From Chapter 23, Chat at the End of the World)
What happened when 30-year-old Pema, one of New York City's newest residents, ran to the corner to see "how they put out fires in big cities," she had no way to know she and the...
2705) Malaika, Carnival Queen
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Malaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was just a baby and who shared her love of carnival.
Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and guesses that the dream is about her father. Mummy explains that her daddy passed away long ago, and Grandma decides it's time Malaika knew more about her father's life.
The family drives to a far-off farm where they receive a warm welcome and visit the orchard...
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One winter morning in 1991, Joan Wickersham's father shot himself in the head. The father she loved would never have killed himself, and yet he had. His death made a mystery of his entire life. Who was he? Why did he do it? And what was the impact of his death on the people who loved him? Using an index-that most formal and orderly of structures-Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history, every encounter...
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Español
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¿Vives atrapado en el pasado?¿Luchas cada día por liberarte de recuerdos o relaciones que te impiden avanzar?¿Te gustaría poder soltar esa pesada carga emocional y encontrar la paz y la felicidad en tu vida? El reconocido psicólogo y autor bestseller, Daniel J. Martin, te invita a un viaje transformador de 30 días con su libro "Dejar Ir: 30 días para aprender a soltar".Basado en su profunda comprensión de la psicología humana y su experiencia...
2708) Missing Okalee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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When compared to her nearly perfect little sister, Phoebe Paz Petersen feels she doesn't measure up in her parents' eyes. Okalee is smart and beloved for her sunny disposition, which makes it hard for Phoebe to stand out in their small town in Montana. But if she can get picked for the coveted solo in the school choir, she'll stop being a middle-school nobody and finally get her chance to shine.
Despite her sister's annoying perfection, Phoebe actually...
2709) North of Happy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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His whole life has been mapped out for him...
Carlos Portillo has always led a privileged and sheltered life. A dual citizen of Mexico and the United States, he lives in Mexico City with his wealthy family, where he attends an elite international school. Always a rule follower and a parent pleaser, Carlos is more than happy to tread the well-worn path in front of him. He has always loved food and cooking, but his parents see it as just a hobby....
2710) Transfer
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Dusk
where is the name no one answered to
gone off to live by itself
beneath the pine trees separating the houses
without a friend or a bed
without a father to tell it stories
how hard was the path it walked on
all those years belonging to none
of our struggles drifting under
the calendar page elusive as
residue when someone said
how have you been it was
strangely that name that tried
to answer.
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As we begin to contemplate death and to embark on practical planning for life's end, many of us long to leave a legacy beyond a transfer of money and property, one that ensures a sustainable earth for our loved ones, our communities, and generations to come. But, where do we even begin?
With the sudden deaths of both of her parents, Mallory McDuff found herself in a similar position. Utterly unprepared both emotionally and practically, she began...
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"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Dean Rickles is professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he is also a director of the Sydney Centre for Time. His many books include Covered with Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity and A Brief History of String Theory.
Why life's shortness-more than anything else-is what makes it meaningful
Death might seem to render pointless...
2713) Fear of missing out
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Despite the loving intentions of her mother and boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Astrid wants to make the decisions about her life and death when her cancer returns, including exploring the possibility of cryopreservation.
2714) King and the dragonflies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--
2715) The Last 18
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The Last 18 is a story of a mother and her two sons, and the bonds between a family that cannot be broken, no matter the ailment. It explores the question: What would you do if you had two months left with a loved one? Do you make their final days comfortable, normal, routine? Act like nothing was different or wrong, like so many request? Or do you attempt the fantastic, the amazing, the miraculous?
2716) The Law of Vibration
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While it is in the words of Napoleon Hill that, "Behind every fall, there is always an equal or a greater opportunity to rise," the harsh, hard-to-stomach, depressing, and even very painful reality to grapple with, is that, quite a number of people or humanity who know this truth and even claim to understand it, often fail to be patient enough to endure their own trials and tribulations whenever they knock at their door, or come their way; And, sadly...
2717) The last super chef
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For as long as he can remember, Curtis Pith has been obsessed with becoming a chef like Lucas Taylor, host of Super Chef. And Curtis has a secret: Taylor is actually his long-absent father. So when Taylor announces a kids-only season of Super Chef, Curtis finally sees his chance to meet his dad. But after Curtis wins a spot in the competition and arrives in New York to film the show, nothing goes as smoothly as he expected. It's all riding on the...
2718) Ultimatum
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Sourcebooks
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[2017]
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English
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From the author of Cracked and Empty comes a gripping, emotional story of two brothers who must make the ultimate decision about what's more important: family or their differences. It's not Oscar's fault he's misunderstood. Ever since his mother died, he's been disrespected by his father and bullied by his self-absorbed older brother, so he withdraws from his fractured family, seeking refuge in his art. Vance wishes his younger brother would just...
2719) Extraordinary means
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Two teenagers with a deadly disease fall in love on the brink of a cure.
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A New York Times Bestseller!
For those who have lost a loved one to that liar and fraud named Death.
So reads the dedication of William Peter Blatty's Finding Peter, a deeply moving memoir that tests the bounds of grief, love, and the soul. Blatty, the bestselling author and Oscar Award-winning screenwriter of The Exorcist, lived a charmed life among the elite stars of Hollywood.
His son Peter, born over a decade after The Exorcist, grew from an...
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