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Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money, buys a small house in a gentrifying neighborhood, flips it, then puts the money into her next project. But that house...
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Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she intoduced him to the sounds and steps of the merengue and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.
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English
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Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful modern-day Helen of Troy comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire. Danny Ryan yearns for a more "legit" life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like...
84) The barnyard
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
New song about the animals in a barnyard.
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Series
Amgash novels volume 3
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English
Description
"Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret--one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people...
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"McGraw Hill's Spanish for Healthcare Providers goes far beyond a phrasebook or dictionary. This time-tested resource provides you with the skills and confidence to interact with Spanish-speaking patients and their families, and deliver the high quality of care they deserve. Ideal for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, hospital technicians, physical therapists, and medical administrators with little or no Spanish-language...
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All-of-a-kind family volume 4
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English
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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.
89) How music got free: the end of an industry, the turn of the century, and the patient zero of piracy
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A story of greed, cunning, brilliance, and deceit explores the music-piracy revolution and the man who almost singlehandedly brought down the industry from a small town in North Carolina, where he leaked thousands of albums with the help of a network of smugglers.
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English
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On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible . She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her father, the single parent who raised her, is ailing and out of reach. How did they get here so fast? Did she take too much for granted along the way? When Alice wakes up the...
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English
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As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollers of Appalachia. But the route can be treacherous, and some folks aren't as...
93) The cay
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English
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When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
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Upon a Marigold volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
Harriet M. Welsch is up to her old spying tricks when her beloved nanny Ole Golly, who had married and moved to Montreal, returns without her husband. Harriet's friend Sport announces he has a crush on a schoolmate, and the people across the street appear to be holding a child hostage.
96) The amazing bone
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Series
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English
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On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.
Author
Publisher
Lectorum Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she intoduced him to the sounds and steps of the merengue and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.
99) Mirror to mirror
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English
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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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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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"At one time, Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pl0easing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness that made him feel socially awkward. But with a talent for basketball, and an unmatched team of supporters, Lew Alcindor was able to transform and to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From a childhood made difficult by racism and prejudice to a record-smashing career on...