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61) The talisman
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 42
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English
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Soon to be a Netflix series! The iconic, “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) collaboration between bestselling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub—an epic #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy thriller about a young boy’s quest to save his mother’s life.
Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the...
Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the...
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
64) Woman's own
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English
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In nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Emily quarreled bitterly with her mother over her choice of a husband. When her husband later abandons her to a life of poverty, Emily tries to raise her daughters alone.
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English
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Book editor Pauline becomes increasingly agitated when it appears that her daughter Teresa's husband Maurice is a philanderer, and disturbed that Teresa's love for Maurice--an echo of the self-destructive love Pauline felt for Teresa's father--is blinding her to the truth.
66) Little bear
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Series
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Harper
Pub. Date
[1957]
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English
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Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A second chance …with his first love? New York businessman Connor McCormick's heart was broken when his sweetheart Jenny Sommers disappeared seven years ago. Now Connor is unexpectedly reunited with Jenny--and discovers she's a midwife to pregnant runaways and a single mother herself. Winning Jenny's trust when she's wary of depending on anyone and protective of her daughter won't be easy, but Connor isn't about to walk away when she needs him…...
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Two weeks before Christmas, Dr. Diana Duprey is found floating face-up in a small lap pool in her back yard. A medical doctor with an abortion practice, and a national figure who inspired passion and ignited tempers, she had been the target of violent threats by right-to-life activists. Her husband, Frank Thomson, a lawyer in the district attorney's office, fought bitterly with her on the morning of her murder. To reveal the nature of their argument...
70) Love you forever
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Publisher
Firefly
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the relationship of a mother and child as the child grows into a man and has a baby of his own.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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A remarkable debut that has been called a hybrid of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Myla Goldberg's Bee Season, The Center of Everything is the fictional story of 10-year-old math prodigy Evelyn Bucknow. Living in Kansas with her single mother and deeply religious grandmother, Evelyn believes she is destined to marry Travis, the boy next door. But as she grows up, she experiences the heartbreak of a love not meant to be.
72) Flying changes
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English
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There is a time to move on, a time to let go . . . and a time to fly.
"Sara Gruen writes with passionate precision about horses and their humans and the healing power of love."-Maryanne Stahl, author of Forgive the Moon
Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer's days-the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva's dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and into...
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"Insightful, richly entertaining . . . Evison writes humanely and with good humor of his characters, who, like the rest of us, muddle through, too often without giving ourselves much of a break. A lovely, forgiving character study that's a pleasure to read." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
With Bernard, her husband of fifty-five years, now in the grave, seventy-eight-year-old Harriet Chance impulsively sets sail on an ill-conceived Alaskan...
74) Actress: a novel
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English
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"Katherine O'Dell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mother's celebrated career and bohemian life, she delves into long-kept secrets, both her mother's and her own. Katherine began her career on Ireland's bus-and-truck circuit before making it to London's West End, Broadway, and finally Hollywood. Every moment of her life is a star turn, with young Norah standing in the wings. But the mother-daughter romance cannot survive...
76) Missing pieces
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Pub. Date
1997
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English
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Family therapist Kate Sinclair's life starts to unravel when her sister announces she intends to marry an accused serial murderer, her mother begins to lose her grip on reality, her daughter enters a rebellious phase, and an old flame arrives on the scene.
79) My mom
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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A child describes the many wonderful things about "my mom," who can make anything grow, roar like a lion, and be as comfy as an armchair.
80) Full circle
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
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Tells the story of Tana Roberts, left fatherless by World War II, who becomes a judge.
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