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Crankier than ever, Agatha Raisin wants to forget that her husband left her to enter a monastery-a turn of affairs more humiliating than when she caught him with a mistress. She feels abandoned, fat, frumpy, and absolutely furious. What are her options? She takes an island vacation and joins a Pilates class. But what finally lifts her spirits is finding a corpse. The dead girl is a member of Agatha's exercise class, afloat in a rain-swollen river,...
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Eight magical folktales from the banks of the mighty Mississippi to a sparkling stream in Kyoto, from the misty moors of Scotland to Africa's folktale forests, listeners will be transported as legendary heroes, mythical maidens and talented tricksters weave their magic.
4) Hercules
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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When the goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, discovers her husband's mortal son Hercules, she vows to destroy him. Thus begins Hercules's legendary and epic journey in which he is forced to take on a series of seemingly impossible tasks. He battles an array of both amazing and terrifying beasts, including the mighty Cretan Bull, the many-headed Hydra, the ferocious Nemean Lion, and the three-headed guardian of hell, Cerberus. With the help of the gods Athena...
5) Poppy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
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Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
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Dork diaries volume 7
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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"Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki and her friends go?"--
10) Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
11) Stone Fox
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
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Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
13) Runaway Ralph
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.
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All-of-a-kind family volume 4
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This sequel finds talented Ella, mischievous Henny, studious Sarah, dreamy Charlotte, and little Gertie helping Mama with their new baby brother, Charlie.
15) Mirror to mirror
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Maya is the pragmatic twin. But when her sister threatens to reveal her secret anxiety to their parents, she feels completely betrayed. Chaya is the outgoing twin. With Maya shutting her out, she decides to make a drastic change to give her twin the space she seems to need. The once-close sisters can't seem to find their rhythm, but they know that something has to give. So they make a bet: they'll switch places at summer camp, and whoever can keep...
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Moongobble and me volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Life in the village of Pigbone is boring until an aspiring magician and his talking toad come to town and ask Edward to help them slay the Dragon of Doom.
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Dragon masters volume 5
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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In book #5, the Dragon Masters are excited to meet the newest Dragon Master, Petra. But when she arrives at the castle, shedoesn't fit in right away. She's a know-it-all, and she doesn't even try to connect with her four-headed dragon! Could the DragonStone have chosen her by mistake? Then something terrible happens to the king. Petra will have to work with the other DragonMasters to save him before it's too late!
18) Saving Winslow
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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When his father brings home an ailing, newborn donkey, Louie names the animal Winslow and takes care of him, but everyone, including Louie's quirky friend Nora, thinks Winslow is not going to survive.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh-grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life--and makes discoveries about friendship, community, and himself along the way. Herc Beal knows who he's named after--a mythical hero--but he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption, a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all ... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth And poison her people's water, one young water protector...